Solicitors
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Note of Thanks Left Behind as Sweet-Toothed Rebels Vacate Requisitioned Solicitor’s Office, 1916
From the Belfast News-Letter, 8th May 1916: “REBELS AT ST STEPHEN’S GREEN MESSAGE OF THANKS LEFT The offices of Messrs. Keating & Keating, solicitors, 130 St Stephen’s Green, suffered rather severely at the hands of the rebels, who burrowed through… Continue reading
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Dublin Solicitor Helps Couple Elope, Sends Them Bill of Costs, 1905
From the Dublin Daily Express, 8 December 1905: “SOLICITOR’S BILL OF COSTS In the King’s Bench Division yesterday, before Mr Justice Boyd, in the case of Hehir v Kelly and another, Mr Carrigan (instructed by Mr Edward McHugh) applied on… Continue reading
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Solicitor Tarred in South William Street Wine Cellar, 1875
From the Freeman’s Journal, 27 August 1875: “TARRING A SOLICITOR At the Southern Divisional Police-court yesterday, Joseph Steele, who described himself as a wine merchant, of 16 Summer-hill, summoned Mr Richard Parsons, solicitor, for having assaulted him in the complainant’s… Continue reading
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Dublin Solicitor Dies in Lover’s House of Ill-Fame, 1879
From the Freeman’s Journal, 29 September 1879: On Saturday morning at ten o’clock Richard D Lawless, solicitor, formerly resident in Lower Mount Street, was found dead in his bed, at the house No 4 Mecklenburgh-street. Deceased sixteen years ago was… Continue reading
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An Aggrieved Apprentice, 1874
From the Freeman’s Journal, 16 December 1874: “To the Editor of the Freeman. SIR – Would you kindly insert the following in the interest of the grievances of attorneys’ apprentices. The facts are briefly these:- In the second week of… Continue reading