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Mount joy.

jay567 · 2004-06-28 14:09:57

Not sure if this is the right place, if not , sorry. Im trying to find out where Mount Joy prison got its name from, assume its from Mount Joy square, but not sure? Thanks in advance for the help :)

28-06-2004 2:09pm

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jay567

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Not sure if this is the right place, if not , sorry.

Im trying to find out where Mount Joy prison got its name from, assume its from Mount Joy square, but not sure?

Thanks in advance for the help

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#2 28-06-2004 2:21pm

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There was a Lord Mountjoy at some stage - maybe that's where they got their names from.

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#3 28-06-2004 2:25pm

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my friends dad works there, its a sweet ol place

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#4 28-06-2004 3:00pm

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Mountjoy Square was designed by Luke Gardiner, Earl of Mountjoy, and so it was named after him. Presumably, Gardiner Street is also named after him.

As for the Mountjoy name itself, it seems to come from this fella - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountjoy_Blount

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#5 28-06-2004 7:58pm

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Well back when the prision origonaly opened the guards we concerned the blokes would not have anything to releive their urges on and might turn to homosexuality the curch was against it so they hired a woman to take the brunt of the prisioners frustrations her name was joy hence "Mount Joy"

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