There are few reports of members of the Irish bar witnessing a ghost, but the story of Edmund Lenthal Swifte, called to the Irish Bar in the early years of the 19th century, is the exception that proves the rule.… Continue reading

From the Irish News and Belfast Morning News, 3 December 1908: “A CORK LAWSUIT Marked by a Sensational Incident ALLEGED OUTSIDE INTERFERENCE Stranger Stated to Have Accosted Juryman in the Central Hall: Legal Gentleman Involved Also In the Nisi Prius… Continue reading

There are two kinds of barristers, those who tend to rise early to work and those who tend to stay up late to work. It appears that legendary Irish politician and barrister Daniel O’Connell was one of the former. From the Evening… Continue reading

From the Freeman’s Journal, 28 July 1874, this impassioned complaint about distraction of students of the Honourable Society of King’s Inns by children and other noisy instruments associated with military accommodation: “At first sight there appears ugly contrariety between militia barracks… Continue reading

From the Belfast Morning News of 27 August 1880, an interesting note on Irish barrister Serjeant Richard Armstrong, ‘for many years the leader of the Common Law Bar of this country, and the ablest cross-examining counsel of the period,’ recounting how… Continue reading