Wicklow Gaol
| Wicklow Gaol | |
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| Priosúin Chill Mhantáin | |
 Location in Ireland
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| Alternative names | The Gates of Hell |
| General information | |
| Type | Prison |
| Architectural style | Victorian prison |
| Address | Kilmantin Hill, Wicklow, County Wicklow |
| Coordinates | 52°58′44″N 6°02′14″W / 52.978835°N 6.037132°WCoordinates: 52°58′44″N 6°02′14″W / 52.978835°N 6.037132°W |
| Construction started | 1702 |
| Completed | 1843 |
| Renovated | 1995 |
| Demolished | 1954 (partial) |
| Technical details | |
| Material | slate, granite, red brick, timber, cast iron |
| Floor count | 3 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | William Vitruvius Morrison |
Wicklow Gaol is a former prison, now a museum, located in Wicklow, Ireland.
There has been a prison on the site since the late eighteenth century. It was extended in 1822 to a design by William Vitruvius Morrison and further extended 1842-3. It was closed down by 1900 but reopened to hold republican prisoners during the Irish War of Independence and Irish Civil War; the last prisoners left in 1924. In 1995 it was renovated and reopened as a museum in 1998, claiming to be one of the world's most haunted buildings, due to the long history of suffering associated with it. It featured on a 2009 episode of Ghost Hunters International. Prisoners were held at Wicklow Gaol during the 1798 Rebellion and the Irish Potato Famine, as well as many held there prior to penal transportation.
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