Kilmainham Gaol Corridor
by Weston Westmoreland
Title
Kilmainham Gaol Corridor
Artist
Weston Westmoreland
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Photograph - Photograph
Description
Kilmainham Gaol 1798 Corridor.
Kilmainham Gaol (Irish: Príosún Chill Mhaighneann) is a former prison in Kilmainham, Dublin, Ireland. It is now a museum.
The prison was built in 1796 to improve the conditions of the prisoner, who up to that time were all bunched together, men women and children, in a single space. The English,afterwards, used it to keep and repress politic prisoners. Many Irish revolutionaries, including the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising, were imprisoned and executed in the prison by the British.
When the Gaol was first opened in 1796, there were two symmetrical wings flanking a central block. Today, just the West Wing survives in its original state and conforms the oldest section of the Gaol. It was a gloomy, dark, and cold place, with no glass in the windows, and no heating or light.
Under the English yoke, notable political inmates in this wing include members of the United Irishmen after the 1798, which gives name to this corridor, and 1803 Rebellions. Leaders of the Easter Rising in 1916, Patrick Pearse, Thomas MacDonagh, Constance Markievicz, Thomas Clarke, and Michael Mallin were also held in the West Wing, as were women Republican prisoners during the Civil War.
Seen principally as a site of oppression and suffering, the prison was closed when the English left in 1924 and reopened as a Museum in the 60s.
Weston Westmoreland
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