Kilmainham Gaol facts for kids

'' Sentenced to die early the next day he was brought with Pearse and MacDonagh to Kilmainham Gaol. There, Tom had a final meeting with his wife. She found him in an “exalted, very exalted, state of mind, wild with the joy of being able to hold out the week and full of hope for the future.”

But Kathleen faced decades of widowhood raising their three sons alone and she cried out, “I don’t know how I am going to live without you. I wish the British would put a bullet in me too.”

Clarke died unreconciled to the Catholic Church after ejecting a Capuchin priest who had demanded an apology for the Rising. Shortly before 3am he entered the stone-breakers’ yard and after vainly offering to forego a blindfold, a 12-man firing squad executed him, Pearse and MacDonagh in quick succession. ''

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/heritage/tom-clarke-the-leader-left-out-of-the-story-1.2556895

Images for kids

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  Model of Kilmainham Gaol

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  Cell of Éamon de Valera.

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  'Informers Corridor' pictured c.1890s

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  Prisoner crafts in Kilmainham Jail Museum.

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  A view inside Patrick Pearse's cell.

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  Mural of a Madonna painted by Grace Gifford Plunkett while she was held during the Civil War.

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  Robert Emmet's cell door.

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  A view of the landing where the 1916 leaders were held before their execution.

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  The view from the prison courtyards.

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  The view from the prison courtyards.

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  Cross marking the place of execution of the leaders of the 1916 Rising.

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  Cross marking the place of execution of James Connolly.

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  Plaque marking the executions of the leaders of the 1916 Rising.

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  Entrance to Kilmainham Gaol, Five Snakes in Chains above Entrance.

See also

In Spanish: Kilmainham Gaol para niños