15th C. – Brown’s Castle, Dublin
Approximately where Cornmarket is now, Brown’s Castle was better known as the Black Dog prison. The castle became a tavern from which the prison got its name.
prisons
1777 – Old Gaol, Roscommon, Co. Roscommon
The building originally consisted of 36 Cells and the Governor’s Private Dwelling. It is known for having a hangwoman “Lady Betty”,
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, 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.
1824 – Derry Gaol, Co. Derry
The fourth gaol constructed in Derry, it opened in 1824, and closed in 1953, and was demolished bar one tower in the early 1970s.
1830 – Prison, Portlaoise, Co. Laois
Architect: William Deane Butler
Now obscured by more modern security measures, Portlaoise (formerly Maryborough) Prison had a magnificent entrance gateway worthy of a Norman castle.
1834 – Prison, Castlebar, Co. Mayo
Architect: Frederick Darley
The former Castlebar prison was constructed between 1829 and 1834 at a cost of £23,000. According to Lewis,
1881 – Calton Jail, Edinburgh
Architect: W.B. Collinson
The notorious Calton Jail wasa complex comprising a Debtors’ Prison, the Bridewell (1791-96) by Robert Adam (later replaced) and a Felons’
1883 – Vaughan Street Jail, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Architects: Walter Chesterton & Samuel Hooper
Built in 1881, this building was the provincial jail receiving criminals from Manitoba,
