By Lakshmi:

No matter how brief your visit is to Dublin, you MUST squeeze in a visit to Kilmainham Gaol.  Here are our top 5 reasons for doing so.

– You get an amazing lesson on Irish history in under two hours

– Regardless of whether you like history or not, the stories will move you

– From romance to tragedy, patriotism to hunger, brutality to redemption, you will hear it all

– Your tour guides will be the most passionate story tellers

– You will be transported from fact to fiction when you realize this jail has been featured in many a movie including “In the Name of the Father”

And if you are one of those people who needs pictures to be convinced, take a look at these.

You will need tickets to visit this prison.  To learn more about planning a visit, click here.

http://www.heritageireland.ie/en/dublin/kilmainhamgaol/

To read more about the jail, click here.

http://www.heritageireland.ie/en/media/39954%20KilmainhamGaol.pdf