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Day, Ella B. Mr. Justice Day of Kerry 1745-1841.
A Discursive Memoir. Pollard, Exeter, 1938. First
Edition. Octavo. Cloth. Very Good Pp. xix, 311.
Folding map in rear. Corners and spine ends
bumped & rubbed. Ex-lib. Else near very good.
Rare & scarce.
Justice Robert Day (1746-1841) was the outstand-
ing politico-judicial figure of Kerry at the turn
of the nineteenth century. Born at Lohercannon,
outside Tralee, he was the outstanding Dublin
Kerryman of his day in the generation before
Daniel O’Connell, whom he knew and with whom
he was often in conflict. Day was a member of
the pre-Union Irish Parliament and at the same
time the popular judge of the Dublin county court
at Kilmainham. From there he was raised to the
King’s Bench (Ireland) in early 1798 where he
served to early 1819. He lived at Loughlinstown
House. He was the father of Elizabeth Lady Denny
and principal trustee of the Denny estate which
included the town of Tralee and its parliamentary
borough, and he set about reorganising that estate
when his daughter’s family prepared their move to
England to become absentee landlords.
Estimate €150-€200 £117-£156
Large Image & Place Bid Lot 3233
1783 Two writs concerning ownership of exten-
sive lands in Counties Dublin and Kildare.
Each three pages in a strong clerk’s hand, on
vellum, headed with an oval portrait of George
III and bearing a great seal in wax; signed “Farn-
ham”. One concerning lands at Barretstown and
Ballymore Eustace the other extensive lands at the
Curragh and Town of Kildare. (2)
26 x 27in. (66.04 x 68.58cm)
Estimate €250-€350 £195-£273
Large Image & Place Bid Lot 3334
1788 (20 August). Cheque signed by Henry Grat-
tan.
Drawn on David Latouche’s bank for £16.10s.0d
in favour of Thomas Buckley, entirely in Grattan’s
hand in ink.
7½ x 4½in. (19.05 x 11.43cm)
Estimate €150-€200 £117-£156
Large Image & Place Bid Lot 34