Master of The Rolls, Dublin Portrait of John Philpot Curran.

Came from a relatively humble background, the local rector took him under his wings and he got to Trinity College, Dublin. Like many aspirant Barristers he subbed as a teacher did a bit of journalism before hitting lucky through patronage.

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Patriotic verse by John Philpot Curran, (1750-1817), Lawyer, Wit, MP. Master of the Rolls and Privy Councillor, father of Sarah Curran, Newmarket, Co Cork, ‘Let us be Merry before we go’, ‘The Monks of the Screw’, ‘Cushla Ma Chree’

A Rhyming Invitation sent by John Philpot Curran (1750-1817) to Grandfather of Robert Carey, Skibbereen.

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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’s Black pudding to Joyce in Paris, Patrick Kavanagh trial, Chief Justice Hugh…