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Kilmainham Gaol Review
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Kilmainham Gaol
- Address: Inchicore Rd., Dublin West, Dublin, Co. Dublin
- Phone: 01/453-5984
- www.heritageireland.ie
- Category: Museums/Galleries, Jails
- Location: Dublin West
Fodor's Review:
Leaders of many failed Irish rebellions spent their last days in this grim, forbidding structure, and it holds a special place in the myth and memory of the country. The 1916 commanders Pádrig Pearse and James Connolly were held here before being executed in the prison yard. Other famous inmates included the revolutionary Robert Emmet and Charles Stewart Parnell, a leading politician. You can visit the prison only as part of a guided tour, which leaves every hour on the hour. The cells are a chilling sight, and the guided tour and a 30-minute audiovisual presentation relate a graphic account of Ireland's political history over the past 200 years -- from an Irish Nationalist viewpoint. A new exhibition displays items that haven't been seen together since Robert Emmet's failed rebellion of 1803. A small tearoom is on the premises.
- Cost: EUR 5
- Open: Apr.-Sept., daily 9:30-5; Oct.-Mar., Mon.-Sat. 9:30-4, Sun. 10-5
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