The cells
With life-size figures.
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A castle-like old prison in Sunday's Well on a hill west of central Cork, built in the early nineteenth century to replace the city's overcrowded old jail; the high site was chosen in the belief that it would guard against jail fever. Today it is a museum that brings its cells back to life with life-size figures of prisoners and warders in period clothes, telling their stories, mostly of petty crimes, and of the harsh life of a nineteenth-century prison. Upstairs is a radio museum on the spot where Cork's first radio station went on air in 1927, with old radio sets and broadcasting equipment telling the story of radio in Ireland. Adult tickets are about €12 with a printed guide; it opens daily 10:00–17:00 from March to October and until 16:00 in winter, per visitor guides. The road up is steep, so a taxi is a comfortable option.
With life-size figures.
Since 1927.
Castle-like.
Sunday's Well, west of central Cork
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