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	Kilmainham Jail - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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 last prisoner held in the jail was Eamon de Valera.
		It was abandoned as a jail in 1924 by the government of the new Irish Free State.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kilmainham_Jail (232 words)

	Kilmainham Jail: Encyclopedia topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Kilmainham Jail, also known as Kilmainham Gaol, is a prison (prison: A correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment) located in Kilmainham (Kilmainham: kilmainham (irish cill mhaighneann) is a suburb of dublin, ireland, located...
		The last prisoner held in the jail was Eamon de Valera (Eamon de Valera: Irish statesman (born in the United States); as president of the Irish Free State he was responsible for the new constitution of 1937 that created the state of Eire (1882-1975)).
		It was abandoned as a jail in 1924, the government of the Irish Free State (Irish Free State: A republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1921).
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/kilmainham_jail (551 words)

	Kilmainham Jail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Kilmainham jail is located in Kilmainham near Inchicore, on the south side of Dublin.
		The jail was filled with political prisoners that was to last for nearly 130 years.
		The last prisoner to be held in Kilmainham jail was Eamon de Valera who was released on the 16th of July 1924.
	www.esatclear.ie /~mrbrennan/kjail.htm (222 words)

	Kilmainham Gaol - Kilmainham jail - killmainham jail
		A continuous procession of patriots were incarcerated in Kilmainham Gaol from its foundation in 1796 until its final closure in 1924.
		The building of Kilmainham Gaol was inspired by the fear of French revolutionary ideals spreading to these shores.
		The jail also has a marvellous audio-visual display on its history and a modern museum presentation.
	www.dublinks.com /index.cfm/loc/6-3/pt/0/spid/BE3B03AD-27A9-4B6C-B7495A5EB0CDA8E4.htm (308 words)

	Letter in opposition to Kilmainham development
		This development in Kilmainham to be driven as Smithfield's development has by the Corporations own IAP- with the important and most essential distinction that Kilmainham Jail and its surroundings are of national importance.
		Kilmainham if it were in Paris would be part of the "Isle de France" or in Germany the "Alt-Stat".
		Kilmainham has now reached a turning point in its so varied and chequered history, the point at which significant renewal for the benefit of the district its people and its tourists can be realised.
	davespicks.com /writing/essays/kilmainhamletter.html (3800 words)

	What's Doing in Dublin
		Kilmainham, a mile and half west of the city center on Inchicore Road, was where the British incarcerated Irish political prisoners from the late 18th century to independence in the 1920's.
		The jail cells and the execution grounds are included in a tour of the prison.
		The jail is building a new exhibition area, so opening hours will be changed starting next Sunday from the current hours of 10 A.M. to 6 P.M. The plan is for Kilmainham to be open 1 to 4 P.M. Monday to Friday, 1 P.M. to 6 P.M. Sunday and closed Saturday.
	www.irishside.com /tis/content/nyt/133.htm (1771 words)

	Objection to Proposed Office Blocks opposite Kilmainham Jail
		Kilmainham Jail opened in 1796, four years before the Act of Union abolished the Irish Parliament in Dublin and thus making Ireland a part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain.
		Kilmainham Jail is one of the most important historical sites in Ireland, and is a designated National Monument.
		We agree that the site opposite the Jail needs to be developed, but the national importance of the area and its close proximity to the Jail should be of paramount concern.
	www.kilmainham-gaol.com /why.htm (557 words)

	Kilmainham Jail, Kilmainham, Dublin [Archeire, Irish Architecture Online]
		The jail has two main areas of cells, and several exercise yards, one of which was used for executing the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising.
		The original wing dating from the opening of the jail is incredibly dark and oppressive.
		The jail has been used in several movies, notably "In the name of the father" and "The Italian Job".
	www.irish-architecture.com /buildings_ireland/dublin/kilmainham/jail.html (128 words)

	Kilmainham Jail - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kilmainham Gaol, also known as Kilmainham Jail, is a former prison located in Kilmainham, Dublin, Ireland.
		The jail has also been used as a set for several films.
		Films that have been filmed at the jail
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kilmainham_Gaol (232 words)

	Kilmainham Jail, Dublin, Ireland
		Kilmainham Jail: Kilmainham Jail and the Easter Uprising 1916
		At the execution of the 1916 leaders in Kilmainham jail they were blindfolded and a piece of paper cloth was put on each chest as a target.
		Kilmainham Goal was a great place to visit for me because I learned a lot about the many rebels who were jailed here and about the struggles for independence of this young country.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/Ireland/County_Dublin/Dublin-296021/Things_To_Do-Dublin-Kilmainham_Jail-BR-1.html (1433 words)

