Kilmainham Gaol

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former prison historic building museum

Kilmainham Gaol is a former prison in Dublin, Ireland, now a museum, renowned for its role in Irish revolutionary history and the incarceration of many leaders of the independence movement.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former prison ⓘ
historic building ⓘ
museum ⓘ
architecturalStyle Georgian architecture ⓘ
category Defunct prisons ⓘ
History museums in Ireland ⓘ
Museums in Dublin ⓘ
Prisons in the Republic of Ireland ⓘ
coordinateLocation 53.342°N 6.309°W ⓘ
country Ireland ⓘ
hasPart East Wing ⓘ
Stonebreakers’ Yard ⓘ
Victorian wing ⓘ
exercise yard ⓘ
prison chapel ⓘ
hasUse museum of Irish history ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
hasVisitorCenter yes ⓘ
heritageDesignation National Monument of Ireland ⓘ
inception 1796 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
locatedIn Dublin ⓘ
Kilmainham Gaol self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kilmainham
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity County Dublin ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Europe/Dublin ⓘ
maintainedBy Office of Public Works ⓘ
nativeLanguage Irish ⓘ
nativeName Príosún Chill Mhaighneann ⓘ
notableFor executions after the 1916 Easter Rising ⓘ
incarceration of Irish independence leaders ⓘ
role in Irish revolutionary history ⓘ
officialWebsite https://kilmainhamgaolmuseum.ie/ ⓘ
opened 1796 ⓘ
operatedAsPrisonUntil 1924 ⓘ
ownedBy Office of Public Works ⓘ
prisonerHeld Charles Stewart Parnell ⓘ
James Connolly ⓘ
Joseph Plunkett ⓘ
Patrick Pearse ⓘ
Robert Emmet ⓘ
Thomas Clarke ⓘ
Éamon de Valera ⓘ
reopenedAsMuseum 1966 ⓘ
siteOf execution of 1916 leaders ⓘ
touristAttractionIn Dublin ⓘ
usedDuringConflict Irish Civil War ⓘ
Irish War of Independence ⓘ
usedDuringEvent Easter Rising ⓘ
surface form: 1916 Easter Rising

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Dublin → hasLandmark → Kilmainham Gaol ⓘ
Kilmainham Gaol → locatedIn → Kilmainham Gaol self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kilmainham