Visiting the Kilmainham Gaol ...

Kilmainham Gaol is a former prison in Kilmainham, Dublin, Ireland. The Irish leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising (24–29 April 1916) were imprisoned and executed in the prison by the British.

Most of the executions took place over a ten-day period:

• 3 May: Patrick Pearse, Thomas MacDonagh and Thomas Clarke
• 4 May: Joseph Plunkett, William Pearse, Edward Daly and Michael O'Hanrahan
• 5 May: John MacBride
• 8 May: Éamonn Ceannt, Michael Mallin, Seán Heuston and Con Colbert
• 12 May: James Connolly and Seán Mac Diarmada

 The spot at Kilmainham Gaol where most of the leaders were executed

Patrick Pearse, Commander in chief, who was executed at the Kilmainham Gaol on the 3rd of May 1916.