Sharing the History of the Four Courts, Dublin, Ireland

Ruth Cannon

  • Unacceptable Sanitary and Timekeeping Arrangements, 1874

    From the Freeman’s Journal, 13 October 1874: “The Barristers’ Library is a crying disgrace… Barristers “look up” their cases in the Library, and also use it as a “trysting place” for meeting Attorneys. The Library is a room utterly unfit… Continue reading

  • A Judicial Levee in a Haunted House, 1901

    From the Belfast Newsletter, 15 April 1901: “Tomorrow the Easter sittings in the High Court begin, and according to old time ceremonial, Easter marks the beginning of the legal as it does the Christian year. So the Lord Chancellor Lord… Continue reading

  • Young Bar Fracas, 1829

    From the Belfast Newsletter, 6 November 1829: “On Saturday morning, at four o’clock, Mr Scully, the barrister, accompanied by Mr Blake, of Galway, and his brother-in-law, Mr R. Browne, were taking oysters, in Duke Street, Dublin, and entered into conversation… Continue reading

  • Mob Attack, Inns Quay, 1830

    For the Good Friday that’s in it, this story from Saunders’s News-Letter, 7 June 1830:- “DESPERATE OUTRAGE – For some months past, a person of genteel appearance has appeared in the streets, in various parts of this city, preaching to… Continue reading

  • The Law Librarian’s Office Burgled, 1857

    From the Belfast News-Letter, Monday 23 February 1857: “The morning of Saturday the 21st has proved an eventful one in the life of Mr Delany, the respected librarian of the Four Courts. Sacrilegious thieves had, on the previous night, entered… Continue reading