Lectures highlighting the great moments, movements and struggles involved in the foundation of the modern state of Ireland were hosted in the Four Courts in recent years.

Childers' Ghost and the Four Courts in wartime 1916-1922

Childers' Ghost and the Four Courts in wartime 1916-1922

Mr Justice Gerard Hogan delivers a poignant talk on one of the most volatile periods in Irish History as he discusses Childers' Ghost and the Four Courts in wartime 1916-1922.

The Irish Law Times goes to war 1914 - 1918

The Irish Law Times goes to war 1914 - 1918

Dr Myles Dungan gives a deep insight into the Great War through the prism of the well known specialist legal journal 'The Irish Law Times'. 

Soldiers and Law In The Irish Revolution

Soldiers and Law In The Irish Revolution

Professor Charles Townshend analyses the trials of the rebels in 1916 and how martial law in 1920/21 resulted in conflict between law and a perceived need for order.

Easter Rising 1916 - "The Trials"

Easter Rising 1916 - "The Trials"

Judge Seán Enright of the English Circuit Court delivers a lecture based on his book of the same title, a pioneering study of the military trials in May 1916 following the Easter Rising.

Barristers at War - Gallipoli 1915

Barristers at War - Gallipoli 1915

David Nolan S.C. explores the role of Irish and Australian barristers in the military campaign in Gallipoli in 1915 in an evocative lecture.

"Scrambling for the bones of the Patriot Dead" - Commemorating the Rising

"Scrambling for the bones of the Patriot Dead" - Commemorating the Rising

Professor Diarmaid Ferriter explores how the 1916 Rising has been commemorated over the last 100 years.

The Irish legal profession and The Battle of the Somme

The Irish legal profession and The Battle of the Somme

David Nolan SC, Ciaran O'Mara solicitor and Gerry McAlinden QC recall members of the Irish legal profession who died in the horrendous conditions of the Belgian battlefields in 1916. 

The destruction of the Public Record Office in 1922

The destruction of the Public Record Office in 1922

Dr. Catriona Crowe, Head of Special Projects at the National Archives of Ireland discusses the travesty that was the destruction of the Public Record Office in 1922.

East West Street - Personal Stories of International Crime

East West Street - Personal Stories of International Crime

Lawyer and writer Philippe Sands QC explores the connections between his work on 'crimes against humanity' and 'genocide', events during the Second World War and an untold story at the heart of the Nuremberg Trial.