Exciting Events
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Seagulls Go Crazy During the Battle of the Four Courts, 1922
The seagulls at the Four Courts, Dublin, have always been uncontrollable (see video above), but the fighting there during the Civil War of 1922 provoked them to heights reminiscent of Hitchcock’s ‘The Birds’. The movie was based on a short… Continue reading
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A Tour of Ireland’s Four Courts Through Time, June 2025
I had the privilege this week of taking a lovely group of visitors through the Four Courts. As there were no handouts, I said I would put the content of the tour up online, together with some illustrations, so here… Continue reading
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Schoolgirls Ordered Out of Court, 1915
From the Belfast Newsletter, January 18, 1915: “An extraordinary incident occurred at the Four Courts yesterday. Shortly before eleven o’clock one of the courts, in which a divorce action had been listed for hearing before Mr Justice Molony, was invaded… Continue reading
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Like Strokes of a Stick on a Carpet, 1891
From the Sligo Independent, 7 November 1891: “An exciting incident occurred at the Four Courts yesterday afternoon, just before three o’clock… In the passage to the coffee room Mr MacDermott, son of Mr Alfred MacDermott, Solicitor, met Mr Timothy Healy,… Continue reading