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Background

Arbour Hill Prison (Irish: Príosún Chnoc an Arbhair) is a prison located in the Arbour Hill area near Heuston Station in the centre of Dublin, Ireland. The prison is the national centre for male sex offenders. Adjacent to the prison are the Church of the Sacred Heart, the official church of the Irish Defence Forces, and its cemetery, containing a memorial and burial place of 14 executed leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising.

Source: Wikipedia article lead, CC-BY-SA.

Capacity

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Current population

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Occupancy

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Year opened

1848

Operational

Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology

Facility profile

Operator

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Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1848

Region

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Security level

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Death-row facility

No

Conditions

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Visiting

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Mailing

No mailing information available.

Practical info

Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.

Known issues

No major issues documented in our database.

Notable inmates

  • Larry Murphy
    1966 · carpenter

    Larry Murphy is an Irish convicted criminal.

Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.

Contact & address

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World Prisons. (2026). Arbour Hill Prison. Retrieved October 15, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/arbour-hill-prison
Chicago
"Arbour Hill Prison." World Prisons. Accessed October 15, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/arbour-hill-prison.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-arbour-hill-prison,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Arbour Hill Prison},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/arbour-hill-prison},
  urldate = {2026-10-15}
}