Building the Irish courthouse and prison : a political history, 1750-1850 / Richard J. Butler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Butler, Richard J. (Richard James), author.

Contributor:

John Louis Haney Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prisons.

History.

Courthouses.

Ireland--History--18th century.

Ireland.

Ireland--History--19th century.

Ireland--Social conditions--18th century.

Social conditions.

Ireland--Social conditions--19th century.

Courthouses--Ireland--History--18th century.

Courthouses--Ireland--History--19th century.

Prisons--Ireland--History--18th century.

Prisons--Ireland--History--19th century.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xli, 610 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Cork : Cork University Press, 2020.

Summary:

This book is the first national history of the building of some of Ireland's most important historic public buildings. Focusing on the former assize courthouses and county gaols, it tells a political history of how they were built, who paid for them, and the effects they had on urban development in Ireland. Using extensive archival sources, it delves in unprecedented detail into the politics and personalities of county grand jurors, Protestant landed society, government prison inspectors, charities, architects, and engineers, who together oversaw a wave of courthouse and prison construction in Ireland in an era of turbulent domestic and international change. 0It investigates the extent to which these buildings can be seen as the legacy of the British or imperial state, especially after the Act of Union, and thus contributes to ongoing debates within post-colonial studies regarding the built environment. Richly illustrated with over 300 historic drawings, photographs and maps, this book analyses how and why these historic buildings came to exist. It discusses crime, violence and political and agrarian unrest in Ireland during the years when Protestant elites commissioned such extensive new public architecture. 0The book will be of interest to academic and popular audiences curious to learn more about Irish politics, culture, society and especially its rich architectural heritage.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. The Spoils of War: Upheaval and rebellion at home and abroad, 1786-1817

2. Judging the Neighbours: Grand juries, rivalry, and the peak years of courthouse building, 1817-31

3. Against the Tide: Grand-jury reform, economic opportunism, and the last of Ireland's new assize courthouses, 1831-55

pt. II The County Gaol

4. Archirecture before Reform: Grand juries and the problem of implemenring social reform, 1770-1810

5. Reform Revisited: Central governmenr, philanthropic societies, and disruptions to grand-jury patronage, 1810-21

6. The New Regime: James Palmer, Benjamin Woodward, and grand-jury responses to the renewed call for penal reform, 1821

38

7. A Separate Agenda: Conformity, consolidation, the Famine, and its aftermath, 1838

55.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 567-601) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John Louis Haney Fund.

ISBN:

9781782053699

1782053697

OCLC:

1127890896

Publisher Number:

99985624497