Duelling in Dublin

Duelling, the rather strange practice by which an insult could only be avenged if blood were spilled (preferably by someone other than yourself...

Castleknock Castle
The site of Castleknock Castle was well chosen by the Norman, Hugh Tyrrell. Built on two mounds near the end of the esker which stretches f...

Robert Molesworth

Viscount Molesworth was born in Dublin in December 1656 - his father, a wealthy merchant, dying shortly before his birth. He sided with King Jam...

Lucan in 1820
"Lucan is greatly frequented by the inhabitants of Dublin during the summer season, on account of its medicinal springs. Having been now fo...

A curious case

Sessions-Court, Green-street
(Saunders's News-Letter, Dublin, 1st February, 1826

Yesterday came on before the Recorder, an interesting and c...

(Irish Independent 1907)

It was reported in Dublin yesterday that a sensational robbery had taken place in Dublin Castle.
The discovery was made on Saturday ...

Mulhuddart Church
Today's visitor to Mulhuddart Church will but see the lower section of a squat tower and parts of the wall that once made up the nave. This is all that remai...

Charles Robert Maturin

Charles Robert Maturin, of Huguenot descent, was born on the 25th September 1780 and attended Trinity College, Dublin.
Shortly after ...

Newgate Prison

On the 28th of October 1773, the foundation stone of Newgate Prisonwas laid (the site is now St. Michan's Park, between Green Street and Halston St...