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Richmond Bridewell Prison



 


Notes: Richmond Bridewell was a prison which existed on the site of what is now Griffith College. Active from 1813 - 1877.

It was described in 1837 in the Topographical Dictionary of Ireland as a;

"spacious structure enclosed by walls flanked with towers at the angles, and is entered by a massive gateway; between the outer wall and the main building is a wide space, intended for a rope-walk; the interior consists of two spacious quadrangles, the sides of which are all occupied by buildings; the cells, which are on the first floor, open into corridors with entrances at each end; the rooms in the second floor are used as work-rooms".

The Richmond Bridewell was used to hold offenders convicted of minor crimes. Nevertheless, conditions there were tough. Among the punishments were solitary confinement, the treadmill, wearing a metal helmet that constricted the skull and flogging. At its height in the 1860s, the Richmond Bridewell normally held between 200 and 250 prisoners at any one time but in the year 1870, for example, over 3,000 prisoners passed through it. In 1868 a man named Andrew Carr was hanged there for murder.

(from www.griffith.ie)

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Location : Latitude: 53.3317168, Longitude: -6.278102399999966


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   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Residence    Person ID 
1 Henderson, Benjamin  1 Apr 1876Richmond Bridewell Prison I48

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