enfranchisement—being set free. This is a political observation by Trollope. [(return)]
traversers—Trollope repeatedly refers to the defendants as “traversers.” The term probably comes from the legal term “to traverse,” which is to deny the charges against one in a common law proceeding. Thus, the traversers would have been those who pled innocent.] [(return)]
sang froid—(French) coolness in a trying situation, lack of excitability [(return)]
The Four Courts was a landmark courthouse in Dublin named for the four divisions of the Irish judicial system: Common Pleas, Chancery, Exchequer, and King’s Bench. [(return)]
Conciliation Hall, Dublin, was built in 1843 as a meeting place for O’Connell’s Repeal Association. [(return)]