Talk:Kilmainham Gaol

The leaders of the 1916 Easter Rebellion were all killed by firing squad while at Kilmainham (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Rising#Arrests_and_executions), I'm surprised this isn't mentioned in the main article. Bernfarr (talk)

Considering that the residents of Ireland refer to it as Kilmainham Gaol, shouldn't it be listed as such on Wikipedia?

• I think it should be. The Gaol is also the spelling used in the tourist literature. Kerowyn 21:53, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

As the building is named Gaol not Jail, all the tourist brocheres call it that, and it was a gaol (called that and spelt that way) long before the Americanism Jail ever began to be used in Ireland or the UK, I've returned the page to the correct spelling. FearÉIREANN15px\^{(caint) 23:24, 10 June 2006 (UTC)}

The "Jail" spelling is not just an Americanism - the Oxford English Dictionary has examples from 1400ish, including John Milton in 1674. It's also by far the most common modern usage on both sides of the pond. However, if the official documents call it Gaol, the article ought to as well. Rbreen 15:25, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

It seems interesting to me that this prison has the Jeremy Bentham "panopticon" design.

Maybe that should be mentioned in the article.

Ha I've been here before but didn't really understand it

but i'm going tomorrow and cant wait! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.45.66.88 (talk) 14:35, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

The article claims Boondock Saints did some filming in Kilmainham but IMDB makes no reference to it and the film was shot in Boston primarily so the suggestion that some filming took place in Kilmainham seems highly unlikely. The IMBD page for Boondock Saints doesn't mention any filming in Dublin or even Ireland. I've added a citation request but it might need to be removed entirely.

As another poster mentioned the panopticon design is quite interesting and perhaps someone else mistook a prison of the same design for Kilmainham? -- 86.47.161.201 (talk) 10:51, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

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