County Hall (Irish: Áras an Chontae, Cora Droma Rúisc) is a municipal facility at St George's Terrace, Carrick-on-Shannon in County Leitrim, Ireland.
| County Hall, Carrick-on-Shannon | |
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Áras an Chontae, Cora Droma Rúisc | |
,_Carrick-on-Shannon_-_geograph.org.uk_-_209501.jpg) The former guard building now used by the county council, with modern office facilities behind | |
  County Hall Location within Ireland | |
| General information | |
| Town or city | Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim |
| Country | Ireland |
| Coordinates | 53°56′40″N 8°05′53″W / 53.9444°N 8.0981°W |
| Completed | 1810 |
History
editThe former gaol, which was originally a much larger affair,[1] and the prison governor's house, a two-storey rendered building, were both completed in around 1810.[2] Both buildings were acquired by Leitrim County Council in 1902.[3] In 1968, a substantial part of the gaol was demolished leaving just the limestone guard building and the prison governor's house.[4] The county council, which had previously been based in the Carrick-on-Shannon Courthouse,[5] moved into the guardhouse, the prison governor's house and some newly built modern office facilities in 1994.[6] The complex was refurbished and further extended in 2017.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Leitrim County Council, Townparks, County Leitrim (Gaol guard building)". Buildings of Ireland. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- ^ "Leitrim County Council, Townparks, County Leitrim (Prisoner Governor's House)". Buildings of Ireland. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- ^ "Carrick-On-Shannon Gaol". Hansard. 11 November 1902. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- ^ "Carrick-on-Shannon". Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- ^ "Local Authorities". Oireachtas. 26 May 1982. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
- ^ "History". Dock Arts Centre. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- ^ "Council to extend existing offices in Carrick-on-Shannon". Leitrim Observer. 21 June 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2019.