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Title: Link: Irish Prison Records
Post by: jud72 on Sunday 30 October 11 02:47 GMT (UK)
Records for some of the Irish prisons are now available on www.findmypast.ie
Subscription is required
The following prisons are included:

County            Prison                              Covering Dates
 CLARE            ENNIS REFORMATORY      1899-1920
 CORK             BANDON (BRIDEWELL)     1849-1878
 CORK             CHARLEVILLE (BRIDEWELL) 1856-1880
 CORK             CLONAKILTY                     1883-1886
 CORK             CORK                               1819-1924
 CORK             DUNMANWAY (BRIDEWELL)1858-1878
 CORK             FERMOY (BRIDEWELL)       1897-1909
 CORK             FORT CARLISLE                 1848-1924
 CORK             KANTURK (BRIDEWELL)     1878-1855
 CORK             KINSALE (BRIDEWELL)      1856-1879
 CORK             MILLSTREET (BRIDEWELL) 1855-1862
 CORK             MITCHELSTOWN (BRIDEWELL)1884-1892
 CORK             QUEENSTOWN (BRIDEWELL)  1882-1894
 CORK             SKIBBEREEN (BRIDEWELL) 1855-1881
 CORK             SPIKE ISLAND PRISON        1860-1883
 CORK             YOUGHAL (BRIDEWELL)      1873-1900
 DUBLIN          GRANGEGORMAN FEMALE PRISON  1831-1897
 DUBLIN          KILMAINHAM                       1789-1910
 DUBLIN          MOUNTJOY                          1830-1924
 DUBLIN          NEWGATE                           1845-1861
 DUBLIN          RICHMOND (BRIDEWELL)    1845-1887
 DUBLIN          SMITHFIELD                        1844-1849
 GALWAY         GALWAY                             1839-1851
 GALWAY         LOUGHREA (BRIDEWELL)    1884-1920
 KERRY            TRALEE                               1852-1920
 KILDARE         ATHY                                  1858-1860
 KILDARE         NAAS                                  1859-1881
 KILKENNY        KILKENNY                          1892-1921
 LAOIS              MARYBOROUGH                 1821-1924
 LAOIS              QUEEN'S CO                      1830-1879
 LEITRIM           CARRICK-ON-SHANON       1849-1901
 LIMERICK         LIMERICK                          1830-1901
 LONGFORD       LONGFORD                        1856-1898
 LOUTH              DUNDALK                           1917-1924
 MAYO                CASTLEBAR                        1878-1919
 MEATH              TRIM                                  1837-1878
 OFFALY             TULLAMORE                       1860-1921
 SLIGO               SLIGO                                1836-1924
 TIPPERARY        CLONMEL                           1840-1924
 TIPPERARY        NENAGH                             1842-1884
 WATERFORD     WATERFORD                       1842-1924
 WEXFORD         NEW ROSS (BRIDEWELL)    1846-1905
 WEXFORD         WEXFORD                            1852-1904
 WICKLOW         WICKLOW                           1846-1901
 
Title: Re: Irish Prison Records now online
Post by: shanew147 on Friday 29 June 12 11:04 BST (UK)
Also a free set of transcripts on FamilySearch :

   Ireland, Prison Registers, 1790-1924 (http://www.rootschat.com/links/0owh/)

 (link updated)
Title: Re: Irish Prison Records now online
Post by: taramcdsmall on Sunday 01 July 12 20:51 BST (UK)
Gosh Shane

Thanks SO much for that link,

I have just found out where my great great grandfather was born !!!

Tara
Title: IRELAND, PRISON REGISTERS
Post by: Lisacul Rosie on Tuesday 10 July 12 16:39 BST (UK)
Familysearch.org have added 3.12 million records for the period 1790- 1924 under their Historical records for Ireland. Not been shown as recently added but this is the first time I have come across this collection.
Title: Re: Irish Prison Records now online
Post by: myluck! on Tuesday 10 July 12 17:25 BST (UK)
Just looked up a couple of people and found some very interesting entries! ;)
Can't wait to look up the originals and see how to add to the family tree Larceny, Drunkeness and Assaulting a PC without offending anyone!!!!!
Title: Re: Irish Prison Records now online
Post by: taramcdsmall on Tuesday 10 July 12 17:32 BST (UK)
Hey I can top you 'MYLUCK'

I found BIGAMY in my family on those records...................I nearly had a stroke LOL !

Tara
Title: Re: Irish Prison Records now online
Post by: Joy Dean on Tuesday 10 July 12 22:12 BST (UK)
I think I have found my great-great-grandmother's brother Philip McAlarney in
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.familysearch.org%2Frecords%2Fcollection%2F2043780
but there doesn't seem to be an image available to be seen. So how could I find out more, please?
Title: Re: Irish Prison Records now online
Post by: taramcdsmall on Tuesday 10 July 12 22:24 BST (UK)
Findmypast the fee paying site is the place to see the full record !

