All Barristers posts in reverse chronological order (newest first), by publish date. For topics, see the theme indexes.

2026

• Legal Friends Come to the Rescue as Irish Barrister Slips and Falls on Holiday in Malahide, 1919 (14 Aug 2026)
• Irish Barrister of the Week: Arthur O’Connor (1763-1852) (30 Jul 2026)
• How Sausage Skin Won Edward Carson a Silk Gown, 1893 (21 Jul 2026)
• The Married Life of an Irish Junior Barrister, as fictionalised by the Lady of the House, 1896: Parts II and III – the Wedding, the Honeymoon and the Return (14 Jul 2026)
• The Married Life of an Irish Junior Barrister, as fictionalised by the Lady of the House, 1896: Part 1 – The Proposal (08 Jul 2026)
• Irish Barrister of the Week: Thomas Addis Emmet (1764-1827) (23 Jun 2026)
• Irish Barrister of the Week: William Sampson (1764-1836) (20 May 2026)
• Irish Barrister of the Week: Walter Hussey Burgh (1743-1783) (14 May 2026)
• Irish Barrister of the Week: Bully Egan (1750-1810) (23 Apr 2026)
• Irish Barrister of the Week: Peter Burrowes KC (1750-1841) (14 Apr 2026)
• Irish Barrister of the Week: Robert Holmes (1765-1859) (05 Apr 2026)
• Irish Barrister of the Week: Pleasant Ned Lysaght (1763-1810) (28 Mar 2026)
• Barrister’s Daughters’ Bed Mysteriously Goes on Fire at Arran Quay (15 Mar 2026)
• Tricycle Made for Two Ends in Tragedy for Vacationing Irish Barrister, 1888 (20 Feb 2026)

2025

• A Horse and his Barrister, 1797 (12 Dec 2025)
• A Public Speaking Manual for the Young Irish Barrister, 1796 (12 Dec 2025)
• Seagulls Go Crazy During the Battle of the Four Courts, 1922 (08 Dec 2025)
• Irish Bar Offers Free Legal Aid to Under-10 Charged With Stealing Loaf of Bread, 1806 (09 Oct 2025)
• The Romance of a Certain Old Scroll: The Missing Part of Baron O’Loghlen’s Statue, 1889-1922 (16 Aug 2025)
• Proposal to Re-Upholster Barristers’ Benches Sparks Heated Debate at Clare County Council Meeting, 1949 (29 Jul 2025)
• From Barrister to Movie Actor, 1949 (24 Jul 2025)
• Midnight Vocalism Near Monto Lands Barrister in Dublin Police Court, 1887 (09 Jul 2025)
• An Extremely Long-Lived Court Crier, 1909 (08 Jul 2025)
• New Irish Barristers, November 1930 (04 Jul 2025)
• A Tour of Ireland’s Four Courts Through Time, June 2025 (28 Jun 2025)
• Photographing the Circuits, 1904 (19 Jun 2025)
• Irish Barrister and Politician Daniel O’Connell Successfully Mediates Challenge to Arms between Two Eminent Members of the Irish Bar, 1825 (26 May 2025)
• Taken for a Ride: Distinguished Lawyer Unwittingly Books Hackney Cab drawn by his Own Double-Jobbing Horse, 1856 (21 May 2025)
• Barrister Aggrieved by Judge Deciding in his Favour without Hearing Him, c.1843 (20 May 2025)
• Only Irish Catholic to Practice as a Barrister during Penal Laws Undone by his own Free Legal Advice, c. 1700 (16 May 2025)
• Catholic Conveyancers, 1700-1800 (15 May 2025)
• All This is Art: The Advocacy Skills of Charles Kendal Bushe, 1805-1822 (13 May 2025)
• Barrister Dies of Apoplexy Following Visit to Turkish Bath, 1865 (09 May 2025)
• An Irish Barrister’s Divorce, 1907 (25 Apr 2025)
• The Story of the Brothers Sheares, 1798 (09 Apr 2025)
• ‘A Woman’s Answer’: Averil Deverell BL and the Bray Intestacy Dispute, 1932 (09 Apr 2025)
• The Degeneracy of the Young Irish Bar, 1853 (07 Apr 2025)
• Barrister Sues Solicitor for Alleging that He Acted for a Landlord Evicting a Tenant, 1910 (02 Apr 2025)
• Moral Courage Triumphs as Irish Barrister Risks Career to Successfully Defend Rebel Brother, 1798 (23 Mar 2025)
• The Art of Cross-Examination, as Practised by Daniel O’Connell, 1799-1833 (19 Mar 2025)
• Giving It His Awl: Barrister John Philpot Curran and his Scapegrace Brother, c.1800 (05 Mar 2025)
• Driving Mr Redmond, 1910 (04 Mar 2025)
• Martyn’s ‘The Place-Hunters’: A Forgotten Play Set in the Law Library of 1902 (28 Feb 2025)
• Mr English’s Wig-Powdering Chamber at the Old Four Courts, 1780 (26 Feb 2025)
• Barrister Summoned for Failure to Certify Cook as Honest, 1817 (20 Feb 2025)
• The Cross-Examination Technique of Isaac Butt QC, 1866 (11 Feb 2025)
• A Medico-Legal Elopement, c.1827 (06 Feb 2025)
• Irish Bar Outraged as Eminent QC Rebuked by Judge for Prolixity in Closing Submissions, 1895 (31 Jan 2025)
• Catholic Barristers and the Irish March of Intellect, c.1820 (21 Jan 2025)
• A Riotous Relic Unwrapped in the Law Library, c.1880 (20 Jan 2025)
• Shoes for a Future Barrister, 1945 (14 Jan 2025)
• A Barrister’s Christmas-Tide Temptation, 1866 (13 Jan 2025)
• A Lesson in Opinion Writing for New Counsel, c.1877 (08 Jan 2025)

