Kanturk Courthouse and Bridewell video

Kanturk Courthouse was designed by George Richard Pain who studied under John Nash, the ‘royal’ architect in London and was opened in 1827.
It is one of the few surviving courthouses designed by Pain and the only one in Ireland to survive to the present day almost entirely intact. This gives it a special historical and architectural heritage significance.
The Bridewell is not alone a historic building nationally but contains the original graffiti on the cell walls left by the IRA prisoners, awaiting their fate during the War of Independence. This building is under severe pressure due to the deterioration of the building, and the graffiti is in danger of being lost if urgent action is not taken. This is the only other surviving graffiti from this time outside of Kilmainham Jail, which makes Kanturk Bridwell a very rare building.
Prisoners in this Bridwell included some of the famous IRA leaders in the area - Comdt. Denis Murphy and Sean Moylan. It was from here that 23 Republican prisoners escaped on 9th October 1923.
Arthur Conan Doyle spent some time in Johnsons Hotel in Kanturk, and two of the main characters in his book “The Green Flag” were from Kanturk. According to popular folklore he spent some of his time attending the Court here which inspired some of his Sherlock Holmes stories. Was Moriarty really a Kanturk Man!

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