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Prison in Clonroad Beg

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Clonroad Beg records a vanished prison, yet Ennis history points to a different town entirely. The name collision creates a cage for memory itself, trapping facts in the wrong chamber. Perhaps Dwyer wrote Clonroad when Ennis appeared in his mind, or perhaps the prison jumped between towns like a prisoner escaping guards. Either way, the mistake becomes a chamber where certainty goes to rot.
A house of correction within Ennis historic town (CL033-082----) is mentioned by Philip Dwyer in his history of the Diocese of Killaloe (1878) as being under construction in 1642. The location is unknown. (Ó Dálaigh 2012, 15) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 17 June 2014

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