Occupation - attorney/solicitor in 19th century Limerick, Ireland

[Jang]

I've just discovered that one of my ancestors, Jeffrey Keating, was listed as a solicitor on his son's marriage certificate in 1869 and as an attorney on his own death certificate in 1877 and wondered what sort of training he would have had for this occupation. Do records exist?

Jan

[Wexflyer]

I've just discovered that one of my ancestors, Jeffrey Keating, was listed as a solicitor on his son's marriage certificate in 1869 and as an attorney on his own death certificate in 1877 and wondered what sort of training he would have had for this occupation. Do records exist?

Jan

Most probably via an apprenticeship.
Might be a good idea to take a look at this book: "Law Society of Ireland – 1852-2002: Portrait of a Profession’, by Dr Eamonn G Hall and Daíre Hogan"

[Jang]

Thanks for the recommendation - sounds interesting.

[Kiltaglassan]

I've just discovered that one of my ancestors, Jeffrey Keating, was listed as a solicitor on his son's marriage certificate in 1869 and as an attorney on his own death certificate in 1877......

This is the only Jeffrey Keating death in 1877 in Croom S.R.D. and he was a bachelor. So how does his son marry in 1869?
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1877/020526/7203108.pdf

[John Falvey]

Is he this one?
"KEATING JEFFERY, 4th s. of Jeffery, Garrane, Co. Limerick, farmer; over 16; ed,
Limerick; afft. father. M 1836." from King’s Inns Admission Papers 1607–1867, see https://www.irishmanuscripts.ie/digital/Kings%20Inns%20Admission%20Papers%201607-1867/Kings%20Inns%20Admission%20Papers%201607-1867.pdf

[Jang]

Kiltaglassan, Jeffrey had an illegitimate son, Jeremiah, with Margaret Dwyer :-)

John, Wow, many thanks for the reference. That's him - and it tells me I have two more brothers to find. I found the actual entry - do you know what  "ed, Limerick; afft. father. M 1836" means?

[John Falvey]

Educated at Limerick, affidavit provided by his father, started in Michaelmas term 1836. He would have been aged 16 or over.

[Jang]

Thanks again, he was born in 1814, so aged 22 when he started. 1836 just happens to be the year his illegitimate son was born :-)

[Wexflyer]

Of course solicitors and attorneys were not quite the same thing!
I think the latter were abolished as a separate category in Ireland ca 1877.

Also, back then solicitors had to have some training or link to the King's Inns - the Inn of Court where barristers were (and still are) trained and accredited. Hence the Kings Inn record that has turned up. That was a requirement the Law Society of Ireland agitated to have removed for many years in the mid 19th century.
Take a look at the Wiki article for the Law Society of Ireland, and elsewhere.