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BOOK TICKETS. Welcome to Kilmainham Gaol Museum. For over 100 years Kilmainham Gaol held thousands of men, women and children for crimes that ranged from minor offences to being involved in some of the most momentous events in Irish history. A visit to Kilmainham Gaol will take you on a journey through Irish history.
Kilmainham Gaol (Irish: Príosún Chill Mhaighneann) is a former prison in Kilmainham, Dublin, Ireland. It is now a museum run by the Office of Public Works, an agency of the Government of Ireland . Many Irish revolutionaries, including the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising , were imprisoned and executed in the prison by the orders of the UK ...
Opening Hours. Kilmainham Gaol Museum is open all year round, except 24th- 27th December (inclusive); January – December 2024 9:30 – 17:15 (Last tour 16:15) Your Visit. Kilmainham Gaol is a very busy site and tickets must be pre-booked online. Access is by guided tour only.
Kilmainham Gaol Museum. Kilmainham Gaol is one of the largest unoccupied gaols in Europe. It opened in 1796 as the new county gaol for Dublin and finally shut its doors as such in 1924. During that period it witnessed some of the most heroic and tragic events in Ireland’s emergence as a modern nation.
Pre-booking essential. Before its closure in 1924, Dublin's Kilmainham Gaol housed some of the most famous political and military leaders in Irish history. The prison is considered a must see in Dublin and offers a panoramic insight into some of the most profound, disturbing and inspirational themes of modern Irish history.
Kilmainham Gaol | Ireland.com. It opened in 1796 as the County Gaol for Dublin, but it was also used to hold political prisoners during Ireland’s struggle for independence. It closed in 1924, but by then had witnessed many key political events, and housed some icons of Irish history.
Kilmainham Gaol was opened in 1796. Known as ‘the New Gaol’ at the time, it replaced an earlier prison which was located around the area of present-day Mount Brown. In line with most eighteenth-century gaols, this prison was a disorderly place. Men, women, and children were held together, gaolers were cruel, and conditions were unhealthy.
