Ruth Cannon
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The Forgotten History of the Chancery Street Flowerbed, c.1690
Like a Pathé film on the Quays, the Four Courts, Dublin, Ireland this sunny morning. Believe it or not, both James II and William III of England separately attended church on the site of this flowerbed, one before and one… Continue reading
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Why Judges Should Not Write Down their Judgments, 1877
From the Irish Times of 17 November 1877, this complaint about Jonathan Christian (image above), Lord Justice of Appeal in the Irish Court of Chancery (1867-78) and later briefly Lord Justice of the Court of Appeal in Ireland (1878): “Lord… Continue reading
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The Death of an Irish Lord Chancellor in Hyde Park, 1913
From the Daily Express, 23 May 1913: “PEER’S FATAL SEIZURE IN HYDE PARK LORD ASHBOURNE DIES IN ST GEORGE’S HOSPITAL Lord Ashbourne, the famous ex-Lord Chancellor of Ireland, who for a generation has been one of the most notable figures… Continue reading
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Barrister’s Daughters’ Bed Mysteriously Goes on Fire at Arran Quay
The bed of two ladies of the family of Counsellor Flood mysteriously goes on fire at 25 Arran Quay in 1836. Carelessness with a candle or a spark from a fire? We can rule out spontaneous combustion on the part… Continue reading
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Opposing Counsel Interrupt Court to Fight a Duel, c. 1780
Plenty of Irish barristers fought duels in the honour-heavy days of the 18th century, and, according to John Edward Walsh in ‘Tales of Ireland Sixty Years Ago’ (1851), there was nothing unusual about their interrupting, to do so, court proceedings… Continue reading