Prison

We woke up Saturday to rain. Lots and lots of rain. Which we figured was not bad as we were all most there a week and had little rain. Today was site seeing day so we got on our rain gear and boarded a bus for the west end. We got to our destination and found a coffee shop. Unfortunately it did not have seating so we walked into what we thought was a park. It was an old hospital turned into a contemporary art Calgary. It had a great court yard with covered seating so we are our breakfast and drank our coffee until our first tour.

Dublin has a pretty famous prison Kilmainham Gaol . It was the first prison that brought in prisoner reform into Ireland. Victorian prison reform was putting prisoners in their own cells and giving them exercise. Unfortunately this prison was a gong show and there were multiple prisoners in little cells. Then there was the prisoners from the 1916 and because of their views and actions against the Brits were shot in the chest in a court yard. All and all it was an interesting and depressing 2 hours.Read more