Shopping complex planned for the old jail building in Roscommon Town
Report shows exterior jail building. Black and white photograph of the jail. Extract from RTÉ News report from 1975.
Plans for the new shopping centre.
Interview with Tom Lynch, Roscommon County Development Officer on developers plans for the building.
Interview with Finola McCrann who says the building has been an eyesore for years.
Interview with Christian Brother M F O’Connor who says the buidling is an imperial structure designed to intimidate the local population.
Interview with Brian O'Carroll, Roscommon Historical and Archaeological Society on the preservation of the jail building.
The reporter is Colm Connolly.
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