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Kilmainham Jail Museum, Dublin

Kilmainham Jail Museum is a museum on Inchicore Road in Dublin, County Dublin, 3.3 km west of the centre. Executions of the leaders of the 1916 rising is within 60 m.

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Opening hours

All times are local to Ireland

Today

09:30 to 18:00

Weekly schedule

Opening hours by day
Monday09:30 to 18:00
Tuesday09:30 to 18:00
Wednesday09:30 to 18:00
Thursday09:30 to 18:00
Friday09:30 to 18:00
Saturday09:30 to 18:00
Sunday09:30 to 18:00

Public holiday hours have not been provided.

Source: OpenStreetMap.

Check the business website Call +353 1 4535984
Kind
Museums
Address
Inchicore Road
From the centre
3.3 km west, in a straight line
Phone
+353 1 4535984
Website
kilmainhamgaolmuseum.ie
Run by
Office of Public Works
Wheelchair
Recorded as partly accessibleOne tag covering the whole place. It does not say whether the entrance, the inside, the toilets or the route to the door are step free, and this page will not say so either.
Parking
HSQ Office parking, 720 m away
Bus stop
Inchicore Road, 20 m away
Main entrance from the front
Main entrance from the front·Nol Aders, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Main entrance from the front·Nol Aders, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Destination, access and nearby stops

Kilmainham Jail Museum is in Dublin, County Dublin. Routes here end at the building the map records for it. Which door is the way in is not something the map says. HSQ Office parking is 720 m away and the map records it as open to the public.

It is 3.3 km west of the centre of Dublin in a straight line, on Inchicore Road. The nearest stop the map records is Inchicore Road, 20 m away in a straight line.
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Stops near it

The nearest scheduled stop is Kilmainham G (2640), 30 m away in a straight line. Use the planner to check walking connections for your journey.

  • Kilmainham G 30 m
    buses 60 and 69
    Scheduled departures from this stop
  • Inchicore Library 140 m
    buses G1, 13 and G2
    Scheduled departures from this stop
  • South Circular Road 170 m
    buses C2, C1, C4, C3, 52 and 860 among others
    Scheduled departures from this stop
  • Bulfin Gardens 270 m
    buses 68 and 68A
    Scheduled departures from this stop
  • Bulfin Road 330 m
    buses 68 and 68A
    Scheduled departures from this stop

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Events nearby

Not at Kilmainham Jail Museum. These are at other venues within a few hundred metres of it.

Within a short walk

What else the map names within four hundred metres of Kilmainham Jail Museum, on Inchicore Road and around it.

Also on Inchicore Road

Inchicore Road carries 9 of the places the map names in Dublin.

Everything on Inchicore Road

Other museums in Dublin

Nearest to Kilmainham Jail Museum first, and the figure beside each one is how far it is from Kilmainham Jail Museum, in a straight line. Same point, same measure.

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Questions people ask

Where is Kilmainham Jail Museum?
On Inchicore Road in Dublin, County Dublin, 3.3 km west of the centre; the nearest car park is 720 m away.
How do you contact Kilmainham Jail Museum?
Contact Kilmainham Jail Museum on +353 1 4535984. Visit kilmainhamgaolmuseum.ie.
How far is Kilmainham Jail Museum from the centre of Dublin?
3.3 km west of the centre, measured in a straight line. The map above can work out the walk along the footpaths from wherever you are.
Are there other museums near Kilmainham Jail Museum?
45 in Dublin altogether. The nearest are Richmond Barracks on St Michael's Estate, Irish Museum of Modern Art on Military Road and Collins Barracks on Arbour Hill.
How do you get to Kilmainham Jail Museum without a car?
The nearest stop in the national timetable is Kilmainham G, 30 m away in a straight line, and buses 60 and 69 call there, run by Bus Átha Cliath – Dublin Bus. The planner on this page works out the walk from that stop over real footways and the whole journey from wherever you are starting, for the day and time you choose.

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