Leading 1937 case on Irish libel law, Sinclair v Gogarty, Samuel Beckett’s affidavit, Arthur Cox, Aidan Higgins memories of Gogarty, Con Curran, Justice Kenneth Reddin bringing Olhausen Black pudding to Joyce in Paris, Patrick Kavanagh trial, Chief Justice Hugh Kennedy, Tim Healy Governor General, Denis Johnson, Lady Glenavy.
Some general background to case and personalities.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FB4yW_dgjoNyNfdBI77X4wBMoKXsVyChY–xHCMCN-4/edit
Noel Brown reared by Chance family related to William Martin Murphy, the Chance family had a Bantry house adn were directors of Murphy and O’Connor, Bantry, very popular locally
Old Pier Bantry bult by Wiliam Martin Murphy’s father:
saw a reenactment of the Kavanagh trial when his seat by the Grand Canal was “opened” by Mary Robinson.A great, funny and historic occasion.
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