Solicitors
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Attorney’s Apprentice Resists Suggestion of Twice-Weekly ‘Searching Examinations,’ 1873
For over half a century, until the destruction of the Four Courts in 1922, the Society of Attorneys and Solicitors provided legal education for apprentices in a purpose built lecture theatre in the former Solicitor’s Building in the Four Courts… Continue reading
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A Fox-Hunting Solicitor, c.1925
Irish solicitor John Gore-Grimes, fox-hunting at Tallaght, when it was still fields, c. 1925. Zoom in here. Also in the image is noted Irish equestrian Molly Morgan Byrne, daughter of Irish barrister Henry Morgan Byrne, who recovered from a broken… Continue reading
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Newry Solicitor’s Will Set Aside on Account of Insane Delusion as to Wife’s Infidelity, 1907
From the Liverpool Echo, Friday November 29th,1907: “Remarkable Will Suit – Irish solicitor and his wife. Amazing disclosures at the Four Courts, Dublin yesterday before Mr. Justice Andrews and a special jury when the case of MacAreavey v Russell was… Continue reading
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The Newly-Qualified Solicitor, 1891
The below article on ‘Dublin Types: The Solicitor’ from Irish Society (Dublin) of 28 November 1891 wittily documents the evolution of a typical late-Victorian member of the profession during his first decade as a sole practitioner. Although prejudice against the… Continue reading
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Solicitor-Solicitor Prosecution for Cat-Shooting in Gardiner Street, 1846
From the Freeman’s Journal, 2 July 1846: “SHOOT THE CAT Mr Nicholas Doolan summoned Mr John Frederick William Bayley ‘for constant annoyance by firing an air gun, and destroying his cats.’ The parties are solicitors, and reside within a short… Continue reading