Lawyers
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Irish Bar Offers Free Legal Aid to Under-10 Charged With Stealing Loaf of Bread, 1806
From the Belfast Commercial Chronicle, 19 February 1806: “At an adjournment of the quarter sessions of Kilmainham, held on Friday, Mrs Bryan, from the Rock, prosecuted a boy under ten years of age, exhibiting all the miseries which an apparent… Continue reading
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Proposal to Re-Upholster Barristers’ Benches Sparks Heated Debate at Clare County Council Meeting, 1949
From the Herald (Dublin), 16 April 1949, the interesting reaction of some members of Clare County Council to a suggestion by the then County Registrar that lawyers’ benches in lovely Ennis Courthouse (image above, via Buildings of Ireland) be re-upholstered.… Continue reading
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From Barrister to Movie Actor, 1949
The below article from the Irish Weekly Independent of 15 October 1949 recounts the unprecedented leap from the Law Library to the silver screen of Irish barrister and movie star Edward George Little, better known under his stage name Edward… Continue reading
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Anyone for Tennis? Irish Solicitor Competes in Davis Cup, 1936
From the Sphere, 23 May 1936, this photograph of Irish solicitor TG (‘George’) McVeagh competing in the Davis Cup of the same year. The firm established by him in Kildare Street survived well into this century. By the early 20th… Continue reading
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Midnight Vocalism Near Monto Lands Barrister in Dublin Police Court, 1887
From the Freeman’s Journal, 9 December 1887: “THE PENALTY OF MIDNIGHT VOCALISM Yesterday, in the Northern Division of the Police Court, Mr O’Donel presiding, Charles Dunne, barrister, 14 Haddington road; Arthur Sommers, doctor, 6 Clyde road, Joseph Johnstone, 5 South… Continue reading
