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Kilmainham Gaol

Kilmainham Gaol is a former prison. Visitors find it inside Kilmainham’s neighbourhood. Its status is a national monument of Ireland.

Photo: Kilmainham Gaol, Nol Aders (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

In Kilmainham

inside the neighbourhood

Run by

Office of Public Works

a national heritage body

How well known

Top 1%

#15 of 1,783 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–20°C

In brief

Museum in Kilmainham

One of the best-known places to visit in Ireland

#15 of the 1,783 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered. About ↓

Inside Kilmainham

Kilmainham Gaol is inside Kilmainham’s neighbourhood. Towns near it ↓

Cared for by the Office of Public Works

One of the places the Office of Public Works looks after; members usually get in free. About ↓

National monument of Ireland

On the State’s record of protected heritage. About ↓

Written from Fáilte Ireland’s open data, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata and the CSO’s 2022 town outlines, with Met Éireann’s 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Weather, month by month

In Kilmainham the warm season is June to September, with highs of 18–20°C.

Jan9° / 3°62 mm

Feb9° / 3°53 mm

Mar11° / 4°52 mm

Apr13° / 5°52 mm

May16° / 8°55 mm

Jun19° / 10°63 mm

Jul20° / 12°59 mm

Aug20° / 12°67 mm

Sep18° / 10°62 mm

Oct14° / 8°76 mm

Nov11° / 5°84 mm

Dec9° / 3°73 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Kilmainham, and rain in a month. Met Éireann 1991–2020 averages for Kilmainham (Copyright Met Éireann, CC BY 4.0). Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Kilmainham’s full climate →

About

Kilmainham Gaol

It is cared for by the Office of Public Works. Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 26 languages. A short trip away is Dublin Zoo, 1.7 km off.

Kilmainham Gaol on Wikipedia ↗

Type: Museum
Run by: Office of Public Works
Listed: National monument of Ireland
Wikipedias: Covered in 26 languages
Town: in Kilmainham
Official site: kilmainhamgaolmuseum.ie

Facts: Fáilte Ireland open data (CC BY 4.0), Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

Plan your visit

Visiting: the details

Entrance fees

EntryA fee is charged

Address and hours: Fáilte Ireland’s open data and OpenStreetMap contributors. Hours change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

The area around Kilmainham Gaol

Find Kilmainham Gaol in orange; each number is a place listed below.

Towns near it

Towns a short way from Kilmainham Gaol

The biggest base of the 8 is Crumlin (19,287 people). The towns whose pages list it: the one it is in, those within 5 km of it, then towns within 20 km.

1 · It’s in town

Kilmainham

10,240 people · 156 places to visit

2 · 100 m east of it

Dolphins Barn

18,799 people · 159 places to visit

3 · 600 m south of it

Crumlin

19,287 people · 161 places to visit

4 · 600 m west of it

Chapelizod

4,862 people · 157 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Kilmainham Gaol is	People	Places to visit
Kilmainham	It’s in town	10,240	156
Dolphins Barn	100 m east of it	18,799	159
Crumlin	600 m south of it	19,287	161
Chapelizod	600 m west of it	4,862	157
Inchicore	700 m southwest of it	5,285	144
Stoneybatter	1.2 km northeast of it	18,644	158
Cabra East	1.4 km northeast of it	13,895	157
Cabra West	1.4 km north of it	9,786	157

Each has its own page of things to do.

Make a day of it

Make a day of it near Kilmainham Gaol

Pair it with 4 museums, a zoo and an attraction, all within 15 km.

Big drawZooDublin Zoo1.7 km away · 1.3M visitors a year (2022)2

MuseumIrish Museum of Modern Art700 m away 3

MuseumNational Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks1.6 km away · 314K visitors a year 4

MuseumGuinness Storehouse1.5 km away 5AttractionAttraction · Office of Public WorksMagazine Fort900 m away 6GardenGardenWar Memorial Gardens700 m away 7ChurchChurchGreek Orthodox Church1.6 km away 8MuseumMuseumRichmond Barracks600 m away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Planning a visit to Kilmainham Gaol

Where is Kilmainham Gaol?

Kilmainham Gaol is in Kilmainham, Dublin, inside the town’s neighbourhood.

What is Kilmainham Gaol?

Former prison in Ireland.

Who runs Kilmainham Gaol?

Office of Public Works.

How well known is Kilmainham Gaol?

Kilmainham Gaol has 26 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages: #15 of the 1,783 Irish places we list.

When is the best time to visit Kilmainham Gaol?

June to September are the warmest months in Kilmainham, with afternoon highs of 18–20°C (Met Éireann 1991–2020 averages).

Is Kilmainham Gaol a protected monument?

Yes: national monument of Ireland.

What else is there to see near Kilmainham Gaol?

Within 15 km: Dublin Zoo (1.7 km), Irish Museum of Modern Art (700 m), National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks (1.6 km) and Guinness Storehouse (1.5 km).

Sources: Fáilte Ireland open data (CC BY 4.0), © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Wikidata (CC0), CSO 2022 town outlines (CC BY 4.0), Met Éireann 1991–2020 averages (CC BY 4.0).

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (5)

Kilmainham Gaol: Nol Aders, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Dublin Zoo: Harold Strong, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Irish Museum of Modern Art: self, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks: self, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Guinness Storehouse: psyberartist, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).