Barristers
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Mr Dunn BL in Prison for Love, October 1838
From the Tuam Herald and the Sheffield Independent, 13 October 1838: “The Irish Gentleman (Mr Dunn, the Irish Barrister) alluded to in our paper a few weeks ago, is now at Knaresboro’ in the custody of a police officer from… Continue reading
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Mr Dunn BL in Love Again, 1838
From an unnamed London journal, as recounted in the Southern Reporter and Cork Commercial Courier, 25 September 1838, this update on the continued romantic endeavours of Irish barrister Richard Dunn, last heard of on the way to Kilmainham Gaol two… Continue reading
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The Law and the ‘Flu, 1918-22
The Spanish ‘flu arrived in Ireland in the summer of 1918, possibly in Belfast. The Belfast News-Letter of 10 July 1918 reported the death of Bernard Hughes BL, a North-East Circuit barrister of eight years vintage, after a severe attack… Continue reading
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Mr Dunn BL in Love, 1836
From the Warder and Dublin Weekly Mail, 30 July 1836: “INVESTIGATION AT KINGSTOWN Yesterday an investigation was entered into by magistrates of the Blackrock petty sessions in Kingstown, relative to the alleged misconduct of Mr Richard Dunne (more commonly spelt… Continue reading
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Irish Barrister’s Wife Linked to International Man of Mystery, 1926
From the Evening Herald, 13 April 1926: “A music hall star well known 35 years ago as ‘Bonnie Kate Harvey’ and now Mrs Kate Macaulay, wife of an Irish barrister, brought an action in the King’s Bench, London, claiming damages… Continue reading