Stonebreakers’ Yard

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Stonebreakers’ Yard is the execution yard within Dublin’s historic Kilmainham Gaol, best known as the site where several leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising were shot.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf execution yard
historic site
associatedWithEvent Easter Rising
associatedWithOrganization Irish Citizen Army
Irish Volunteers
associatedWithPerson Con Colbert
Edward Daly
James Connolly
John MacBride
Joseph Plunkett
Michael Mallin
Michael O’Hanrahan
Ned Daly
Patrick Pearse
Seán Heuston
Seán Mac Diarmada
Thomas Clarke
Thomas MacDonagh
Willie Pearse
Éamonn Ceannt
associatedWithYear 1916
country Ireland
currentUse memorial site
tourist attraction
era early 20th century Irish revolutionary period
governedBy British military administration records
surface form: British military authorities (1916)
hasLanguageOfSignage English
Irish
hasMemorial commemorative plaques
cross marking execution site
heritage Irish revolutionary history
locatedIn Dublin
Ireland
location Kilmainham Gaol
managedBy Office of Public Works
surface form: Office of Public Works (Ireland)
near Kilmainham
surface form: Kilmainham, Dublin

River Liffey
notableFor executions of leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising
openToPublic yes
partOf Kilmainham Gaol
surface form: Kilmainham Gaol complex
significance site of execution of most signatories of the 1916 Proclamation of the Irish Republic
symbolizes Irish struggle for independence
tour Kilmainham Gaol guided tours
usedFor executions by firing squad
military executions

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Kilmainham Gaol hasPart Stonebreakers’ Yard