	Sally Smyth
		Then, when she had absorbed what Kilmainham Jail is, when she had approached the essence of the experience of Kilmainham, and not till then, did Sally actually begin to work and put all her work onto paper.
		She was described as a colourist when she came to work in Kilmainham- and I don't think anybody here needs a dictionary to grasp this concept - just looking around at any of these paintings, it just jumps to life the colour that she uses.
		Niamh O'Sullivan is a barrister and Archivist at Kilmainham Jail, Dublin.
	www.sallysmyth.com /judicial_opening.html (1626 words)

	History Trip to Dublin
		Kilmainham Jail is where the rebels were taken immediately after the failure of the Easter rising.
		Even more moving is when we are taken to the execution yard and are placed on the very spot on which the rebels were placed before the firing squad.
		This part of the jail has been used as a film-set for "Michael Collins" and "In The Name Of The Father".
	www.killicomaine.co.uk /depart/hist/Dublin/trip.htm (221 words)

	Archiseek - Office blocks @ Kilmainham Gaol & Royal Hospital (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Incidentally, most of us in Kilmainham are aware of the great legacy Jim Barret (Dublin City Architect) left for Limerick and the nation in his tenure as Limerick City Architect when he oversaw the restoration and appropriate development of and surrounding King John’s Castle.
		I must say, Kilmainham is a pleasure, mostly because the topography is so interesting and the various new developments are all piled on top of each other in an interesting way.
		What is proposed for Kilmainham is dead office blocks after 5pm and over weekends and holiday periods when the tourists are here in abundance to face these empty dead spaces on leaving the Gaol and the Royal Hospital.
	www.archiseek.com /content/printthread.php?t=741&pp=40 (8704 words)

	Jail Museum, Kilmainham, Dublin; Baile Atha Cliath / Dubhlinn
		Jail Museum, Kilmainham, Dublin; Baile Atha Cliath / Dubhlinn
		Between Emmet Road and Inchicore Road is Kilmainham Jail (1792), where until 1924 numerous Irish patriots were imprisoned and many were executed.
		Kilmainham jail is one of the largest unoccupied jails in Europe with a major new exhibition and audio-visual show.
	www.planetware.com /dublin/kilmainham-jail-museum-irl-db-kilm.htm (197 words)

	The Leaders (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		He was executed in Kilmainham Jail on the 3 May, 1916.
		He was imprisoned in Kilmainham Gaol and executed by firing squad on May 3, 1916.
		He was broken out in a jail break and came home to fight in the War of Independence and Civil War on the anti-treaty side.
	www.ict.mic.ul.ie /websites/2002/MichelleGeraldine_Carey/leaders.htm (1030 words)

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		The two sisters were sent to Kilmainham Jail in Dublin, along with others from all over Ireland.
		Kilmainham formally closed its doors in 1929, to be reopened as Kilmainham Gaol Museum on Easter 1966.
		Over the jail’s imposing gate is a striking bronze sculpture, The Five Devils of Kilmainham, which shows the demons of Crime being restrained by the chains of Law and Order.
	www.rootsweb.com /~flholmes/irish11.doc (1093 words)

	Kilmainham Jail, Dublin, Ireland
		Built in 1795, in Kilmainham Jail Irish heroes were imprisoned including Charles Stewart Parnell, Robert Emmet, Eamon de Valera, Padraig Pearse and James Connolly.
		Indeed at least 14 leaders of the Easter Rising were executed at Kilmainham Jail in 1916.
		Visitors are given a guided tour of the history of Kilmainham including visiting the cells and seeing the signatures of famous prisoners on the wall.
	www.tourist-information-dublin.co.uk /kilmainham-jail-dublin/kilmainham-jail.htm (185 words)

	Carlow Nationalist: Exhibition links friends who shared cell in Kilmainham (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		“Kilmainham Suite”, an exhibition of paintings by Sally Smyth, which was opened by Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands Minister, Sile de Valera, on October 20, features works by the well known painter, whose mother, May Gibney, was a prisoner in the jail during the Civil War in 1923.
		As a child, in l938, Sally was brought round the East Wing of the prison by her mother who pointed out her Civil War cell on the first floor.
		For many years Seamus was custodian of the flag before he presented it to Kilmainham Jail in 1996 where it now hangs alongside Sally Smyth’s exhibition.
	www.carlow-nationalist.ie /news/story.asp?j=8004 (397 words)

	PROTECT KILMAINHAM JAIL CAMPAIGN
		The jail is directly opposite the site of the proposed office block.
		The courthouse was built in the early nineteenth century and is adjacent to the jail.
		The tower was built in 1811-12 on the south quays of the River Liffey.
	www.kilmainham-gaol.com (221 words)

	Dáil Éireann - Volume 363 - 20 February, 1986 - Ceisteanna — Questions. Oral Answers. - Kilmainham Jail.
		The Deed of Trust for Kilmainham Jail allows the Minister for Finance to appoint two trustees.
		I would like to see, as a long-term measure, the management of Kilmainham Jail being integrated with the management of the Royal Hospital which is also at Kilmainham.
		I would not like to jump to conclusions on the subject but it is a very important question and it is important that we get some things settled once and for all and quite soon as far as Kilmainham Jail is concerned.
	www.oireachtas-debates.gov.ie /D/0363/D.0363.198602200013.html (527 words)

