Commemoration of John Philpot Curran (1750 – 1817)

17 October 2017

On Friday 13th October 2017, The Bar of Ireland & The Honorable Society of King’s Inns held a commemoration dinner to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the death John Philpot Curran (1750 – 1817) in The Honorable Society of King’s Inns.

Over 100 guests were in attendance to celebrate the life and work of John Philpot Curran including Attorney General Séamus Woulfe SC, senior members of the judiciary and members of The Bar of Ireland. 

(Hugh Mohan SC)

A wreath laying ceremony was also held on Saturday 14th October 2017 at the gravestone of John Philpott Curran in Glasnevin Cemetery. 

Turlough O’Donnell SC, Jane McGowan BL and Amy Deane BL read excerpt of John Philpot Curran’s speeches including “Speech on the Right of Election of Lord Mayor of the City of Dublin” (1790).

(Liam McCollum QC, Chairman of the Bar of Northern Ireland & Mary Rose Gearty SC)