Stories of the Four Courts

The bed of two ladies of the family of Counsellor Flood mysteriously goes on fire at 25 Arran Quay in 1836. Carelessness with a candle or a spark from a fire? We can rule out spontaneous combustion on the part of the Misses Floods, as they both appear to have survived unscorched. Did either of them smoke a pipe?

Barristers in Ireland were originally referred to as ‘Counsellor.’ Many lawyers resided in the area of the Four Courts in the half century following its construction. 25 Arran Quay was subsequently demolished and replaced by the former Royal Bank of Ireland.

Clipping from the Limerick Chronicle, 9 January 1836.