Though the new gaol was described as "the finest in 3 kingdoms” compared to the old gaol, that's really a matter of perspective. When it opened 1824, the plans for Cork City Gaol may have been sketched by Ireland’s greatest neo-classical sculptor and Mrs. Deane and her son Thomas may have built a fine red sandstone structure. But if you were locked in the pillory and getting pelted with rotten food, feces or a dead animal, the architecture really wasn't a factor, now was it?

Cork City Gaol
Cork, Ireland

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