Online Tour - Kilmainham Gaol Museum
The East Wing. This new wing was built in the 1860s, to the design of architect John McCurdy, and reflected the new ideals of Victorian prison theory. Modelled on Jeremy Bentham’s Panopticon, every cell is visible from a central platform. There are ninety-six cells in all. Light is particularly important in this East Wing.
Kilmainham Gaol - Wikipedia
A small hanging cell was built in the prison in 1891. It is located on the first floor, between the west wing and the east wing. There was no segregation of prisoners; men, women and children were incarcerated up to 5 in each cell, with only a single candle for light and heat.
Architecture Abroad: The East Wing of Kilmainham Gaol
2011年3月14日 · The East Wing provided an additional 96 cells and was specifically designed to keep inmates in solitary confinement in order to encourage self-reflection, contemplation and repentance. When compared to the dungeon-style of the original jail design, the East Wing had elevated Kilmainham to a “modern jail”.
The Building - Kilmainham Gaol Museum
Under the ground of this new wing were four cellar-level isolation cells intended for dark and solitary confinement. Discover how the building was restored in the twentieth century. Learn More
The History of Kilmainham Gaol Prison - The Irish Place
2016年8月15日 · In the mid-nineteenth century, the East Wing was knocked down and rebuilt in a style that perfectly reflected Victorian design ideals. Rather grandly, the new structure was inspired by that of the Panopticon, and it enabled all of the cells to be observed from the centrally positioned viewing area.
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Kilmainham Gaol
The East Wing (1861) The spectacular east wing, providing an extra 96 cells, opened in 1862. It is typical of the Victorian belief that prison architecture was crucial to the reform of inmates. During this period the gaol was run on the principles of silence and separation. Communication between prisoners was forbidden and they spent much of ...
Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin: a 'panoptic' prison? - UCL
The east wing of Kilmainham Gaol opened in 1864, and 'was enthusiastically received with its 'panoptic design'. The design was modelled on that of Pentonville Prison, and like it was a '3 storey high, barrel vaulted space, lined on either side …
The East Wing of Kilmainham Gaol © Marathon :: Geograph …
The East Wing of Kilmainham Gaol. Kilmainham Gaol is one of the largest unoccupied prisons in Europe. It opened in 1796 as the new county gaol for Dublin. In 1862, a new part of the prison, The Central Hall, was completed and was modelled on Pentonville Prison so that all cells could be seen from one place.
East Wing, Kilmainham Gaol - 3D-ICONS.IE
Opened in 1796 as the County Gaol for Dublin, Kilmainham Gaol has, at crucial moments, held within its walls most of the key personalities involved in the struggle for Irish independence. The spectacular east wing, providing an extra 96 cells, opened in 1862.
Kilmainham Gaol Museum - Heritage Ireland
Kilmainham Gaol is one of the largest unoccupied gaols in Europe. It opened in 1796 as the new county gaol for Dublin and finally shut its doors as such in 1924. During that period it witnessed some of the most heroic and tragic events in Ireland’s emergence as a modern nation.