Sharing the History of the Four Courts, Dublin, Ireland

Ruth Cannon

  • Barristers’ Bags Stolen and Recovered, 1853

    From the Freeman’s Journal, 7 June 1853: “A man named John Whitaker was… charged with having stolen a large number of briefs and a law book the property of Messrs. Robinson, QC, Robert Owen Lawson, JF Martley and McCarthy, barristers.… Continue reading

  • Groom Obtains Habeas Corpus in respect of Bride, 1824

    From the Dublin Evening Post, 22 June 1824, a story of young love’s struggle against parental opposition: “Mr Sheil… moved for a Habeas Corpus against William Ormsby, the Marshal of the Four Courts Marshalsea, commanding him to bring up the… Continue reading