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Wicklow Gaol

Wicklow

Where rebels of 1798 were held and hanged.

Wicklow Gaol held prisoners for over two centuries. After the 1798 Rising, many rebels were held here in terrible conditions and some were hanged.

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When
1702–1924
Where
52.9810, -6.0430
Group
Gibbets & executions

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