Jaspar Robert Joly was born #OTD 26 May 1819. Entered Trinity College Dublin aged 13, admitted to Óstaí an Rí | King’s Inns 1838, to The Inner Temple 1839, received degree of Barrister-at-Law 1841. An avid bibliophile, his books and papers formed the foundation of the National Library of Ireland See alt text. #LegalHistory

Poole Henry Hickman, Captain of the 7th Battalion of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, killed in action Dardanelles 15 August 1915. Attended @KinsInns and admitted barrister 1909. Monument to him: tinyurl.com/5cs73avn #DefenceForces #Barristers #LegalHistory #WorldWarOne #Gallipoli

"Daniel O’Connell had very good reason for remembering the first brief that he had received, for it was the only one that came to him during his whole first year at the Irish bar.  It was marked with a fee of £2.5s.6d, which was, of course, all the money he earned in that period

In 1937, the student prize winners of King's Inns were announced in the newspaper. From a scrapbook of news cuttings Óstaí an Rí | King’s Inns #exams #StudentLife #IrishLaw

A founder of the United Irishmen, and later imprisoned for treason, dying before he could be hanged, Theobald Wolfe Tone was born #OTD 20 June 1763. He was admitted as a barrister by Óstaí an Rí | King’s Inns in Trinity Term 1789.

Frederick Darley, stone-cutter/builder, was grandfather of Frederick Darley, barrister and judge. The stone-cutter was #baptised #OTD 6 June 1764. He assisted James Gandon, architect, in building Óstaí an Rí | King’s Inns 1800-1804, where his grandson would later go #architecture ArchitecturalArchive

Sketch from the archives - a Roman centurion? #ManuscriptMonday

New edition of Police Powers in Ireland / by Garnet Orange

New book on assisted decision-making now in the library

New book on housing law in Ireland

The Sheares brothers were students Óstaí an Rí | King’s Inns and received the degree of Barrister-at-Law in 1789 and 1790 respectively. They were convicted of high treason #OTD 13 July 1798. #LegalHistory #IrishHistory

John Philpot Curran b. #OTD 1750 attended Trinity College Dublin. Admitted to degree of BL 1775 Óstaí an Rí | King’s Inns. He defended Archibald H Rowan, and prisoners after 1798. His daughter was Sarah Curran, sweetheart of Robert Emmet. JPC resigned as Master of the Rolls 1813. #LegalHistory #IrishLaw

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Isaac Butt was born #OnThisDay 6 September 1813.

New European Union law book now in the library