2024

• The Irish Bar Christmas Golf Sweepstake, 1893 (20 Dec 2024)
• The Only Barrister’s Clerk in the Four Courts, c.1900 (15 Dec 2024)
• Never Argue a Point Conceded in Your Favour, 1814 (09 Dec 2024)
• ‘An Absolute Joseph’ in the Dublin Court of Exchequer, 1866 (02 Dec 2024)
• Woman Barrister Wins Case ‘On her Merits,’ 1923 (29 Nov 2024)
• Irish Barristers Migrate to England, 1923 (27 Nov 2024)
• Post-Famine Litigation Lull Leads to Suggestion that Barristers Exchange Wigs for Spades, 1852 (25 Nov 2024)
• Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland Describes Term ‘BL’ as a Dublin Vulgarism, 1930 (21 Nov 2024)
• New Precedent Set as Minister for Justice Called to the Bar, 1925 (18 Nov 2024)
• Mr Dane QC and the Battle of Clontarf, 1898 (13 Nov 2024)
• A Comparison of the English and Irish Bar and Bench, 1893 (12 Nov 2024)
• Hitting the Hay, 1837 (11 Nov 2024)
• Fights of the Irish Bar, 1845-50 (07 Nov 2024)
• The Razor’s Edge, 1894 (05 Nov 2024)
• The Perils of Obliging a Colleague, 1917 (31 Oct 2024)
• Barrister’s Life Threatened Following Refusal to Buy Stolen Papers Helpful to his Case, 1831 (29 Oct 2024)
• Addressing the Court Unrobed, 1926 (24 Oct 2024)
• Daniel O’Connell and the Detonating Gun, 1829 (12 Sep 2024)
• The Legal Profession, in ‘Picturesque Dublin Old and New,’ 1898 (10 Jul 2024)
• First Briefs of Famous Barristers, 1799-1862 (17 Jun 2024)
• Glengarry-Bonneted Irish Barrister Charged with Breaching the Peace during Visit to Dundee to Celebrate Walter Scott Centenary, 1932 (02 May 2024)
• Cars and the Bar, 1905-1945 (19 Apr 2024)
• The Professional and Romantic Sides of Counsellor Wolfe Tone, 1787-1798 (01 Apr 2024)
• A Call Frustrated, 1848 (24 Jan 2024)
• Umbrage over Judicial Reference to Refreshers Ends in Peace with Honour, 1902 (11 Jan 2024)
• Henry Grattan’s Alarm Clock, 1772 (09 Jan 2024)

