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Did you know that the King's Inns, Dublin (below, c.1810), was originally used by attorneys as well as barristers, until, in 1866, the former separated themselves from the control of the Benchers & made a claim to some of the Inns' property?

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Before the Battle of Mount St 1916, there was another battle of Mount Street.  Read about Dubliner Samuel Hale, his daring escape from Green Street courthouse in 1904, and his subsequent rooftop confrontation with police-officers Love and Bruton here: https://ruthcannon.com/.../a-daring-escape-from-green.../

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(via Attainted Aristocrat Dies in Private Lodgings on Inns Quay, 1726)

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How did a dispute between an Irish shoemaker unable to speak and an Irish labourer unable to read result in not one but two libel actions?  Come back with me to the Ballina Circuit Court of 1955 in Mayo, Ireland, to find out...