What is recorded here

Limerick’s medieval Tholsel stood at the junction of Mary St and Gaol Lane from 1406, serving as town clerk’s hall, courthouse and Town Hall before becoming a gaol after 1673. Rebuilt in 1449, 1640 and 1664, it changed names and uses as the city changed, until demolition around 1740. Its rooms may have echoed with petitions, judgments and locked voices, a building busy enough to keep being remade for three centuries.

O'Flaherty (2010, Fig. 3, 28) recorded the following details about the medieval Tholsel located at the junction of Mary St and Gaol Lane in Limerick City; 'Tholsel, junction Mary St/Gaol Lane (80057505). Tholsel 1406 (Westropp 1898, 41). Built or rebuilt in 1449 (Ferrar 1767, 20). Tholsel or courthouse 1629 (Sexten MS, 89). Rebuilt in 1640 (Shirley, 443). Courthouse or Town Hall, formerly town clerk’s hall, with gatehouse 1654 (CS). Town Hall, offices transferred to City Courthouse premises in 1654. Ruinous, rebuilt in 1664 (Dineley, 443). Converted to City Gaol (q.v.) after 1673 (Hill, 1991, 52). Illustration 1681 (Dineley MS, 140). Demolished in c. 1740 (Potter, 2006, 68)'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 23 December 2019

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