This article explores the spatial history and ‘afterlives’ of Galway jail, where an innocent man, Myles Joyce, was executed in 1882 following his conviction for the Maamtrasna murders; in 2018 he was formally pardoned by President Michael D. Higgins. The article traces how the political and cultural meanings of this incident were instrumentalised in the building of Ireland's last Catholic cathedral on the site of the former Galway jail. It analyses how the site was depicted – in different ways and at different moments – as one of justice, of injustice, of triumph, and of redemption. It investigates how these different legacies were instrumentalised – or at times ignored – by Irish nationalists and later by the Catholic bishop of Galway, Michael Browne. It uses Joyce's execution to explore the site's legacy, an incident that at times dominated its representations but at other moments faded from prominence. The article situates the former jail site within theoretical writings on memorialisation, ‘difficult’ heritage, and studies of architectural demolition, while also commenting on mid twentieth-century Irish Catholic politics and culture.

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戈尔韦监狱、“艰难”遗产和 Maamtrasna 谋杀案的来世：爱尔兰城市空间的再现，1882-2018

这篇文章探讨了戈尔韦监狱的空间历史和“来世”，一个无辜的人迈尔斯乔伊斯在被判犯有 Maamtrasna 谋杀罪后于 1882 年被处决；2018 年，迈克尔·希金斯总统正式赦免了他。这篇文章追溯了这一事件的政治和文化意义是如何在前戈尔韦监狱旧址上建造爱尔兰最后一座天主教大教堂的过程中发挥作用的。它分析了该网站是如何被描绘成的——以不同的方式和不同的时刻——作为正义、不公正、胜利和救赎的一种。它调查了这些不同的遗产是如何被爱尔兰民族主义者以及后来的戈尔韦天主教主教迈克尔布朗利用或有时被忽视的。它使用乔伊斯的执行力来探索该网站的遗产，这一事件有时在其表现中占主导地位，但在其他时刻却从显着位置消失。这篇文章将前监狱遗址置于关于纪念、“困难”遗产和建筑拆除研究的理论著作中，同时也评论了 20 世纪中期的爱尔兰天主教政治和文化。