Irish flag and plaque marking the executions of the leaders of the 1916 Rising at Kilmainham Goal in Dublin, Ireland

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Kilmainham Gaol is a former prison located in Kilmainham in Dublin, which is now a museum. It has been run since the mid-1980s by the Office of Public Works (OPW), an Irish government agency. Kilmainham Gaol played an important part in Irish history, as many leaders of Irish rebellions were imprisoned and some executed in the prison by the British and in 1923 by the Irish Free State. Some of its most famous prisoners included : Robert Emmet, Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa, Charles Stewart Parnell, Pádraig Pearse, James Connolly, (executed, but not held, at Kilmainham), Countess Markievicz, Éamon de Valera, Joseph Plunkett and Thomas Clarke.

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Size: 3744px × 5616px
Location: Kilmainham Goal, Inchicore Road, Kilmainham, Dublin 8, Leinster, Republic of Ireland, Europe
Photo credit: © DE ROCKER / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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