Lawyers
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Apprentice Solicitor Barred from Lectures by Officious Porter Pens Letter to Newspaper, 1885
An 1885 letter of complaint written to the Freeman’s Journal by James Hamerton, apprentice solicitor, bemoaning the door-closing policy of ‘Chew.’ the over-officious porter in the Solicitors’ Building, Four Courts, Dublin, Ireland. Compulsory lectures had been introduced for Irish apprentice… Continue reading
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Solicitor-Solicitor Confrontation in Armagh Courthouse Ends in Substantial Damages Award by Dublin Jury, 1877
From the Dublin Evening Telegraph, 10 May 1877, this story of an action brought by one Armagh solicitor against another arising out of a confrontation in the barroom of Armagh courthouse (above). The term ‘the Bar’ in the article refers… Continue reading
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A Horse and his Barrister, 1797
The special nature of the relationship between an 18th century Irish barrister and his horse is illustrated by the above satirical print of John Philpot Curran, later Master of the Rolls, who went the Munster Circuit twice a year for… Continue reading
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A Public Speaking Manual for the Young Irish Barrister, 1796
Perfection as an orator was the goal for any self-respecting barrister in the newly opened Four Courts of 1796. Tyros who wanted advice on how to achieve this could start by acquiring Knox’s ‘Hints on Public Speaking’ from Fitzpatrick’s bookshop… Continue reading
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Jurors Disappointed to Discover First Four Courts Telephone Solicitors-Only, 1886
An interesting story from the Irish Times of 4th June 1886 recording what seems to have been the first telephone in the Four Courts, Dublin, Ireland, installed by the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland at some point in the mid-1880s,… Continue reading
