DUBLIN — They call it the Irish Bastille. But unlike the legendary French prison, Kilmainham Gaol still looks pretty much the way it did when it opened for business in 1796. To get the full effect of ...
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, ...
On this day in 1916, Joseph Mary Plunkett married Grace Gifford in Kilmainham Gaol just hours before his execution, giving rise to one of the most popular and beloved Irish ballads of all time. The ...