#My dad and I kinda locked eyes remembering the time at Kilmainham Gaol in Dublin
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pro tip though: asking tour interpreters at a historical museum about ghosts is, 9 times out of 10, a fantastic way to get them to dislike you
#I was once on a tour of a Civil War house museum and we were seeing where the house was used as a makeshift field hospital and you can still#see bloodstains on the floor—grisly stuff#And another guest asked the guide if there were any ghosts#And she went OFF at him#Kinda unprofessional ngl but I got it#My dad and I kinda locked eyes remembering the time at Kilmainham Gaol in Dublin#When my dad asked the guide about ghosts and the guide gave him a stern lecture about how#this place is about history and remembering the people who were held here and the political repression of Irish nationalists#Not sensationalist ghost tales#I have yet to meet a museum interpreter who likes this question#Museums
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