DUBLIN — It is not often that a prison is a must-see tourist attraction. Welcome to Dublin, where the Kilmainham Gaol is a national treasure. It has been called an Irish Bastille. The aging prison, ...
Kilmainham Gaol's Collections Curator Brian Crowley is hosting the free tours as part of this month's Pride events. Kilmainham Gaol is hosting free tours that explore the prison's LGBT history as part ...
The Royal Hospital Kilmainham was built as a home for old or wounded soldiers at a time – the Stuart Restoration period from ...
“Objects, war and memory in Ireland past and present” is a new exhibition at Kilmainham Gaol Museum, co-curated by seven people who have come to Ireland as refugees. It showcases some of the precious ...
The autograph book is one of the most requested items at Kilmainham Jail in Dublin. A collection of autograph books owned by prisoners during the 1916 Easter Rising was published online in 2017. The ...
One hundred and three years ago Richard Twohig wrote his last ever letter from inside the walls of Kilmainham Gaol. It read: “I am in the best of spirits. Long live Ireland. God bless you, Mother, and ...