Coming back from London very early in the morning was probably not one of my better ideas which is probably why the day I got back after classes I took a nap because I was exhausted. Therefore I have nothing important to talk about for the 19th of July.
On the 20th however I took a trip to Kilmainham Jail which was the main jail in Dublin for many years and was used to hold both the common prisoner and also the prisoners that were to be sent to Australia. One of the other important things about this jail is this is where all the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising were kept and then killed. It was the killing of these men that caused the true uprising that eventually led Ireland to become separate from England. If the English had just jailed the men for a while and then let them free there is every chance that Ireland may still be a part of the UK. However the English decided to murder all the leaders and the Irish citizens saw how unfair it was and then decided to actually attempt an organized revolt against England. It took many years but they did succeed in their revolution. The jail no longer is functioning as a jail but it still has a lot of history and there is so much that I felt while I was touring around the grounds.
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