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Solitary. Kilmainham Jail, Dublin

This shot was taken through the peephole of a prison cell in Kilmainham Gaol in Dublin. The jail remained in service from the 1780s until the Irish Civil War in 1923. The building is now a National Monument to the rebels who fought and died for Irish independence.

This particular cell was the last resting place of Irish Patriot Joseph Plunkett, who married Grace Gifford in the prison on the day before his execution by firing squad in May 1916, following the Easter Rebellion.

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Uploaded on July 20, 2017
Taken on July 20, 2017