Kilmainham Gaol

Kilmainham Gaol
Príosún Chill Mhaighneann
	Main Hall
	Location within Dublin
Location	Kilmainham, Dublin, Ireland
Coordinates	53°20′30″N 06°18′34″W / 53.34167°N 6.30944°W
Type	Prison museum
Owner	Office of Public Works
Public transit access	Heuston railway station; Suir Road Luas stop (Red Line)
Website	kilmainhamgaolmuseum.ie
National monument of Ireland
Official name	Kilmainham Gaol
Reference no.	675

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 Government.

^ "National Monuments of County Dublin in State Care" (PDF). heritageireland.ie. National Monument Service. p. 2. Retrieved 13 July 2020.

[1] "National Monuments of County Dublin in State Care" (PDF). heritageireland.ie. National Monument Service. p. 2. Retrieved 13 July 2020.

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