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jun-2017 Frank Brault

Youghal Clock Gate Tower

North/South Main Street, Youghal, County Cork, Ireland

"Clock Gate Tower – In 1777, the town's Clock Gate Tower was built on the site of Trinity Castle, part of the town's fortifications. It was used as a prison during the rebellion of 1798. The military hanged suspects from a pole lashed from the lower windows to the corner of the first house on South Main Street (now Luigi's). Thomas Gallagher was one of those hanged for trying to seduce a soldier from allegiance to his regiment. Numerous forms of torture were conducted therein including thumb screws, pitch-cap, rack and flogging. A local priest, Peter O'Neill, was flogged 275 strokes with a cat-o'-nine-tails with pieces of tin knotted in, in an attempt to induce him to reveal the names of politically involved people heard in the confessional.The Clock Gate served the town as gaol and public gallows until 1837 when it was considered "defective in several of the accommodations essential to the health of prisoners".[citation needed] It then became a family home until 1959 when the last family left." Wikipedia

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Jean D19-Sep-2017 00:40
Very impressive building. When nighttime arrives I suspect that ghosts are quite numerous as a result of past history. ~V
bill friedlander07-Sep-2017 18:12
Sounds like an ideal residence for the Marquis De Sade. V
laine07-Sep-2017 02:31
And here I was thinking living with the clock sounding the time would be punishment...then I read the commentary. Cannot get my head around mans inhumanity to man.