Barristers
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Barrister Dies of Apoplexy Following Visit to Turkish Bath, 1865
An interesting news clipping from the Warder and Dublin Weekly Mail, 24 June 1865, detailing an inquest into the death of barrister Edward Johnstone following an after-court visit to the Turkish Baths in Lincoln Place, Dublin. The Turkish Baths (image… Continue reading
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An Irish Barrister’s Divorce, 1907
The procedure for Irish couples divorcing and remarrying in the 19th and early 20th century is illustrated by 1907 divorce proceedings in Dublin and Westminster brought by an Irish sporting barrister, Henry Morgan Byrne against his errant wife Laura (above… Continue reading
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The Story of the Brothers Sheares, 1798
From the Weekly Freeman’s Journal, 16 March 1918, this gripping illustrated account by Ada Peters (abridged) of the betrayal and trial of John and Henry Sheares, two Irish barristers executed for treason following the 1798 Rebellion. “A Tragedy of Patriotism… Continue reading
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‘A Woman’s Answer’: Averil Deverell BL and the Bray Intestacy Dispute, 1932
From the Wicklow People, 12 November 1932, we find pioneering Irish woman barrister Averil Deverell BL appearing in this family property dispute about ownership of the Laurels, Greenpark Road, Bray, County Wicklow. The legal owner of the Laurels, Mary Josephine… Continue reading
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The Degeneracy of the Young Irish Bar, 1853
From the Irish Quarterly Review, republished in the Dublin Evening Mail of 6 April 1853, a stinging reproof of the young Irish Bar as a bunch of degenerate, effeminate, Polka-dancing dandies, prioritising fashion and gossip above learning and advocacy: “THE… Continue reading
