Crime And Punishment In The Past
Autumn Conference At Down County Museum
Friday 19 October 2012
This one day conference examines issues relating to crime and punishment in the
eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The conference includes lectures, lunch and a
tour of Downpatrick’s old gaols focusing on the stories of some of their inmates.
9.30-9.45
Registration
9.45-1030
(Full Title TBC) The Development of Gaols and Gaol Policy in
Ireland, Dr Mary Rogan, Dublin Institute of Technology
1030-1045
Coffee
1045-1130
The Imprisonment of Debtors in Nineteenth Century Ireland,
Dr Kevin Costello, University College Dublin
1130-1215
Madness and Murder – Did Gender Matter: Gender, Crime and
Mental Illness, Dr Pauline Prior, Queen’s University Belfast
1215-1300
Witchcraft, the Law and the Criminal Justice System in Ulster in the
Eighteenth Century, Dr Andrew Sneddon, University of Ulster
1300-1315
Question and Answer Session
1315-1415
Lunch
1415-1615
Walking Tour of Downpatrick’s Gaols (please bring suitable
footwear and raincoat).
Cost: £15
Contact Down County Museum, The Mall, Downpatrick, BT30 6AH (tel: 02844615218) for a booking form or email linda.mckenna@downdc.gov.uk or
Shirley.maguire@downdc.gov.uk or dolores.mcaleese@downdc.gov.uk