FYI - I just booked my tickets for Kilmainham Gaol. Ticket sales open up 28 days before, at midnight Ireland time (7pm US EST). I was refreshing my page every few seconds, and by the time I got in more than half of the time slots were sold out. By 7:05, after I finished my purchase and checked to see what was left, only a few time slots show more than 1 ticket available. When people advise you to book those tickets early, they aren’t kidding!!
Posted by
Citizen of the World
2869 posts
Good job in getting your tickets!
From now through summer they disappear in a flash.
Posted by
Ithaca, NY, USA
800 posts
Glad you got tickets— I purchased ours last week! One tip for someone who gets on at 7:05 and sees little to nothing left is to try again about an hour later. Since I was taking care of several things at my computer, after I purchased tickets I got back on and saw what you did — almost nothing left. But I got on once more at about 8:00 and suddenly there were several time slots with multiple tickets left. My guess is that some people are having more than one person in their group try to grab tickets and after the first person finalizes their purchase the second person discontinues their purchase. Also some people may be doing a practice run for a later date just to get a sense of how it works. So I think there’s a tiny second window anywhere from a half hour to a couple of hours after tickets are released where people might get lucky if they don’t succeed initially.