Irish gentlemen fighting a duel with pistols, Dublin, 1821

Irish gentleman Brian Boru and Naval officer Tarpaulin fighting a duel with pistols, Dublin, 1821. Seconds and members of the Duelling Society of Dublin attending. Squire Boru giving Old Tarpaulin a quietus in a Duel. Handcoloured engraving after an illustration by Marks from Pierce Egan's Real Life in Ireland, or the Day and Night Scenes, Rovings, Rambles, and Sprees, Bulls, Blunders, Bodderation and Blarney, of Brian Boru Esq. and his Elegant Friend Sir Shawn O'Dogherty, published by William Evans, London, 1829

1821 Blarney Blunders Bodderation Boru Bulls Criminals Crofton Debtors Drunks Duel Egan Gaol Graffiti Odogherty Paddy Pistols Rambles Rovings Shawn Shebeen Sprees Whisky

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