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Hours Apr-Sept daily 9:30am-6pm (last admission 5pm); Oct-Mar Mon-Sat 9:30am-5:30pm (last admission 4pm), Sun 10am-6pm (last admission 5pm)
Location Kilmainham,
Transportation Bus: 51B, 78A, or 79
Phone 01/453-5984
Web site www.heritageireland.ie
Prices Guided tour €6 adults, €4 seniors, €2 children, €14 families

Review of Kilmainham Gaol Historical Museum

This is a key sight for anyone interested in Ireland's struggle for independence from British rule. Within these walls, political prisoners were incarcerated, tortured, and killed from 1796 until 1924. The leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising were executed here, along with many others. Future taoiseach (prime minister) Eamon de Valera was its final prisoner. To walk along these corridors, through the grim exercise yard, or into the walled compound is a moving experience that lingers in your memory.

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