Frederick Falkiner

Sir Frederick Richard Falkiner QC (1831 – 23 March, 1908) was an Irish lawyer, judge and author. Sir Frederick was the third son of Richard Falkiner, of Mount Falcon, County Tipperary, Ireland, and was educated at the University of Dublin, from which he graduated in 1852, the same year that he was called to the Irish Bar. He became a Queen's Counsel in 1867 and was appointed as Law Adviser to the Dublin Castle administration in 1875. The followin... more

Sir Frederick Richard Falkiner QC (1831 – 23 March, 1908) was an Irish lawyer, judge and author. Sir Frederick was the third son of Richard Falkiner, of Mount Falcon, County Tipperary, Ireland, and was educated at the University of Dublin, from which he graduated in 1852, the same year that he was called to the Irish Bar. He became a Queen's Counsel in 1867 and was appointed as Law Adviser to the Dublin Castle administration in 1875. The following year he was appointed Recorder of Dublin, a judicial position he held for almost three decades. He became a bencher of King's Inns in 1880 and was knighted in 1896. Sir Frederick, in his capacity as Recorder of Dublin (as of 16 June 1904), is briefly mentioned in James Joyce's Ulysses — in Chapter 12 (Cyclops) and Chapter 15 (Circe). Following his retirement as Recorder of Dublin in June 1905 he was made a member of the Irish Privy Council. He was also a governor of the King's Hospital school in Dublin. He died in retirement at Funchal,... less