1715 – Northgate Gaol, Cork
The gateway building contained a prison in its upper stories. Conditions were atrocious due to its cramped site, until it was replaced by the purpose built Cork Gaol in the 1820s.
The gateway building contained a prison in its upper stories. Conditions were atrocious due to its cramped site, until it was replaced by the purpose built Cork Gaol in the 1820s.
Between 1773 and 1781, a new prison designed by Thomas Cooley was built to replace the earlier,
The building originally consisted of 36 Cells and the Governor’s Private Dwelling. It is known for having a hangwoman “Lady Betty”,
The old jail building is sited at the opposite end of the Mall from the Court House.
Demolished in 1988 to facilitate the construction of the new City Council headquarters. Blackburn was a London architect and pioneer of radial planning in prison design.
The former Debtors Prison on Green Street is adjacent to the current Court House and site of Newgate Gaol. It is a U-shape in plan with the two arms visable from the rear on Halston Street.
Built in 1796, Kilmainham Jail has witnessed many of the events leading to Irish independence: Prisoners from the United Irish Rebellion of 1796,
Designed as an alternative to transportation, the Richmond General Penitentiary was part of an experiment into a penitentiary system which also involved Millbank Penitentiary,
Originally known as the Richmond House of Correction and later the Richmond Bridewell. Construction started in 1813 to designs by Francis Johnston,
Designed to hold 200 inmates in a polygon-shaped building, with six-bay two-storey facets and six-bay three-storey terminal block to south. The Governor’s residence situated in the centre of the prison.