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A grim and imposing presence on the Crumlin Road in north Belfast, the former prison known as Crumlin Road Gaol operated for almost a century and a half before closing in 1996 and reopening as one of the city's most compelling heritage attractions. Designed by the architect Charles Lanyon and completed in 1845, the gaol was built in the radial style favoured in the Victorian era, with wings of cells fanning out from a central hub, and it held men, women and children over the course of its histo...