An account of the life of Irish barrister Thomas Addis Emmet (1764–1827), compiled from articles in the Shamrock, 19 May 1894; the Weekly Freeman’s Journal, 8 January 1898; the Freeman’s Journal, 14 September 1922; the Derry Journal, 3 March 1944;… Continue reading

From the New Ross Standard, 4 August 1905, this account of the remarkable barrister and United Irishman William Sampson, whose name appears on the Memorial of the 1798 Rebellion in the Four Courts, Dublin, Ireland. A barrister of large practice… Continue reading

From the Saturday Herald, 20 October 1894: “HUSSEY BURGH: A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE GREAT PATRIOT. One hundred and eleven years have passed since the death of Hussey Burgh, the great Irish patriot and orator. Though his fame has been… Continue reading

Historic Irish Barrister of the Week is John ‘Bully’ Egan, despite his name, size, and dueling reputation a kind-hearted, honest soul, who risked his career in opposition to the Act of Union and in defence of Irish Catholics. Below is… Continue reading

From the Dublin University Magazine 1849, supplemented by the Weekly Chronicle, 28 July 1850 and the Irish Weekly and Ulster Examiner, 7 June 1916, this account of the life of Peter Burrowes KC (1750-1841), one of the most successful and… Continue reading