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) |