Yard showing the prison well - metal cover
The black cross in the stone breaking yard which marks the location of the execution of the Scottish born leader of the Irish Citizen Army Commandant James Connolly. Wounded in fighting at the GPO he was brought to Kilmainham Gaol by ambulance and sat in a chair to face the firing squad. This location being chosen as it was close to the vehicle entrance seen right. He was executed on May 12, 1916.
At the location marked by the black cross the keaders of the 1916 Easter Rising were executed in the stone breaking yard at Kilmainham Gaol: • 3 May: Patrick Pearse, Thomas MacDonagh and Thomas Clarke • 4 May: Joseph Plunkett, William Pearse, Edward Daly and Michael O'Hanrahan • 5 May: John MacBride • 8 May: Éamonn Ceannt, Michael Mallin, Seán Heuston and Con Colbert • 12 May: Seán Mac Diarmada
