Visit Belfast’s infamous prison. Explore the jails cells, execution chamber and graveyard, as you learn about the prison's 150-year history.

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Highlights

Explore the site at your own leisure on this self-guided experience
Learn about prison life with audio and video commentary in each area
Visit the condemned man's cell
Seeing the execution cell where men were hanged
Walk through the tunnel connecting the jail to the courthouse

Full description

Journey through Northern Ireland’s only remaining Victorian-era prison. Hear the stories of the murderers, suffragettes, loyalists and republican prisoners who were jailed here. Learn about the births, executions, hunger strikes and riots that have taken place within the prison walls. Begin your visit in the jail basement, where you can see artifacts from when the jail was in operation. Walk through the passageway, known as “the tunnel,” which connects the jail with the courthouse across the road. Between 1968 and the prison’s closing, over 25,000 prisoners made their way through this tunnel. See “the circle,” which is located at the centre of the four wings of the jail. Marvel at the jail’s 19th-century Victorian architecture. Next, make your way to the C-wing. Experience what the living conditions were like in the prison at various points throughout the jail’s history. See the condemned man’s cell. Seventeen men in total were executed at the jail, and you will see where many of them spent their last days. Enter the execution chamber where twelve men had their lives ended. End your tour at the graveyard, where the executed men were buried. As part of their sentence, the condemned men were “to be buried in an unmarked grave, in unconsecrated ground.”

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Self-guided visit to Crumlin Road Gaol

Covid-19 precautions

Safety measures in place

All areas that customers touch are frequently cleaned
The number of visitors is limited to reduce crowds

Traveler requirements

You are required to bring and wear a mask

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Meeting point

Please go to the reception on arrival at Crumlin Road Gaol. There is a free car park on site.

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What to bring

Comfortable shoes
Comfortable clothes

Not allowed

Pets
Video recording

Know before you go

Please check in at reception on arrival
The first admission is 11:00 AM, last admission is 3:30 PM

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Overall rating

4.7 /5

based on 387 reviews

Review summary

Guide
4.6/5
Value for money
4.6/5
Service
4.9/5
Organization
4.9/5

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Loved the whole experience, 2 hours to go around and the restaurant in it was beautiful also, highly recommend this place for all ages! My only disappointment however was the fact that in online and in their brochure it advertises the walk through the underground tunnel, this was closed off apart from 1 very small section at the start of the tunnel.. Also I felt there wasn’t quite enough shown of inside the prison, upstairs was closed, the matron’s tower. But overall I enjoyed it.

20 August 2021

Very interesting tour. Really enjoyed the video at the end. It will help to educate people on the troubles . The tunnel had a very chilling feeling. The 2 scary part of the tour was the last cell to be seen as when the jail was closed. The only down side was people not respecting people private space they were on top of you when watching a video or talking out loud . Not very respectful . Only a suggestion maybe have a staff member on the wing to get people to respect others . Only a thought.

19 August 2021

There were 6 of us that visited the gaol (myself, wife and our four children). Had a really good day. We’ve been before with our eldest 2 but we had a tour guide then and we found that it was more enjoyable with a guide. It was hard for all 6 of us to go into a room to watch the screens and listen to the audio if there was already someone in that room as obviously the cells aren’t massive and people still worried about COVID.

5 August 2021

Belfast: Crumlin Road Gaol Experience

Belfast: Crumlin Road Gaol Experience

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