2023

• The Jeeves and Wooster of the Irish Bar, 1829-1882 (12 Dec 2023)
• Humorists of the Irish Bar, and the Serjeant who thought he was a Rabbit, 1800-1931 (06 Dec 2023)
• The Arrest of Daniel O’Connell, 1843 (05 Dec 2023)
• Protest in Court by Barrister Imprisoned for Drilling during Irish War of Independence, 1918 (27 Nov 2023)
• A Barrister in Disguise: The Trial of Counsellor Tucker, 1840 (21 Nov 2023)
• A Peep at the Barrister’s Profession, 1883 (14 Nov 2023)
• The Lady who Horsewhipped her Counsel, 1817 (10 Nov 2023)
• Threatening a Barrister, 1870 (08 Nov 2023)
• The Irish Barrister and the Ghost, 1817 (31 Oct 2023)
• The Stranger and the Juryman, 1908 (25 Oct 2023)
• Barristers’ Working Hours, 1820s-1930s (20 Oct 2023)
• Fine Girls and Noisy Instruments: Distracted King’s Inns Students, 1840-1874 (19 Oct 2023)
• Hanging by a Thread: Child Accused’s Life Saved by Skilful Unwinding of the Prosecution Case, 1840s (13 Oct 2023)
• The Irish Bar Strikes Again, 1947 (03 Oct 2023)
• A War of Independence Arrest for the Irish Bar, 1921 (02 Oct 2023)
• Vacation Destinations of the Irish Bar and Bench, 1910 (08 Aug 2023)
• Father of the Munster Bar Falls Prey to Thieves While Holidaying in London, 1865 (28 Jul 2023)
• Carson Cross-Examines in Waterford, 1880 (11 Jul 2023)
• Irish Barrister and Historian Falls Victim to the Alps, 1908 (21 May 2023)
• Mr Dunn BL Goes to Law, 1840 (11 Apr 2023)
• Rushing to Court across the Rubicon, c.1790 (03 Apr 2023)
• Patrick Pearse and the Name on a Dray, 1905-1916 (28 Mar 2023)
• Seven Bagfuls of Stolen Briefs, 1875 (27 Mar 2023)
• John Philpot Curran’s Lucky Brief, 1779 (26 Mar 2023)
• The Barrister’s Boots That Went to Mass and Came Back Lucky, 1910-1991 (14 Feb 2023)
• The Bells of St Bartholomew’s and Serjeant William Bennett Campion, 1882-1907 (16 Jan 2023)
• The Barrister and the ‘Charley,’ c.1780 (11 Jan 2023)
• The Tall Hat as Mandatory Off-Duty Legal Wear, 1800-1934 (09 Jan 2023)

2022

• Two Tragic Barrister Trip and Falls at Wilton Place, 1882-1911 (06 Dec 2022)
• The Dangers of Wedding an Improvident Bride, 1832-1849 (24 Oct 2022)
• ‘Briefless Junior’ Secures Life-Changing Career Success by Standing in for Senior Detained on Field of Honour, 1815 (28 Sep 2022)
• Eight Days in a Lifeboat for Author of Indispensable Irish Criminal Law Text Torpedoed off Africa, 1941 (22 Aug 2022)
• The Barrister Who Fell in Love With his Witness, 1908-1915 (25 Mar 2022)
• Shouldering Guns Like Gentlemen: Irish Lawyers to the Front, 1914-18 (03 Feb 2022)
• A Barrister’s Mysterious Death, 1844 (26 Jan 2022)
• Scouts say ‘Great Scott’ as Irish Barrister Repeatedly Risks Life in Breathtaking Powerscourt Waterfall Rescues, 1942-44 (06 Jan 2022)

