Derry Gaol and Derry Asylum: What Happens Next?

Derry Gaol and Derry Asylum: What Happens Next?

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Location

Derry/Londonderry

Year

1964

Date

Production 29/03/1964

Length

04min 25sec

Audio

sound

Format

16mm

black and white

Source

Funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland under the Archiving Scheme 2

Courtesy

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Department for Communities, ITV, UTV Archive

Rights Holder

ITV

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Description

This time, Charlie Witherspoon is in Derry, at the Derry asylum and gaol. The gaol was built in 1791, the last prisoner only left in 1953. Now redevelopment beckons although with three-foot thick walls it won’t be easily demolished. He also visits Derry Asylum where only one ward is still working. Charlie has been trying to find the answers to what happens next but it’s a conundrum. 

Notes

Derry Gaol, also known as Londonderry Gaol, refers to one of several gaols (prisons) constructed consecutively in Derry, Northern Ireland. Derry Gaol is notable as a place of incarceration for Irish Republican Army (IRA) members during the Irish Civil War, and for its numerous executions, seven of which took place between 1820 and 1923.  

The Londonderry County Asylum was a psychiatric hospital at Strand Road in Derry, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It opened in 1829. 

Credits

An Ulster Television Production.

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