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Coordinates: 52°5844N 6°0214W / 52.978835°N 6.037132°W / 52.978835; -6.037132
 

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Wicklow Gaol
Priosúin Chill Mhantáin
Wicklow Gaol is located in Ireland
Wicklow Gaol

Location in Ireland

Alternative namesThe Gates of Hell
General information
TypePrison
Architectural styleVictorian prison
AddressKilmantin Hill, Wicklow, Ireland
Coordinates52°58′44N 6°02′14W / 52.978835°N 6.037132°W / 52.978835; -6.037132
Construction started1702
Completed1843
Renovated1995
Demolished1954 (partial)
Technical details
Materialslate, granite, red brick, timber, cast iron, concrete
Floor count3
Design and construction
Architect(s)William Vitruvius Morrison
Interior

Wicklow Gaol is a former prison, now a museum, located in the town of Wicklow, County Wicklow, Ireland

History

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Prison

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There has been a prison on the site since the late eighteenth century. Prisoners were held at Wicklow Gaol during the 1798 Rebellion and the Great Famine, as well as many held there prior to penal transportation.[1]

The prison was extended in 1822 to a design by William Vitruvius Morrison, and further extended 1842-3.[2]

The prison in 1877 was demoted to the status of ‘bridewell’, a prison for petty offenders awaiting trial, and closed down by 1900, but reopened in 1918 to hold republican prisoners during the Irish War of Independence and Irish Civil War (the most famous of them was Erskine Childers); the last prisoners left in 1924.[3][4]

Museum

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In 1995 renovations began, and it reopened as a museum in 1998, claiming to be one of the world's most haunted buildings, due to the long history of suffering associated with it. The prison was featured on a 2009 episode of Ghost Hunters International.[5][6]

References

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  1. ^ "Wicklow gaol listed among the top 10 most haunted places in the world – WicklowNews".
  • ^ 1820-1843: Building Expansion
  • ^ 1916-1923: The Independence Era
  • ^ 1928-2014-closure-renovation/ 1928-2014: Closure and Renovation
  • ^ "'Haunted' Wicklow jail to feature on TV show". The Independent. 1 September 2010. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  • ^ "Wicklow's Gaol". IMDB. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
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