81 / 216
THE GAZETTE
OF THE
Inr0rjmrat£ir fain
uf frdank
Vol. XVI., Nos. 3 &. 4.] July & August, 1922.
[
FOR CIRCULATION
AMONGST MEMBERS.
The Society's Premises.
The Council announce with very great
regret that on the 28th June the premises of
the Society at the Solicitors' Buildings, Four
Courts, were destroyed by
fire, during
military operations conducted by the Free
State Army for the purpose of recovering
possession of the Four Courts from the armed
force which had been in occupation since
14th April.
The contents of the Society's premises,
including the furniture and fittings,
the
library of books, and the paintings and en
gravings, were destroyed.
The bronze figure and the tablets of the
Society's War Memorial have been salved in
good condition.
The strong room, containing many of the
Society's records, withstood the effects of
the fire.
The Society held the premises under lease
of 29th June, 1874, for 999 years, at one
shilling per annum.
The Council have made a claim under the
Malicious Injuries Acts for a sum of £300,000
compensation in respect of the destroyed
premises and their contents, and a similar
claim has been sent in by the Council to the
Provisional Government
The business of the Society continues to
be temporarily carried on at 33 Molesworth
Street, Dublin.
The Council contemplate securing per
manent premises for the Society in the City
of Dublin, but for the present are not in a
position to make a definite statement on the
matter.
The Council are pleased to report that the
Secretary had obtained possession, prior to
the destruction of the Solicitors' Buildings,
of the more important records of the Society,
including
the current minute books, the
Registers of Practising Solicitors, the Roll
of Solicitors, the Roll of Members, the books
in connection with apprentices' examina
tions, a complete set of the Society's GAZETTE,
and other books relating to the affairs of
the Society.
The Society has sustained a very serious
loss at a critical time, but the Society will
be carried on for the advancement and use
of the profession, and the Council have no
doubt that they will receive, the assistance
of the profession
towards
the
thorough
restoration of the Society.