Ireland had its own Epstein scandal in 1884. No island was involved, but rather a grocery shop run by James Pillar at 56 Rathmines Road, Dublin, where, in the evening, its owner offered to a different set of customers the… Continue reading

The Four Courts site and surrounding area in medieval times, as depicted in a map prepared by the Friends of Medieval Dublin and printed by the Ordnance Survey. A full zoomable version of the map is available here. Visible on… Continue reading

The above 18th century map from the Digital Repository of Ireland, via Europeana (zoom in here) delineates a narrow strip of land at the southern end of Church Street, Dublin, Ireland owned by Bridget St John, nee Hadsor and let… Continue reading

A very lovely view by Samuel Brocas depicting the Four Courts, Dublin, Ireland c.1820, which originally appeared in his Topography of Ireland of that year. It will be noted that the dome of the Four Courts stands noticeably higher than… Continue reading

A remarkable case from the Dublin Police Court of 1841, involving ‘Ellen Rosalind Holmes,’ an American girl ‘of great beauty, and most elegantly dressed,’ allegedly seduced and brought to Europe by an English titled gentleman before being abandoned by him… Continue reading