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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Abandoned and let fall into disrepair for years a group of volunteers are renovating Kilmainham Gaol. Carpenter Jim (Seamus) Bruce describes the challenges faced in trying to restore Kilmainham Gaol.

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 ...

SINGER Rod Stewart has told of how he was left "moved" by a visit to the church where Irish freedom fighter Grace Gifford was married before her husband was executed for his part in the 1916 Easter ...

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, ...

Seeing the world as a study abroad student is completely different from any other travel experience. You’re not only on your own to organize trips, but you end up traveling to an obscene number of ...

After almost four years of hard work by a group of volunteers the re-roofing of the main compound at Kilmainham Gaol is completed. At a ceremony in Kilmainham Gaol the Chairman of the Restoration ...

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, ...