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Inside the squatted prison in Dublin - a video tour
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Sunday August 21, 2016 22:21 by wsm
Last night we shot some video inside the squatted Debtors prison in Dublin - the courts have ordered those living here to get out by midnight on Sunday, 11.59 to be exact. The abandoned prison in Dublins inner city has been occupied to be used as shelter and an arts space. The prison lies just behind Capel st, the entrance is on Halston st. Many of those occupying were recently evicted from Grangegorman squat The occupation was announced via Grangegorman Resists Eviction page last week. The basement has nasty dark cells where poor prisoners were kept But as a debtors prison many of the inmates were wealthy gamblers. In the 1790s when the prison was built, they could rent upstairs room Complete with fire places which are still quite habitable today. Caption: Video Id: 7aMfS5DrZLU Type: Youtube Video |
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Jump To Comment: 1After viewing the interesting video I see that the old building could be restored and rendered safe. The upstairs rooms could be redecorated in the short term so that homeless persons could have a roof under their heads. In time apartments could be created for other categories of urban dwellers. The courtyard down below and other spaces could be rendered suitable for cultural uses. There is no need to knock down this historic building and sell it to property developers. The makers of the video are to be commended. I don't know anybody involved.