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Historical Collections Online

Search our Historical Collections Online, a sample of 10,000 artefacts from the National Museum of Ireland’s Historical, Military and Easter Week Collections, published as part of the Decade of Commemorations.


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goblet / Siege of Derry, 1688-89

Goblet, post-1690. Coconut cup in which the turned stem and foot are said to have been made from the pear tree by which Colonel Lundy fled after the Siege of Derry. A wooden chalice with a wooden lid carved with concentric circles. A finial sits on top, dark and light wood used.

 

lid / Siege of Derry, 1688-89

Goblet with lid, post-1690. Lid of a coconut cup in which the turned stem and foot are said to have been made from the pear tree by which Colonel Lundy fled after the Siege of Derry. A wooden chalice with a wooden lid carved with concentric circles. A finial sits on top, dark and light wood used.