Another story to add to the annals of the Irish Bar and the 1798 Rebellion. From the Irish Weekly and Ulster Examiner, 3 April 1920, a ballad-worthy account of an Irish barrister who, during the dark days following the 1798 Rebellion, puts family… Continue reading

From the Dublin Morning Register, 4 December 1833, originally published in the Liverpool Journal, this interesting disquisition on the cross-examination skills of Irish barrister and politician Daniel O’Connell: “Of late years Mr O’Connell has been so exclusively before the public… Continue reading

From the Daily News (London) 28 September 1905, this story about the famous Irish advocate John Philpot Curran (above) who resided at 4 Ely Place, Dublin (below). “Mr George Moore, the novelist, was presented to our readers on Monday in… Continue reading

Politics and the law coalesced in more than one way in ‘Mr Redmond’s Furious Drive,’ a mildly scandalous story featuring the leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party and his double-jobbing barrister chauffeur, which featured in a number of Irish newspapers… Continue reading