[1] The Fenian Brian Dillon was remanded at Cork City Gaol when he was arrested in September 1865.

[1] In October 1919, Constance Markievicz, the first woman to be elected to the British Parliament, was imprisoned at Cork Gaol for making a seditious speech.

[4] In January 1919, another member of Cumann na mBan, Mary Bowles, was imprisoned for arms offences.

A rope ladder was made to scale the outer wall, and bed clothes were used to descend to the ground by night.

They went in batches of fourteen as that was the number that could fit in the shadow of the wall, the most wanted men being given preference in order of the serious nature of their charges.

When number nine went over the wall some noise attracted the sentry, and he made movements which caused the prisoner to balk.

Some of those who escaped were natives of Cork City and got clear of there before daylight, but others in the last few batches were recaptured later in the day.

[1] Apart from the radio broadcasting and some storage use of the exterior grounds by the Dept, Posts & Telegraphs, the gaol complex was allowed to become totally derelict.