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Prison

Ardnanagh,Ballypheasan, County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Prison, Ardnanagh, Ballypheasan, County Roscommon, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Ardnanagh,Ballypheasan
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.62988, -8.19391
SMR number
RO039-043003-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

A new jail was commissioned in 1814 to replace the 18th century building (RO039-043013-) and had been built by 1824 (Weld 1832, 413-4) to a design by Sir Richard Morrison (1767-1849). The prison was closed in 1886 and partly re-opened in 1887 as an RIC barracks. It was disused from 1921 to 1925 when the Gardaí took it over until 1948 when it was largely demolished. Excavation (03E1245) revealed some walls and surfaces from the prison era (O'Hara 2006)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 August 2010

O’Hara, R. 2006 Former gaol, Roscommon: 19th century gaol in I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 2003: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 427-8), No. 1598. Bray. Wordwell

References

Weld, I. 1832 Statistical survey of the county Roscommon. Dublin, Royal Dublin Society

O'Hara, R. 2006 Former Gaol, Roscommon. 19th century gaol. in I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 2003: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 427-8, No. 1598. Bray, Wordwell

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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