died on 30th October 1825 in Cork, Ireland
Possibly his face is shown by one of the portraits of unknown ancestors or relatives ("
ancient ancestors
").
Jeremiah Murphy was presumably succeeded by MURPHY, JOHN
, Governor, Cork County Gaol - (Report 11/12/1843):
'Mr. John Murphy, the Governor of the County Gaol was opposed by Mr. Scannell, on behalf of Eliza Spencer; and by Mr. Hobbs, on the part of Harman Ellis, confectioner. - Mr. Scannell said his client had advanced the amount of her claim as a loan when the insolvent was in some difficulty, and she opposed now merely for the purpose of obtaining an allocation of his salary. - Mr. M’Nally said the insolvent’s debts were created by his son, a professional gentleman, since deceased. Mr. Murphy had paid upwards of £570 on account of that son.
Governor of Cork gaol for more than half a century
Father of
Ann Murphy
. He died on 30th October 1825 in Cork.
John Humphreys
writes
that Jeremiah Murphy governed "Cork Gaol for more than 50 years, then he must have been at least 70 at the time of his death, and probably older pulling his birth date before 1750. His brother seems to have been called John; they signed themselves 'Jeremiah & John Murphy, Keepers, County Gaol Cork' in a letter.
And who was the anonymous Mrs Murphy, Jeremiah's wife? One possible name is Ann Davis, listed in the Marriage Licence Bonds for Cork and Ross (I751-1845) in a Bond in 1777. These Marriage licence Bonds were an alternative to having the banns of marriage announced in public; they cost money, to indemnify the Church against some obstacle being found to the marriage, so it was in effect a method of allowing the better-off to purchase privacy (though why they should wish to is not at all clear). The name Ann would match Robert Humphreys' wife, and the time is right, but there is no further proof. The Will for a Mrs Ann Murphy was proved in 1826, which tends to support this suggestion."
Cork (County) prison 1807
British Parliamentary Papers 1808 Vol IX (239)
Inspector General's Report of the State of the Prisons of Ireland for the year 1807
6 –Cork (County)
Rev. Mr. Kennedy –Local Inspector
Jeremiah Murphy and Son –Gaolers
I have so often reported on the frauds committed on the building of this Gaol, that to repeat them would appear the impulse of malice, and not a desire of reform; to save trouble of recurrence, I shall now only observe, that this Prison began to be erected in 1793, that it is not yet finished, that several escapes have been made from it, that the Old Gaol is not yet surrendered by the Commissioners to those who purchased it, I suppose because the Gaoler thinks it more secure than the costly new one. I visited this Prison last August, and learned that the Architect who had contracted for building this Gaol was dismissed, that a new one was appointed, who reported, that it will require 2 years more to complete it, and to amend some of its imperfections. Had my advice been followed, which I gave in the year 1796 to the Commissioners, and that architect then dismissed, the Gaol would have been long ago finished, and the County saved some thousand pounds expence.
104 Prisoners were tried at both Assizes, of whom 12 were convicted, 2 of them capitally, but respited. 53 Crown Prisoners and 21 Debtors were here in custody on 1st January 1808
10 Apr 1818: In a letter to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, enclosing account of daily supplies required by convicts in gaol, 1 January to 31 March, Jeremiah and John Murphy, keepers, County gaol, Cork request payment to cover same expenses. It also includes note by Dr Edward Trevor, making suggestions for a more complete return from Murphy, though conceding that ‘is account is correct’.
(National Archives, Ireland, CSORP1818/Vouchers115)
Mr. Hobbs said the money due to Mr. Ellis was not entirely created through Mr. Murphy’s son – and what to was paid in respect those debts was at the request of the insolvent. The debt amounted to upwards of £180. - Mr. M’Nally said that £14 was paid to Mr. Ellis and that the insolvent was very harshly treated in the transaction. If Mr. Ellis were put on the table and examined, he (Mr. M’Nally) would prove to the Court that he had charged this young man 60 per nt. - The Commissioner – Oh, can you prove he charged above 6 per cent? - Mr. M’Nally – I can prove that he was charged over 40 per nt. - The Commissioner – It this be the case, it is most frightful extortion – such practise are most disgraceful to the city. - Mr. Scannell said that after conference with the Solicitor, he was satisfied on the part of his client to trust to Mr. Murphy’s word for an arrangement with his client – his assurance was as good as the bond of another. - Mr. Hobbs called upon the Court to make an allocation for his client. - The Court would make no allocation and granted the insolvent’s petition. - Several of the professional gentlemen in Court bore testimony to the efficiency, the integrity and the humanity with which Mr. Murphy discharged his duties as Governor of the County Cork Gaol.’
The prison was surrounded by a high wall, standing clear of the buildings within. The entrance was closed on the outside by a pair of heavy iron-bound doors, in one of which was a small wicket. The outer doors gave access to a small space closed on the inner side by a pair of heavy wrought-iron gates, which extended the full height of the archway. Opening off the space between the two gates, and to the left was the visitors' waiting room, in which a warder was always on duty.
Untried prisoners were allowed one visit of ten minutes' duration each day between 10 and 11am or between 3 and 4pm. Not more than six persons were allowed in the waiting room at the same time. The visiting cell was situated near the centre of the prison and was approached from the main gate by a path running inside the outer wall and past the main gate into the prison buildings at which the military sentry was on duty."
While Jeremiah Murphy served as governor of Cork (county) gaol a new gaol building was planned (see below the "Inspector General's Report" about the delay of completion and the difficulties during the building process). It was finally completed in 1819 (see left). The architect was the famous
James Pain
(1779 - 1877), a pupil of
John Nash
.
James Pain
From: CORK BANKRUPTS & INSOLVENT DEBTORS 1843 - 1845 (
corkancestor
s.com
) . Transcribed & Indexed from Cork Newspapers by Anita Sheahan Coraluzzi & Jean Prendergast © 2002 - 2005
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