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Kilmainham Gaol........

Built in 1792, it is Ireland's most famous disused prison. It held throughout the years many famous Nationalists and Republicans, members of the Society of United Irishmen (1798), Young Irelanders (c1840s), Fenians and Land agitators, Parnell, Davitt. The leaders of the 1916 Ester Rising were executed here. The prison was closed in 1924.

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Taken on November 14, 2010