Tara
Title: Re: Irish Prison Records now online
Post by: Joy Dean on Tuesday 10 July 12 22:35 BST (UK)
Findmypast the fee paying site is the place to see the full record !

Tara

Ah, thank you.
In family search one reads that it can be seen at an LDS Centre, too.
I shall have to ponder as to whether it would be worth paying to see any more, or not - "Offence:    Charged On The Oath That Deft" doesn't make much sense to me.
Title: Re: Irish Prison Records now online
Post by: taramcdsmall on Tuesday 10 July 12 23:08 BST (UK)
I don't have easy access to an LDS centre so that's why I went though findmypast.

You don't get a huge amount of extra info on the actual records, well not on the ones that I bought anyone.

I suppose like with all these things it depends on how much you would like to see the original.

Tara
Title: Re: Irish Prison Records now online
Post by: Joy Dean on Wednesday 11 July 12 16:38 BST (UK)
I don't have easy access to an LDS centre so that's why I went though findmypast.

You don't get a huge amount of extra info on the actual records, well not on the ones that I bought anyone.

I suppose like with all these things it depends on how much you would like to see the original.

Tara

Find my past tell me
"Its £8.45 for 100 credits and it costs 20 credits to view a record from the Prison Registers." and "It includes:
- Further detail on the crime
- Exact date of Committal
- Details (if any) of any previous convictions
- How disposed of
- Date of discharge".
I shall never want more than that one record :)
Title: Re: Irish Prison Records now online
Post by: patmeph on Thursday 01 November 12 01:43 GMT (UK)
Just looked up a couple of people and found some very interesting entries! ;)
Can't wait to look up the originals and see how to add to the family tree Larceny, Drunkeness and Assaulting a PC without offending anyone!!!!!

Hi myluck I notice that you have a Lawless and a Reilly in your ancesters,my g.grandfather was Thomas Lawless  and his wife's name was Ann Reilly,they were married in Liverpool inabout 1849,both born in Ireland(could be Leitrum and Meath)
Title: Re: Irish Prison Records now online
Post by: myluck! on Thursday 01 November 12 07:48 GMT (UK)
Hi patmeth
Welcome to the site
There may be a link somewhere but not a close direct one

My Lawless is not a direct ancestor but the first wife of one; she was from the Rathfarnham/Roundtown (Terenure) area of Dublin

My Reilly is also an Ann and a direct ancestor and I have not much on her, she married in Dublin in a CoI parish but was obviously a catholic, so no leads in the church, and her father was James!!! I have recently through the help of another rootschatter, Tara, (and the prison records!) located her sister, Eliza, and I am hoping to find their parents and more information about this family through her.

If you are interested in following up on these families you can start a topic of you own with the information you have; this could be in the general area or Leitrim or Meath and see what we can do for you here. If Thomas and Ann married in 1849 their births will be before Irish Civil Records and you will be relying on Church/Parish/Other records for information which means the more you have to start with the better.

Again welcome
Title: Re: Irish Prison Records now online
Post by: myluck! on Thursday 01 November 12 07:55 GMT (UK)
You don't get a huge amount of extra info on the actual records, well not on the ones that I bought anyone.
Tara

One benefit I found with the originals is decyphering handwriting for yourself
Also where there may be a note written it is not always transcribed
and seeing the entries either side of the one you are looking up, you can often fiind relatives involved in a "crime" together or as witnesses

Like with all records, seeing the original is best if you can
Title: Re: Irish Prison Records now online
Post by: patmeph on Friday 02 November 12 01:34 GMT (UK)
Thank you for that,from Thomas and Ann's marriage cert their fathers names were both Patrick,and their first born was James.
Thank you again
Title: Re: Link: Irish Prison Records
Post by: whelanfi on Monday 18 August 14 17:35 BST (UK)
I was wondering if anybody knew how to find prison records for the 1930s/40s. Trying to trace Patrick Boylan who was convicted of the murder of Nora Whelan in 1937, sentanced to death, but then had a reprieve on May 6th 1937. Presumably he remained in prison but I'm hitting a dead end at the moment.
Title: Re: Link: Irish Prison Records
Post by: dathai on Tuesday 19 August 14 19:19 BST (UK)
Wills and testamentary records ,National Archives Ireland has 4 files for the case.
Title: Re: Irish Prison Records on FindMyPast
Post by: Pheno on Thursday 06 April 17 16:46 BST (UK)
Hi, anybody know if these records show the prison staff as well as the prisoners?

Just picked up a certificate today where the bride Susanna Donnelly, on her marriage in Sussex in 1885, gives her father's name as Richard Victor Donnelly (deceased) and his occupation as Deputy Governor of Richmond Bridewell gaol.

Thanks, Pheno