The Jail
You have the which was probably one of the most modern jails in Ireland for its period. It was designed by Thomas Couly for Archbishop Robinson. Prior to that the old jail was beneath the in the centre of Armagh and it was very much more of a rather than a jail and Robinson wanted to build a new jail in keeping with this modern city. The jail itself was divided into 3 sections and you can still see to this day 3 divisions: you have a section for debtors, a sections for felons (= Schwerverbrecher) and a section for . Now in 18th century when you went to jail you are provided with the basic and and bedding to keep you alive. If you wanted to and if you had the money, you could buy better . You could buy a for yourself, you could bring in your own if you wanted, you could buy better food and many of the actually carried on their trade whilst they are in there and people would go to buy the from the convicts. But also it was very fashionable for gentry people like yourselves when you were travelling to go and visit and to gaze on the unfortunates as that was called and they would actually pay the jailers a small to bring round and visit those people. Also in the 18th century it was similar with asylums for people with health problems. It was very popular for gentry to go and gaze on them as well - not something we would encourage today. Also of course, apart from being sent to jail you could also be . And in the 18th century people were and at the age of 12 you were an legally. Therefore, you could be married but if you a crime, you could also be hanged and most people where hanged not for or highway robbery, as it is romantically portrayed today, most people were hanged for . And if you stole something above the value of basically around 12p in modern money today 12 pence you could actually be hanged or you could also be , which occurred in 1780 as well, where they put you on a ship and took you off to some other part of the world to work in hard . Also when you were a woman and you were found of an offence, if you had children, your children went with you to jail and they served out the term with you. They didn’t like to families, but that meant that children actually went to jail also.
The Jail - Solution
You have the jail which was probably one of the most modern jails in Ireland for its period. It was designed by Thomas Couly for Archbishop Robinson. Prior to that the old jail was beneath the courthousein the centre of Armagh and it was very much more of adungeon rather than a jail and Robinson wanted to build a new jail in keeping with this modern city. The jail itself was divided into 3 sections and you can still see to this day 3 divisions: you have a section for debtors, a sections for felons (= Schwerverbrecher) and a section for women. Now in 18th century when you went to jail you are provided with the basicfoodandclothing and bedding to keep you alive. If you wanted to and if you had the money, you could buy betterfood. You could buy a cellfor yourself, you could bring in your ownfurniture if you wanted, you could buy better food and many of theconvicts actually carried on their trade whilst they are in there and people would go to buy thegoods from the convicts. But also it was very fashionable for gentry people like yourselves when you were travelling to go and visit and to gaze on the unfortunates as that was called and they would actually pay the jailers a smallfeeto bring round and visit those people. Also in the 18th century it was similar with asylums for people with mentalhealth problems. It was very popular for gentry to go and gaze on them as well - not something we would encourage today. Also of course, apart from being sent to jail you could also beexecuted. And in the 18th century people were hangedand at the age of 12 you were an adultlegally. Therefore, you could be married but if youcommit a crime, you could also be hanged and most people where hanged not for murder or highway robbery, as it is romantically portrayed today, most people were hanged fortheft. And if you stole something above the value of basically around 12p in modern money today 12 pence you could actually be hanged or you could also betransported, which occurred in 1780 as well, where they put you on a ship and took you off to some other part of the world to work in hardlabour. Also when you were a woman and you were found guiltyof an offence, if you had children, your children went with you to jail and they served out the term with you. They didn’t like to splitfamilies, but that meant that children actually went to jail also.