A color photo of the Irish Flag flying over Stonebreakers Yard at Kilmainham Gaol in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. After the Irish Easter Monday Rising of 23 April - 30 April 1916 the English government killed 15 of the remaining leaders by firing squad at Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin.
Because he was mortally wounded during the fighting, James Connolly was being held at Dublin Castle with only 1 or 2 days of life remaining. In spite of that, on 12 May 1916 Connolly was transported to Kilmainham Gaol, tied into a chair to hold him upright long enough to be shot, and was executed. The black cross in the photo marks the sight of his killing.
The executions at Kilmainham turned a failed insurrection into a raging fire for a free and independent Ireland that still burns today. 2016 marked the Centenary of 1916.
The Irish Republic tri-color keeps constant watch over this hallowed ground.