LOCATION FILE
Crumlin Road Gaol
Belfast, Northern Ireland
OVERVIEW
A prison of 1843–46 by Charles Lanyon on the Crumlin Road in north Belfast, joined to the courthouse opposite by a tunnel under the road, and the last Victorian prison in Northern Ireland. It held suffragettes, republicans and loyalists, de Valera and, through the Troubles, thousands of paramilitary prisoners; it closed on 31 March 1996 and reopened in 2012 as an attraction.
HISTORY
Seventeen men were hanged here between 1854 and 1961, the last Robert McGladdery; after 1901 the execution chamber was inside C Wing, and the condemned cell, shared with two warders to the end, is on the tour. Two loyalist prisoners were killed by an IRA bomb in the dining hall in November 1991. Escapes and riots are part of its record.
REPORTED ACTIVITY
The gaol runs ghost walks and four-hour investigations and reports figures in the condemned cell and C Wing, footsteps in the tunnel and a presence in the hanging cell; television crews have filmed there. The venue has an interest, and the entry records that. The Troubles history is within living memory and is not offered as entertainment.
VISITING
Open daily, ticketed; tunnel, wings and execution chamber on the tour. Paranormal events by booking.
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