What is recorded here

Archbishop Henry Blund erected the pillory near Kevin Street in c. 1223, marking one of Dublin’s earliest recorded instruments of public punishment. The site has no visible remains today, but the location still stands at the edge of a busy street where people pass without knowing they walk beside a forgotten stage for shame. Blund likely used it to expose theft, heresy or disorder beneath the gaze of the whole town. What is missing is not empty; it is a hole in the surface where human fear and authority once stood in plain view.

The Friends of Medieval Dublin Map (1978, O2) shows the site of the Archbishop's pillory near the entrance to Kevin Street Garda Barracks (FMD map 1978, O2). This pillory was erected by Archbishop Henry Blund in c. 1223 (Clarke 2002, 23). There are no visible surface remains. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 23 November 2012

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