15th C. – Brown’s Castle, Dublin
Approximately where Cornmarket is now, Brown’s Castle was better known as the Black Dog prison.
1777 – Old Gaol, Roscommon, Co. Roscommon
The building originally consisted of 36 Cells and the Governor’s Private Dwelling.
1780 – Former Jail, Armagh, Co. Armagh
Architect: Thomas Cooley / William Murray
The old jail building is sited at the opposite end of the Mall from the Court House.
1818 – Former Prison, Sligo, Co. Sligo
Designed to hold 200 inmates in a polygon-shaped building,
1824 – Derry Gaol, Co. Derry
The fourth gaol constructed in Derry, it opened in 1824,
1830 – Prison, Portlaoise, Co. Laois
Architect: William Deane Butler
Now obscured by more modern security measures,
1834 – Prison, Castlebar, Co. Mayo
Architect: Frederick Darley
The former Castlebar prison was constructed between 1829 and 1834 at a cost of £23,000.
1850 – Mountjoy Prison, North Circular Road, Dublin
Architect: Captain Joshua Jebb
Mountjoy was designed by Captain Joshua Jebb of the Royal Engineers and opened in 1850.
1881 – Calton Jail, Edinburgh
Architect: W.B. Collinson
The notorious Calton Jail was a complex comprising a Debtors’
1883 – Vaughan Street Jail, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Architects: Walter Chesterton & Samuel Hooper
Built in 1881,
