page_title: Kilmainham
section_title: Local attractions
hierarchical_section_title: Kilmainham / Local attractions
caption_attribution_description: Detail of Interior of Kilmainham Gaol - Kilmainham - Dublin - Ireland - 03
context_page_description: Kilmainham is a suburb of Dublin, Ireland, south of the River Liffey and west of the city centre, in the Dublin 8 postal district.
context_section_description: The area is best known for Royal Hospital Kilmainham, constructed on the site where the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem had their priory in Dublin. It now houses the Irish Museum of Modern Art. Nearby is Kilmainham Gaol, where the executions of the leaders of the Easter Rising took place. 
  Kilmainham holds one of a small number of Viking era burial sites (Old Norse haugr meaning barrow or mound), within Dublin, others including Bully's Acre and where College Green is now located.
  A tourist map of the area can be viewed here.
caption: Interior of Kilmainham Gaol
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