Attraction · Dublin · Updated on 1 November 2026.
Kilmainham Gaol is an attraction in Dublin, County Dublin. This place has an audio tour of about 2 minutes, in English or Dutch. 5 of the 50 well-known points of interest nearby are within 1 km. Within 680 m you'll find a bench and a public toilet.
Audio tour · Kilmainham Gaol
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You're standing at Kilmainham Gaol, an old prison in the Kilmainham district of Dublin. Today it's a museum. But this may well be the most important place in the whole story of Irish independence. Nearly every major Irish nationalist spent time locked up behind these walls.
Read and hear the whole story in the Outdoor Pitstop app: check in at this place and it is yours (with Pro; new users are Pro for the first 4 weeks).
Source: OpenStreetMap and Wikidata.
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons. In the app you add your own photo when you are there.
The nearest pitstop of each kind within 1 km, as the crow flies. No water point, bike pump or food stand within 1 km.
50 well-known points of interest nearby, those with an audio tour first. 5 of the 50 well-known points of interest nearby are within 1 km.
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Partly: according to OpenStreetMap it is only partly wheelchair accessible.
Yes: a public toilet at 680 m.
When you stand at Kilmainham Gaol, the Outdoor Pitstop app tells the story of the place in about 2 minutes, in English or Dutch.
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