Students Duel 1800. Dublin

 

 

Duel between 

               Messrs, Coolan and Morcan.                

 Dublin, March 13th 1800.

 

This morning two students of our University, Messrs, Coolan and Morcan, in consequence of an unhappy dispute the preceeding evening , met in the fields near Harcourt-Street. 

They fired at the same moment , when Mr. Coolan's shot unfortunately took place in the temple of his antagonist, and killed him on the spot. 

The surviving combatant has been expelled the college, and the two seconds have been rusticated.

               ( Courtesy: The Origin and History of Ordeals by James P. Gilchrist.)

                   David Stroud. ramrodantiques.co.uk