- Though there are no car parking facilities at Kilmainham Gaol, parking is available at the nearby Irish Museum of Modern Art/Royal Hospital Kilmainham.
- Opened in 1796, Kilmainham Gaol was at the time the most modern prison in the country.
- Kilmainham Gaol was a working and silent prison that housed men, women, and children, and was in operation from 1787 until 1924.
- Henry Joy McCracken, imprisoned in 1796, was the first in a long list of political prisoners incarcerated in Kilmainham Gaol.
- Before its closure in 1924, Dublin's Kilmainham Gaol housed some of the most famous political and military leaders in Irish history.
- L-R: The East Wing; exterior of Kilmainham Gaol; outside the gaol with the gates of the Royal Hospital (Irish Museum of Modern Art) in the background...
- Muslims visiting the Kilmainham Gaol will not be able to find prayer facilities at the attraction.
- Opened in 1796, Kilmainham Gaol experienced some of the most heroic and tragic events of Ireland's history.
- Old Kilmainham Gaol, which opened in 1796, was the home of many of those involved in the Irish independence struggle for over 100 years.