Irish Legal History

ILHS Student Essay Prize Winners 2024! Undergraduate winner: Noah Williams Graduate winner: Kerri Armstrong Special Commendation: Caoimhín Jiao irishlegalhistorysociety.org/?p=1772

Our 2024 Winter Discourse will be dlivered by outoging President John G Gordon: "'Where there’s a Will there’s a Contest’ The Will of the Very Rev. Frank Henry PP: From Carrickfergus to Rome" 29 Nov, Trinity College. AGM 5.30; Lecture 6.30 Register here: eventbrite.ie/e/where-theres…

Legal History in the news: Sylvester Poff and James Barrett, hanged for murder in 1883, will today be formally pardoned by the President of Ireland. Dr Niamh Howlin @N_Howlin of UCD School of Law @ucddublin found that the convictions were unsafe rte.ie/news/2024/1030…

@IrLegalHist Might anyone have a copy of Gerald Horan’s ‘Courts of Justice Act, 1924’? I’ve a PDF copy of the volume, but it’s missing the preface!! Can anyone help, please? 😀📚

We are absolutely overjoyed to invite you to the inaugural Selden's Sister annual lecture, to be given by none other than the legend that is the Rt Hon Baroness Hale of Richmond. The 200-year struggle for mothers’ rights Liverpool, 14 Nov, 3pm, hybrid, free 1/2

Thanks to everyone who attended our event yesterday at the House of Lords (BOI) and made it such an enjoyable afternoon. @HistFest @FourCourtsPress @bankofireland [Pictured - Dr Thomas Mohr, Vice President of the Society, welcoming speakers and guests] fourcourtspress.ie/books/2024/a-c…

We look forward to welcoming attendees to our @HistFest event at the House of Lords, Bank of Ireland this afternoon. If you're interested in the centenary of the courts, use the link below to get a €10 discount off our book, thanks to @FourCourtsPress fourcourtspress.ie/books/2024/a-c…

Don't forget to register for our event at the Dublin Festival History on 10 October. If you've never been inside the former House of Lords on College Green, now is your chance! dublinfestivalofhistory.ie/event/centenar… (registration is essential; all welcome) @HistFest

Congratulations to our council member, Mark Tottenham, on the publication of his new book, "The Reliable Expert Witness", available now at claruspress.ie/shop/the-relia… @mark_tottenham @ClarusPress @TheBarofIreland

We are excited to be participating in Dublin's @HistFest! email Events@Irishlegalhistorysociety.org if you'd like to attend the Bank of Ireland on College Green on 10 Oct, 2-4 pm to hear about how a courts system was established for the Free State dublinfestivalofhistory.ie/event/centenar…

Rhiannon's paper explored the legal history of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949. Congratulations to Rhiannon! @gcseabourne @jhmccunn @N_Howlin #BLHC2024 #LegalHistory To find out more about our prizes and bursaries,check out irishlegalhistorysociety.org/?page_id=109

We are delighted to have awarded the 2024 Sir Anthony Hart Doctoral Paper Prize to Ms Rhiannon Ogden-Jones The prize was awarded for the best paper by a student at the British Legal History Conference irishlegalhistorysociety.org/?p=1730

Today at the #BLHC2024 we talked about our upcoming book, our plans to improve Wikipedia’s women in legal history pages, our new mentoring scheme, and everything great about Selden’s Sister.

A fantastic British Legal History Conference 2024 at @BristolUni thanks to @gcseabourne and @jhmccunn. Great representation of Irish Legal History at the conference too! #BLHC2024

Calling students of #Law, #History or related fields! Our #legalhistory essay competition is open until 31 May. Max. 5,000 words, both undergrad and graduate students can enter. Win €250 and all the glory. Details here: irishlegalhistorysociety.org/?page_id=1464

@rachelmurphy @cbgenealogy @tait_clodagh @HistorianKarol @N_Howlin @ianwalensis @RuthCan75563366 Coming soon from the Irish Legal History Society: fourcourtspress.ie/books/2024/a-c… Also many chapters on the courts in edited collections, available in libraries or from @FourCourtsPress: fourcourtspress.ie/books/browse/l…

@cbgenealogy @tait_clodagh @HistorianKarol Cannot think of a book that covers all of this, instead may need to look at a number of articles. @N_Howlin might be a good starting point, also @ianwalensis and @RuthCan75563366 might have suggestions - and @IrLegalHist.

Advance notice of a conference on Archives, Access & Human Rights on 13 June in the @RIAdawson. Full programme attached. @IrLegalHist ria.ie/archives-acces…

The ILHS essay competition is closing at the end of May. It's open to undergrad and postgrad students - details here: irishlegalhistorysociety.org/?page_id=1464 In previous years we have seen excellent essays on a range of topics. Please encourage your students to enter!

This years ILHS Student Essay Prize is open! Undergraduates and postgraduates are eligible and there is a prize €250. For full details see: irishlegalhistorysociety.org/?page_id=1464 The deadline is 31 May, so there's still time! Please share with your students 😊