Dublin Castle scandal

Dublin Castle in the 1880s

The Dublin Castle scandal was a controversy involving the administration of British rule in Ireland in 1884. Irish nationalists, including William O'Brien (via United Ireland),[1] alleged homosexual orgies among the staff at Dublin Castle, the seat of the British government's administration in Ireland until 1922.[2][3][4][5] Following a failed libel action, several members of the administration were convicted of participating in male homosexual acts.[6]

  1. ^ Davis, Michael F. (2016). "A Little Cloud of Queer Suspicion". Joyce Studies Annual: 235. JSTOR 26288846. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  2. ^ Cocks, H.G. (2003). Nameless Offences: Homosexual Desire in the 19th Century. I.B. Tauris. p. 140.
  3. ^ O'Riordan, Tomás (Winter 2001). "The Theft of the Irish Crown Jewels". History Ireland.
  4. ^ Gillespie, Patrick Michael, ed. (18 October 2021). James Joyce and the Fabrication of an Irish Identity. Netherlands: Rodopi. pp. 136–138. ISBN 9789004488243.
  5. ^ Earls, Averill (2020). "Solicitor Brown and His Boy: Love, Sex, and Scandal in Twentieth-Century Ireland". Historical Reflections / Réflexions Historiques. 46 (1): 84. JSTOR 48729161. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  6. ^ Walshe, Éibhear (2005). "The First Gay Irishman? Ireland and the Wilde Trials". Éire-Ireland. 40 (3–4 (fall-winter)): 38–57. doi:10.1353/eir.2005.0032. Archived from the original on 12 May 2008. Retrieved 11 November 2014.