Kilmainham Jail was bulit in 1769,Kilmainham Jail is also know as Kilmainham Gaol.Kilmainham Jail has a unique part in Irish History,and was where,for more than 100 years,those who fought against the English occupatoin of Ireland were imprisoned and where many of them died.
A PLACE OF DEATH
In 1803,Robert Emmet,leader of an ill-fated rebellion against the English,was imprisoned in Kilmainham before being taken to Thomas St. where he was hung and beheaded.The block where he was beheaded is in an exhibit in the jail.Emmet's famous speech before his execution was:"When my country takes her place among the nations of the earth then and not until then,let my epitaph by written".The most famous,or infamous,executions of all in Kilmainham were those of the 14 of the leaders of the failed 1916 Easter Rising.These took place in May 1916 between the 3rd and the 12th in the early hours of the morning in the Stonebreaker's Yard.Among them was the leader of the Rising Pádraig Pearce and his brother.Willy Pearce,William James Connolly,Eamon Ceannt and Seán McDermott were also executed.Stark black crosses now mark the places where these deaths occurred.That's all the information we know now but wait until we get back and we will have more information for you.But the last thing that I want to say is that my great grandad was in Kilmainham Jail some of you may think "her grandad is a criminal" but I couldn't be more proud of anyone.He was fighting during the Rising and I am so proud of him.He was put in Kilmainham in 1922 and was released in 1924.He had 2 horrible years in there but he always knew he would be welcomed home by his brother and his Mam and Dad.
By Alex
it was a great day and all of us had a brill time
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