Convict Prisons (Ireland) Act, 1854

Power to Lord Lieutenant to set apart Places, &c. for Convict Prisons.

II. It shall and may be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant, by Warrant to be published in the Dublin Gazette, to set apart and appoint Places of Confinement either at Land or on board Vessels to be provided for that Purpose for Prisoners under Sentence or Order of Transportation or of Penal Servitude; and all such Places of Confinement so set apart and appointed, and all Yards, Offices, Grounds, and Premises thereunto pertaining, shall be held to be and considered “Convict Prisons.”