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Clare prisoners of 1839
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smcarberry
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Clare prisoners of 1839
The Clare county gaol listed its prisoners as of 17 March 1839. Although the date column is labeled apparently to list discharge times, the wording in that column seems to indicate that the dates given are those when they were first incarcerated. Perhaps someone else can better interpret that. In any case, a quick look at other counties shows that Clare was exceptional in the number of its inmates, as Limerick (p. 1528) had a total of 4 prisoners between its two jails and several counties had none at all.
House of Lords Sessional Papers, Google book
http://tinyurl.com/44yjj2q
posted by Sharon Carberry
House of Lords Sessional Papers, Google book
http://tinyurl.com/44yjj2q
posted by Sharon Carberry
Re: Clare prisoners of 1839
There were 766 prisoners in the County Gaol in 1846 according to the report of the Inspector-General, James Galwey. In 1850 there were 320, and 298 in 1851.
In the 1853 report,there were 182 prisoners in the gaol at the time of the Inspector-General's visit on 12 August 1853. 128 males and 54 females.
The gaol at that time had 115 single cells, six solitary cells, nine rooms with beds, eleven yards and eight day-rooms.
On the occasion of the visit in August 1853, 21 were juveniles (aged from twelve to sixteen) removed from the workhouse to the gaol.
The report gives an account of the occupation of the male prisoners: weaving, shoemaking, tailoring, carpentering, smiths' work, coopering, tin work, nail making, cot making, mat making, barrow making, clog making, brush making, picking oakum, dressing flax, stone breaking, the tread wheel and the shot drill.
Females were occupied dressing flax, spinning, carding, knitting, needlework, and washing / laundry.
Diet was 6 ozs of Indian meal with 2 ozs of rice in stirabout for breakfast; 14 ozs of bread (rye meal and flour mixed with fresh milk) for dinner with gruel served twice a week. Cost of dietary per prisoner in August 1853: 1 penny and three farthings.
The total cost of the gaol over the three preceding years was £3,621 3s 0d in 1850, £2,549 0s 1d in 1851 and £2,288 15s 2d in 1852.
The 1853 report of the Inspector-General lists the bridewells as being at Killaloe, Kilrush, Ennistymon, Sixmilebridge and Tulla.
In the 1853 report,there were 182 prisoners in the gaol at the time of the Inspector-General's visit on 12 August 1853. 128 males and 54 females.
The gaol at that time had 115 single cells, six solitary cells, nine rooms with beds, eleven yards and eight day-rooms.
On the occasion of the visit in August 1853, 21 were juveniles (aged from twelve to sixteen) removed from the workhouse to the gaol.
The report gives an account of the occupation of the male prisoners: weaving, shoemaking, tailoring, carpentering, smiths' work, coopering, tin work, nail making, cot making, mat making, barrow making, clog making, brush making, picking oakum, dressing flax, stone breaking, the tread wheel and the shot drill.
Females were occupied dressing flax, spinning, carding, knitting, needlework, and washing / laundry.
Diet was 6 ozs of Indian meal with 2 ozs of rice in stirabout for breakfast; 14 ozs of bread (rye meal and flour mixed with fresh milk) for dinner with gruel served twice a week. Cost of dietary per prisoner in August 1853: 1 penny and three farthings.
The total cost of the gaol over the three preceding years was £3,621 3s 0d in 1850, £2,549 0s 1d in 1851 and £2,288 15s 2d in 1852.
The 1853 report of the Inspector-General lists the bridewells as being at Killaloe, Kilrush, Ennistymon, Sixmilebridge and Tulla.
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Re: Clare prisoners of 1839
There are some parallels between the situation of the disadvantaged in Ireland of the 1800s and the situation of enslaved black Americans, and this account of Clare jailed men's work is yet another example. Last month I visited the Virginia estate of Thomas Jefferson, Monticello, at which Jefferson kept his slaves busy in nail making circa 1810. As the estate tour guide explained it, this consisted of taking a long metal rod of thin diameter, cutting off an appropriate length, and then using thousands of blows of a hammer to shape the nail. Labor intensive, to say the least. Stone breaking might have been faster.The report gives an account of the occupation of the male prisoners: weaving, shoemaking, tailoring, carpentering, smiths' work, coopering, tin work, nail making, cot making, mat making, barrow making, clog making, brush making, picking oakum, dressing flax, stone breaking, the tread wheel and the shot drill.
S. Carberry
USA