2021

• Irish Barrister Beheaded on Banks of Bosphorus, c.1825 (29 Dec 2021)
• A Barrister’s Account of the Easter Rising, 1916 (07 Dec 2021)
• Irish Barrister Escapes Prison, Elopes to France in a Barrel, 1820 (26 Nov 2021)
• Called to the Bar, June 1914 (12 Nov 2021)
• Former British Intelligence Officer and Would-Be Barrister Drowns at North Wall, 1921 (18 Oct 2021)
• Barrister’s Vacation Ends in Litigation, 1885 (12 Oct 2021)
• The Rush to the Bar, 1840-1841 (06 Aug 2021)
• Half a Century After Renouncing Monastic Vows, Septuagenarian Barrister Magistrate Marries his Nurse, 1908 (28 Jul 2021)
• The War of the Motions: Silk Precedence in the Court of Exchequer, 1834-39 (20 Jul 2021)
• Irish Barristers and the Dáil Courts, 1920 (29 Jun 2021)
• A Visit to the 1890 Law Library (17 Jun 2021)
• Much Guarding, Little Action, Scrambling Breakfasts: the Irish Lawyers’ Corps and the Rebellion of 1798 (03 Jun 2021)
• A Barrister’s Privilege Against Physical Retribution for Hurt Feelings, 1821 (20 May 2021)
• Leonard McNally, Barrister Lyricist, 1787-9 (19 May 2021)
• Take Off That Ugly Mask: The Problem of Barristers’ Hirsute Appendages, 1866-1896 (17 May 2021)
• The Mythical Miss Staveley and the Bamboozled Bar Benevolent Fund, 1927 (14 May 2021)
• Marry a Former Chief Justice of Tobago in Haste, Repent at Leisure, 1840-55 (30 Apr 2021)
• The Bar Cricket Club in Season, 1889-1890 (26 Mar 2021)
• Boys’ Night In Ends in Three Months’ Hard Labour for Elderly Barrister, 1892 (25 Mar 2021)
• A Barrister’s Right to Walk Unobstructed, 1893 (19 Mar 2021)
• Fun on Circuit, 1909 (09 Mar 2021)
• His Only Brief, 1896 (09 Mar 2021)
• Enough to make Curls Stand on End: Fee Recovery and the Junior Bar, 1862-present (02 Mar 2021)
• State Trial Implodes as Attorney General Challenges Opposing Counsel to Duel, 1844 (24 Feb 2021)
• Malpractices of the Senior Bar, 1862 (17 Feb 2021)
• Irish Free State Prosecuting Barrister Kidnapped, Tarred and Tied to Railings Outside Arbour Hill Prison, 1934 (15 Feb 2021)
• Visiting English Barrister Mistakes Free State Detectives for Gunmen, 1923 (12 Feb 2021)
• Mr Godley BL in Trouble Again, 1948 (10 Feb 2021)
• The Marrying Kind, or, Mr Godley BL and the Two Wives, December 1903 (09 Feb 2021)
• Mr Godley BL and the Bounced Cheque, October 1903 (08 Feb 2021)
• Wife of John Godley BL Catches Fire at Leeson Street Party, 1888 (05 Feb 2021)
• Mr Dunn BL Back in Town, 1839-40 (04 Feb 2021)
• Mr Dunn BL in Prison for Love, October 1838 (03 Feb 2021)
• Mr Dunn BL in Love Again, 1838 (03 Feb 2021)
• The Law and the ‘Flu, 1918-22 (03 Feb 2021)
• Mr Dunn BL in Love, 1836 (02 Feb 2021)
• Irish Barrister’s Wife Linked to International Man of Mystery, 1926 (29 Jan 2021)
• Early Irish Bar Strike, c.1790 (28 Jan 2021)
• Irish Barristers and their Fees, 1866 (21 Jan 2021)
• Round Hall Wrestle After Perceived Insult to Barrister’s Mother, 1893 (18 Jan 2021)
• Barrister Sentenced to Six Months’ Hard Labour for Stealing Books from Trinity College Library, 1840 (14 Jan 2021)

