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,
Built near the rear of Bridgefoot Street and Bonham Street to replace an earlier Marshalsea between Christ Church Cathedral amd Wood Quay.
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 Courthouse and site of Newgate Gaol. It is a U-shape in plan with the two arms visable from the rear on Halston Street.
Originally built as a gaol in 1796 by the Naas Corporation. That body was abolished in 1840, and the building lay empty until it was acquired by their successors,
Built in 1796, Kilmainham Jail has witnessed many of the events leading to Irish independence: Prisoners from the United Irish Rebellion of 1796,
Aberdeen’s Bridewell opened 1802 and was demolished around 1868. An impressive stone gateway to the Bridewell prison stood until 1883 when it was demolished.
In the days of New France, the Royal Redoubt, stood on the site of the Morrin Centre.
Designed as an alternative to transportation, the Richmond General Penitentiary was part of an experiment into a penitentiary system which also involved Millbank Penitentiary,