Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. ROSCOMMON, ROSCOMMON, COUNTY GAOL (OLD)

Name: UNKNOWN ARCHITECT
Building: CO. ROSCOMMON, ROSCOMMON, COUNTY GAOL (OLD)
Date: 1797ca
Nature: New gaol, replaced in 1817 because of its 'want of arrangement and space for the necessary classification of prisoners and of wholesome ventilation'.
Refs: Report by Francis Johnston on whether the gaol would be suited for conversion into a lunatic asylum (with plan) in Minutes of Commissioners for General Control…and for Superintending…the Erection…of Asylums for the Lunatic Poor, 13? Dec 1817 (information from Brendan O'Donoghue)