Príosún Chill Mhaighneann | |
Location | Kilmainham, Dublin, Ireland |
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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 |
Official name | Kilmainham Gaol |
Reference no. | 675[1] |
Kilmainham Gaol (Irish: Príosún Chill Mhaighneann) is a former prison in Kilmainham, Dublin. 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 (Patrick Pearse, James Connolly, Tom Clarke, Seán Mac Diarmada, Joseph Plunkett, Éamonn Ceannt, Thomas MacDonagh), were imprisoned and executed in the prison by the orders of the UK Government.