Barristers
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Half a Century After Renouncing Monastic Vows, Septuagenarian Barrister Magistrate Marries his Nurse, 1908
From the Dublin Evening Telegraph, 28 April 1908: “INTERESTING ROMANCE At St Patrick’s Church, Monkstown, at half-past nine o’clock yesterday morning, Mr Thomas J Wall, K.C., 26 Longford Terrace, Monkstown, was married to Miss Gertrude Garland, of Dublin. The ceremony… Continue reading
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The War of the Motions: Silk Precedence in the Court of Exchequer, 1834-39
From the Dublin Morning Register, 24 February 1836: “By some strange combination amongst the clients, almost all the law business of the country is brought into the Court of Exchequer, the Common Pleas being perfectly idle, the judges absolute masters… Continue reading
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Irish Barristers and the Dáil Courts, 1920
From The Weekly Freeman’s Journal, 24 July 1920: “HELPLESS BARRISTERS LEFT STRANDED IN THE FOUR COURTS On Thursday last week, the action of D Coffey, Derrymilleen, Co. Cork, farmer, v Denis P O’Regan, Farransbesbary, Enniskeen, Co. Cork, farmer, was listed… Continue reading
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A Visit to the 1890 Law Library
In 1890, Irish Society (Dublin) decided, with the help of one ‘A M’Lud,’ to give its readers a day out in the Four Courts. The first part of the ensuing visit, featured here, took us to the Round Hall. Today,… Continue reading
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Much Guarding, Little Action, Scrambling Breakfasts: the Irish Lawyers’ Corps and the Rebellion of 1798
Despite many parades, and much drilling, the question of what that notable barrister militia company, the Lawyers’ Corps, actually did during the Irish Rebellion of 1798 went unanswered for many years. Indeed, it might never have been resolved at all… Continue reading