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Inside Kilmainham Jail

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Took this at Kilmainham Jail. This is... well were they hung people or should I say prisoners...

    Kilmainham Gaol (Irish: Príosún Chill Mhaighneann) is a former prison, located in Inchicore in Dublin, which is now a museum.

    Kilmainham Gaol has played an important part in Irish history, as many leaders of Irish rebellions were imprisoned and some executed in the jail. The jail has also been used as a set for several films.

    When it was first built in 1796, Kilmainham Gaol was called the 'New Gaol' to distinguish it from the old jail it was intended to replace - a noisome dungeon, just a few hundred metres from the present site. It was officially called the County of Dublin Gaol, and was originally run by the Grand Jury for County Dublin. Over the 140 years it served as a prison, its cells held many of the most famous people involved in the campaign for Irish independence. The leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising were held and executed here, and the last prisoner held in the jail was Éamon de Valera.

    Kilmainham Gaol was abandoned as a jail in 1924, by the government of the new Irish Free State. Following lengthy restoration, it now houses a museum on the history of Irish nationalism and offers guided tours of the building.

    An art gallery on the top floor exhibits paintings, sculptures and jewellery of prisoners incarcerated in jails all over contemporary Ireland.

    (from wikipedia [link])

    The one thing that is errie about this photo is the Orb.

    Ghosts do you think??? For more info on Orbs go here [link] or just google Orbs.

    :heart:

      Edit 2008


    Updated with some info about Kilmainham and framed.

    DO NOT USE MY PHOTOS IN ANY KIND OF WAY WITHOUT MY PERMISSION.
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Make
OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
Model
FE100,X710
Shutter Speed
1/40 second
Aperture
F/3.4
Focal Length
8 mm
ISO Speed
200
Date Taken
Aug 23, 2006, 11:44:34 AM
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