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The Four Courts, Dublin, has been the centre of the Irish legal system since 1796.  During that time it has witnessed some uniquely colourful happenings. This site brings readers back in time to the Four Courts of days gone by through old newspaper stories and historical images.

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Recently Published

  • Legal Monkeys Hire Organ-Grinders to Disrupt Judge’s Party, 1846-66
  • No Catholic Testament in the Four Courts, 1919
  • Enough to make Curls Stand on End: Fee Recovery and the Junior Bar, 1862-present
  • The Fighting Herb Doctors of Church Street and Parnell Street, 1852
  • Mr Dunn BL in Love Again, 1838

Top Posts & Pages

  • Do Not Covet a Barrister's Wife, 1862
    Do Not Covet a Barrister's Wife, 1862
  • Legal Monkeys Hire Organ-Grinders to Disrupt Judge's Party, 1846-66
    Legal Monkeys Hire Organ-Grinders to Disrupt Judge's Party, 1846-66
  • No Catholic Testament in the Four Courts, 1919
    No Catholic Testament in the Four Courts, 1919
  • State Trial Implodes as Attorney General Challenges Opposing Counsel to Duel, 1844
    State Trial Implodes as Attorney General Challenges Opposing Counsel to Duel, 1844
  • Enough to make Curls Stand on End: Fee Recovery and the Junior Bar, 1862-present
    Enough to make Curls Stand on End: Fee Recovery and the Junior Bar, 1862-present

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