Welcome to Kilmainham Goal, the former prison in Dublin. The construction of the prison began in 1787 and was completed in 1796, the year she welcomed her first guests. For information, the prison closed its doors in 1924, just after the independence of Ireland (1916), and Civil War (1922). I say "permanently closed" because they had closed the first time in 1900, but were forced to reopen it, when all the Irish people want their independence.
Prison is quite famous for building itself, which is a classic of prison this time (like the old prison mitteuse we see in every American movie), moreover, many films were shot in prison. But this prison is famous for the people she has withdrawn, basically all Irish heroes have stayed, or were executed (Parnell Charles Stewart, James Connolly, Patrick Pearse, Eamon de Valera, and many others ), really all the politicians who opposed the English are past, that is, all politicians.
Well, a couple of details to note, the records of the prisons are still there, and available in the museum building (a very nice museum about all the wars between the English and Irish prison time). In these records, at the time of the great famine, the majority of new entrants were persons aged 15-20 who were taking sentences 2 to 4 months for stealing a loaf, or three apples ... At that time, prison was completely overcrowded.
After its closure, the prison has been neglected for 40 years. When a small group of volunteers undertook a restoration of the premises, they initially took 6 months to clear all debris and vegetation pushed her inside. Other
detail, much more recent one, when we visit the prison, when passing the entrance, there is a sign that tells us "free admission" ... I'll let you do the same thinking as me.
Well enough talk, here are some photos:
Enter the prison 
Corridor typical prison 
One of the main corridors of the prison, much larger than the others. 
This cell, about 3 times larger than the others, and with all the luxury that is was the cell of Charles Parnell, he had the right to a deluxe suite, because when he was imprisoned, he is already in the government ( in general, the others entered the government after their rebelion movement and residence in prison). 
Here we are now in the courtyard of the prison. 
The next cell is the cell Plankett Joseph, and the drawing she made during her incarceration.
The next picture is the wall of execution, not require me to explain what was happening here.
On the next photo, I want to introduce the magic formula, and I advise you to keep in case one day, do you hang ... yes, this is the formula for the optimal length of the string depending on your body so that you would die instantly when you hang is always more pleasant than staying in agony for several minutes, like an old potato sacks and finally I think (I never tried). For info, is one Samuel Haughton who developed this formula, a student, then professor of Tronity College mechanical engineering department ... that's it, I found my future path!
The last photo is one of 12 original copies of the proclamation of the Irish Republic that have been plastered around the streets of Dublin in 1916. 
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