Solicitors
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Apprentice Solicitor Swordfight on Eve of Qualification, 1717
A very early Irish legal story, from Pue’s Occurrences, 31 January 1719: “About 3 quarters after 2 in the Afternoon, Mr Leigh, eldest Son of Richard Leigh Esq of the County of Westmeath, and one Mr Smith, Son to Mr… Continue reading
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Irish Solicitor Efficiently Rescued After Falling Off Dublin-Holyhead Ferry mid-Channel, 1932
From the Belfast Telegraph, 26 October 1932: “Passengers on the RMS Scotia from Dun Laoghaire (Kingstown) to Holyhead on Tuesday night witnessed the rescue of an Irish solicitor, Mr O’Connor. It appears that somewhere about mid-channel he fell overboard. The… Continue reading
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Breach of Promise Proceedings by Smitten Solicitor’s Clerk, 1892
From the Freeman’s Journal, 9 January 1892: “A DUBLIN BREACH OF PROMISE CASE Yesterday Master Pigott sat in the Master’s office to hear a case of Lee v Doyle. The defendant, describing himself as Richard Lee, solicitor’s assistant, 17 Walton… Continue reading
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Popular Killarney Solicitor Disappears after Derby Win, Turns Up Decades Later in South Africa, 1886-1906
From the Kerry Evening Post, 19 June 1886: “The public who are conversant with the facts of the sudden and mysterious disappearance in London of Mr Alfred M Bernard, Solicitor, of Sheheree, near Killarney, where he was on official business,… Continue reading
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The Wimple Life, 1908
From the Preston Herald, 22 August 1908: “Unless the widow of Mr Michael J Hanmore, a solicitor, late of 3, Prince of Wales Terrace, Bray, Co Wicklow, consents to enter a convent and devote the remainder of her life to… Continue reading