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Report - Armagh Gaol/Jail, Armagh NI - 7-8-08 -

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Wow, what an unexpected explore.

I had looked at this place on wednesday but was locked up tight. Driving past on thursday and happen to notice the door was open! Well I nearly crashed trying to get back to it.

This place is amazing, very moody! Only had an hour of free time but could easily spend all day here.

HISTORY:

"the gaol, which was constructed between 1780 and 1819 in two significant stages actually comprised three prisons – one for women, one for debtors and one for felons - as well as buildings like the block treadmill and engine house. Further extensions occurred in 1865 and the gaol remained a working place of incarceration until its closure in 1986." ref: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/programmes/restoration/2004/ni_armagh_gaol_01.shtml

Further history can be found here;
New film to tell the story of female hunger strikes
BBC NEWS | Northern Ireland | 'Epic struggle' to make prison drama



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Basement
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Pacie

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Re: Armagh Gaol/Jail, Armagh NI - 7-8-08 - REPORT

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Looking up where floor above should be!
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Staircase down to spooky basement. Anyone who knows me will know i'm not good in complete darkness so I did not complete all areas down here.
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Door into basement.
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Fireplace in basement!
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Small room in basement, what looks like a window is some kind of chute.
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Very small room in basement, by this time I was well and truely spooked, time to go up again!
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Re: Armagh Gaol/Jail, Armagh NI - 7-8-08 - REPORT

Looking out to Kitchen block.
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Nice vaulted ceilings.
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Entrance to cell blocks.
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Cell blocks and exercise yard.
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Hmmm, where are the knives???
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From kitchen to cell blocks
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Door to Infirmary.
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Must be nursing on radiators back to health.
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I spy.
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Pacie

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To cell blocks.
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A cell room.
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Cell block kitchen.
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Evidence of 'Dirty Protest' which was in support of hunger strikers.
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Re: Armagh Gaol/Jail, Armagh NI - 7-8-08 - REPORT

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Sluice toilet!
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A toy gun in a prison!!!




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When the public execution order was passed, hangings had to be done within the prison walls, this was where the hanging gallery was!
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Gate to basement below the actual cell blocks, ran out of time so did not get to go in.
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