The Munster Bar could and may still be a precarious place to make a living.   Sir Redmond Barry who left Cork for Melbourne was asked why  replied that at the Munster Bar ‘there were hats for 40 and work for 20’.

Early Cork Lawyers:

_Legal Personel Early Cork, Ireland, 15th November 2018

 

https://durrushistory.com/2014/04/14/cork-barristers-sir-william-foster-stawell-1815-89-oldcourt-co-cork-to-attorney-general-and-chief-justice-melbourne-redmond-barry-1815-89-ballyclough-co-cork-chief-justice-victoria-40-ha/

https://durrushistory.com/2015/09/07/march-1719-munster-circuit-assizes-sitting-at-the-tholsel-cork-lord-chief-baron-gilbert-and-mr-baron-pockington/

https://durrushistory.com/2015/02/25/barristers-of-the-munster-circuit-1886-including-peter-the-packer-later-lord-obrien-of-kilfenora-2nd-serjeant/

 

https://durrushistory.com/2015/02/13/necrology-of-frank-francis-j-b-healy-1869-1931-barrister-on-munster-circuit-wilmont-castle-cobh-co-cork-imprisosned-richmond-gaol-and-english-gaols-antiquarian-contributor-to-defunct-c/

 

https://durrushistory.com/2014/04/14/cork-barristers-sir-william-foster-stawell-1815-89-oldcourt-co-cork-to-attorney-general-and-chief-justice-melbourne-redmond-barry-1815-89-ballyclough-co-cork-chief-justice-victoria-40-ha/

https://durrushistory.com/2015/01/28/sir-michael-henry-gallwey-1826-1912-greenfield-ardfield-clonakilty-co-cork-k-c-m-g-q-c-leading-member-of-the-munster-circuit-attorney-general-natal-south-africa-chief-justice-acting-g/

 

1847 from Law Society Directory:

 

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1917 from Law Society Directory:

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