Talk:Kilmainham Gaol
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[edit] 2005 post
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)
[edit] Just Visited Dublin
I just visited Kilmainham. As I have met with local Dubliners afterwards to discuss what I saw, I simply mentioned: "I went to 'the jail' last Saturday." Everyone knew exactly what I was talking about.
I live in Dublin and i know that my great grandfather was a prisoner in Kilmainham Jail during the civil war in Ireland. My family believe that he was there between the years 1925 and 1928 but that is all i know. I would love to find out more about him. Can anyone help me??
[edit] Name
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. FearÉIREANN
\(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.
[edit] OMG I CANT WAIT!
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)