2020

• Ballymoney Barrister Treats Servants as Guests, 1913 (10 Dec 2020)
• Barrister Overboard, 1873 (26 Nov 2020)
• Derry Girl’s Application to Become Barrister Rejected by Benchers of King’s Inns, 1901 (24 Nov 2020)
• The Great Golfing Days of the Irish Bar, 1904-14 (18 Nov 2020)
• The Female Barrister – Fair, Feared and ‘Finished at Forty,’ 1896 (15 Nov 2020)
• The Musket and the Brief, 1798 (10 Nov 2020)
• Barristers Play the Market, 1900 (06 Nov 2020)
• Barrister’s Daughter Elopes in Mother’s Dress, 1878 (05 Nov 2020)
• Bloodhound Sent Out After Father of the Irish Bar Disappears in Scottish Highlands, 1889 (02 Nov 2020)
• Irish Woman Barrister Secures Acquittal for Client on Murder Charge, 1931 (29 Oct 2020)
• Barrister Rescues Sheep, Sued by its Owner, 1907 (27 Oct 2020)
• The Prime of Miss Averil Deverell BL, 1937 (23 Oct 2020)
• Barrister Goes on Fire in Ballina Circuit Court, 1934 (21 Oct 2020)
• Barrister Shoots Himself While Practising for Lawyers’ Corps, 1803 (09 Oct 2020)
• A Strange Bequest, 1913 (06 Oct 2020)
• Barristers Successfully Challenge Exclusion from Side Passages of Court, 1848 (31 Jul 2020)
• Doing ‘Circuit’ in a Motor, 1907 (29 Jul 2020)
• Barrister Railway Fatalities, 1862-1921 (27 Jul 2020)
• Barristers’ Term-Time Immunity from Arrest for Debt, 1860 (24 Jul 2020)
• ADR Irish Style, Pre-1850 (20 Jul 2020)
• Young Bar Protest Against Judicial Unpunctuality, 1919 (20 Jul 2020)
• A Railway Mystery, 1905 (17 Jul 2020)
• Barrister Convicted of Knocker-Wrenching, 1870 (14 Jul 2020)
• Cab Driver Convicted of Overcharging a Barrister, 1895 (07 Jul 2020)
• Junior Barrister Piqued by Omission of his Name from News Report, 1871 (30 Jun 2020)
• Sailing Fatalities among the Irish Bar, 1872-1907 (25 Jun 2020)
• Sumptuous Connaught Bar Dinner, 1831 (18 Jun 2020)
• The Irish Barrister’s Dead Sweetheart’s Belongings, 1900 (14 Jun 2020)
• Led to be Bled: The Painful Duty of Junior Counsel, 1899 (11 Jun 2020)
• Briefless Barristers as Marriage Prospects, 1870 (09 Jun 2020)
• The Devil’s Own, or, the Bar and the Boers, 1900 (26 May 2020)
• Attorney-General Arranges Bare-Knuckle Boxing Bout, 1824 (22 May 2020)
• The Bigamist Barrister, 1846 (05 May 2020)
• Case Citations and Personal Law Libraries, pre-1836 (30 Apr 2020)
• The Litigant who became a Barrister, 1853 (28 Apr 2020)
• Gatecrashing a Bar Meeting, 1830 (23 Apr 2020)
• Barrister’s Spouse Violated by Briefing Solicitor, 1842 (22 Apr 2020)
• Do Not Covet a Barrister’s Wife, 1862 (17 Apr 2020)
• Unacceptable Sanitary and Timekeeping Arrangements, 1874 (14 Apr 2020)
• Young Bar Fracas, 1829 (11 Apr 2020)
• The Gambling Devil, 1836 (31 Mar 2020)
• A ‘Seduction’ and its Consequences, 1830 (31 Mar 2020)
• Barrister Kills Solicitor, Becomes Attorney-General, 1814 (31 Mar 2020)
• Barrister-Barrister Shooting, 1815 (31 Mar 2020)
• Lawyers Exit, Pursued by a Bull, 1835 (31 Mar 2020)
• Barristers’ Bags Stolen and Recovered, 1853 (25 Mar 2020)