Barristers
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Irish Barrister Escapes Prison, Elopes to France in a Barrel, 1820
From the Weekly Irish Times, 26 April 1902: “In the early years of the last century, a youthful barrister named Hodgins, just called to the bar, fell in love with a pretty girl he had noticed coming out of a… Continue reading
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Called to the Bar, June 1914
From the Irish Independent, 11 June 1914: A grainier version of the above photo appears in the Freeman’s Journal of the same day, where the new barristers above are identified as Frederick Jerome Dempsey, Edward James Smyth, Samuel Spedding John,… Continue reading
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Former British Intelligence Officer and Would-Be Barrister Drowns at North Wall, 1921
From the Belfast Telegraph, 11 August 1921: “BELFAST OFFICER’S DEATH. STRANGE AFFAIR IN DUBLIN. BELIEVED HE WAS A MARKED MAN. We regret to announce the death of Mr Frederick W Morrison, a native of Belfast, which took place under sad circumstances… Continue reading
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Barrister’s Vacation Ends in Litigation, 1885
Adapted from the Irish Times, 25 and 26 March 1885: “The Reverend Henry Peter Higginson brought a motion for final judgment to recover £27 10s from Thomas Hewson BL, who is a member of the Irish Bar, claiming that he… Continue reading
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The Rush to the Bar, 1840-1841
From the Warder and Dublin Weekly Mail, 21 November 1840: “The French war, and the other more prominent national mischiefs having been disposed of, and set, we hope, for the term of our natural life, to rest, we naturally turn… Continue reading