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in 1807 brought no increased income. His court ordered the sale of two derelict vessels and he gave instructions that the proceeds were to go to his own bank account. In 1810 or 1811 he took his wife and family to
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Barrington lost no time in pressing the trigger and Daly staggered back, put his hand to his chest, and cried "I'm hit, Sir." The ball had not penetrated but had driven part of a brooch slightly into his breastbone. Barrington only then thought to inquire why the duel was
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uninterrupted match of hard-going till the weather should break up ... hogshead of superior claret’ ... ‘the pipers plied their chants ... I shall never forget the attraction this novelty had for my youthful
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Daly had fought 16 duels in three years - three with swords and thirteen with pistols. Remarkably, he, and his opponents, had always escaped serious injury. Barrington had no pistols so he and his second,
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praying for his removal, and the King duly dismissed
Barrington from office. By then, Barrington's first 1827 volume of memoirs had sold successfully, and they were republished and expanded (see below).
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Barrington is most notable today for his memoirs which included scathing but humorous thumbnail portraits of contemporary Irish lawyers, judges and politicians during the last years of the
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in 1788 and in 1789 he married
Catherine, daughter of Dublin mercer, Edward Grogan. They were to have seven children. The following year he entered by the purchase of the seat the pre-1801
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even taking place. This time the rule book noted: "If a party challenged accepts the challenge without asking the reason for it, the challenger is never bound to divulge it afterwards".
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Memoirs, Comprising Secret Records of the National Convention, the Rebellion, and the Union, with Delineations of the Principal Characters Connected with These Transactions
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judge in 1798 at a salary of £500 he found there was little work to be done and his lack of a degree restricted other opportunities to support extravagant tastes. His award of a
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Barrington, an impoverished Protestant
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of 1701, which sought to protect the independence of the judiciary, both Houses of the
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immediately ... on being struck, he reeled, staggered, and fell very naturally, considering that it was his first death
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removed from office, finding misappropriations of court funds in 1805, 1806 and 1810. Pursuant to a provision of the
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retaining his judgeship and salary he moved to France in 1814 to escape his creditors and never returned to
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