	IgoUgo: Dublin Attractions, Dublin Festivals, Things To Do In Dublin
		Kilmainham Gaol is one of Ireland's most important buildings.
		The bullet holes in the prison yard wall were a stark reminder to those proceedings, and no matter what your views may be about the events, you will not fail to be moved.
		This is the more sinister side of Kilmainham and the role it played in Ireland’s political past.
	www.igougo.com /planning/journalEntryActivity.asp?type=2&entryID=41170 (843 words)

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		"A Celebration" video was shot in this jail and the film "In the name of the father" about I.R.A. too.
		Kilmainham has therefore become a potent blend of fact and symbol.
		This castle is on the cover of the Unforgettable Fire (album).
	www.chez.com /ferrer2/dublin/guinness.htm (82 words)

	AN PHOBLACHT/REPUBLICAN NEWS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Plans by property developers to dwarf Kilmainham Jail and surrounding residences with a large development have received a set-back.
		The plans had involved replacing the Rowantrees buildings opposite the entrance to Kilmainham Jail with nearly half a million square feet of office space, in three modern office blocks - two of which would have risen six storeys above ground.
		In rejecting the planning application, Dublin Corporation's Planning Department have sought additional information on the scheme, while at the same time asking that the plans be substantially altered if they are to be considered again.
	republican-news.org /archive/2000/October05/03kilm.html (445 words)

	Easter 1916 Uprising
		The spot in Kilmainham Jail where the signatories of the Proclamation were shot.
		The follow table list the people were courts-martialed and subsequently shot in Kilmainham Jail.
		Both Kilmainham Jail and Arbour Hill Cemetery are open to the public.
	www.stephen-stratford.co.uk /easter.htm (608 words)

	Office blocks @ Kilmainham Gaol & Royal Hospital - Archiseek (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Kilmainham if it were in Paris would be part of the “Isle de France” or in Germany the “Alt—Stat”.
		They appear to us as yet another invader hoping to pillage Kilmainham and are no different to the Vikings, Normans or English who only came to our place for gain, profit or worse retribution.
		We are a proud and historic people here in Inchicore and Kilmainham and we only wish for even half of what we see working so successfully around a whiskey museum in the IAP for Smithfield and it’s community.
	www.archiseek.com /content/showthread.php?p=5134&mode=threaded (4922 words)

	History Around You: Toss a coin
		Kilmainham Jail is overcrowded, and you have to decide which prisoners in the line passing before you go free and which stay in jail.
		Place a tick in the appropriate column after each throw of the coin.) After twenty throws of the coin, you will have two lists of ticks.
		Do you think this is a fair way to decide who stays in jail and who goes free?
	www.teachnet.ie /vmcmahon/history/tosscoin.htm (205 words)

	Kilmainham Jail - TheBestLinks.com - Dublin, Easter Rising, 1916, Eamon de Valera, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
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	Kilmainham Jail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The gaol was not used solely for political purposes; indeed in the museum we can see evidence of how harshly some of its other inmates were treated: one prisoner was sentenced to seven years' transportation for the theft of a roll of cloth!
		The unsuccessful rebellions following on from 1798 did, however, provide Kilmainham with its most well-known inhabitants.
		Robert Emmet was a guest in 1803, while John O'Leary spent the years 1865-74 in its confines after being betrayed by an informer.
	club2.telepolis.com /maderita/ruta/kilmainham/kilmainham3.html (82 words)

	Memories of Isaac Butt QC
		I mentioned the Kilmainham incident, but nothing definite was decided upon till the late Dr. O'Leary, M.P., appeared on the scene with a letter in which Mr.
		A very shallow grave would be enough, with a mound of earth or tomb raised over it." This passage was a confirmation of that picturesque conversation which place in Kilmainham Jail, and after a lapse of 13 years it came back fresh and vivid to my mind.
		His creditors were to take the fees as they came in from the clients, and my duty was to see that they got as little of them as possible.
	www.chapters.eiretek.org /books/OldDub/chapter17.htm (4248 words)

	The Easter Rebellion
		His injuries were so severe that he had to be carried out to the stonebreakers yard on a stretcher, and strapped to a chair to face the firing squad.
		Another incorrectly dated card; the Rising was in April rather than May. The civilian population was horrified at the blazing fires and destruction and held the Rebels responsible for the devastation of central Dublin.
		Public opinion turned from disgust to sympathy, however, as the British slowly executed the leaders one by one at Kilmainham Jail.
	www.freedombaptistnc.com /IrishPhotos.htm (808 words)

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