Cork City Gaol Heritage Centre

Cork City Gaol is a former prison in Cork city, now a heritage attraction that recreates life behind bars in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Its restored cells and furnished figures help tell the stories of the people once held here, set within an imposing castle-like building. Exhibits explore crime, punishment and social conditions of the day, offering a vivid look at a harder chapter of the city’s past. A shop rounds off a visit that appeals to anyone interested in history and Cork’s heritage.