Ah, the day was glorious! We drank our coffee and loaded the car for the trip to Dublin to visit Kilmainham Gaol and Glasnevin Cemetery. We were lucky that we had seen no rain so far, but we always ...

DUBLIN -- On a bright September afternoon, there is no warmth in the stone fortress of Kilmainham jail. The enclosure's lack of grass, trees or embellishment makes it easy to imagine the horror of ...

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The Board of Works hand the keys of Kilmainham Gaol over to a restoration committee. In 1924 Kilmainham Gaol closed its doors, and over the decades the condition of the site and prison buildings have ...

TO COMMEMORATE the fiftieth anniversary of the Easter Rising, Kilmainham Gaol, which had been in a state of ruin for years, was put into order and was opened as a sort of national shrine. In November, ...