The Prisoners’ Lens shows theatrical staged scenes which remind us that the events of 1916 were inspired by playwrights and ...

THE gates through which three IRA prisoners escaped Dublin's Kilmainham Gaol during the War of Independence have gone on display in the prison-turned museum. The display was originally intended to ...

Kilmainham Courthouse in Dublin is to be renovated under new plans to convert the building into a legal history museum. The OPW are carrying out a feasibility study on the plans for the facility, ...

Kilmainham Gaol's Collections Curator Brian Crowley is hosting the free tours as part of this month's Pride events. Kilmainham Gaol is hosting free tours that explore the prison's LGBT history as part ...

THE former Dublin jailhouse in which the leaders of the Easter Rising were imprisoned and executed has been named among the top tourist attractions in the world. Kilmainham Gaol, now a popular museum ...

“Objects, war and memory in Ireland past and present” is a new exhibition at Kilmainham Gaol Museum, co-curated by seven people who have come to Ireland as refugees. It showcases some of the precious ...

A new display marking the centenary of the last prisoners ever held in Kilmainham Gaol. Photo: Office of Public Works. Playing cards signed by the hunger striking prisoners. Photo: Office of Public ...

DUBLIN — It is not often that a prison is a must-see tourist attraction. Welcome to Dublin, where the Kilmainham Gaol is a national treasure. It has been called an Irish Bastille. The aging prison, ...

Kilmainham Gaol hopes to attract over 500,000 visitors every year after recent renovations were finished to coincide with 1916 Rising commemorations. The Office of Public Works (OPW) invested €5m ...

The autograph book is one of the most requested items at Kilmainham Jail in Dublin. A collection of autograph books owned by prisoners during the 1916 Easter Rising was published online in 2017. The ...