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Seagulls Go Crazy During the Battle of the Four Courts, 1922
The seagulls at the Four Courts, Dublin, have always been uncontrollable (see video above), but the fighting there during the Civil War of 1922 provoked them to heights reminiscent of Hitchcock’s ‘The Birds’. The movie was based on a short… Continue reading
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Before the King’s Inns, 1539-1802
From the Irish Builder and Engineer, June 15, 1893, this fascinating account of a pleasant park on the banks of the Bradogue river, where Henrietta Street now stands, and of its one-time owner Mrs. Kinborough Piphoe, née Valentine, who reputedly… 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
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Counsel for the Defence Skilfully Evades Challenge to a Duel to Secure Ireland’s Most Infamous Bigamy Acquittal, 1846
From the Annual Register of World Events, this account of a remarkable bigamy trial (or trials) in the Dublin Commission Court in 1846, culminating in a challenge to a duel issued by the prosecution solicitor to leading defence counsel. In… Continue reading
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Locomotive Inspector’s Wife Steps in to Save the Day with Enticing Repast for Judges Marooned at Clonmel Station, 1898
From the Kerry News, 21 June 1898, this heartwarming story of a kindness shown by locomotive inspector’s wife Mrs Daniel Leahy, of Clonmel, to two elderly judges who found themselves detained at the town’s station (image above) due to unspecified… Continue reading
