Kilmainham Gaol
by Weston Westmoreland
Title
Kilmainham Gaol
Artist
Weston Westmoreland
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Photograph - Photograph
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Kilmainham Gaol main hall, Dublin.
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.
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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May 29th, 2019
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