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.
illustration / Sleigh
Drawing of a sleigh, coach numbered 1998.216. With comparison drawing of Queen Victoria’s 1855 Windsor Castle sleigh on back. One of a set of five drawings of coaches in the NMI Collections. 1. Drawing of a stage coach by Holland and Holland, coach numbered 1998.200. 2. Drawing of a sleigh, coach...
illustration / Wagonette
Drawing of a wagonette, coach numbered 1998.213. One of a set of five drawings of coaches in the NMI Collections. 1. Drawing of a stage coach by Holland and Holland, coach numbered 1998.200. 2. Drawing of a sleigh, coach numbered 1998.216. With comparison drawing of Queen Victoria’s 1855 Windsor...
illustration / Park phaeton
Drawing of a park phaeton by Joseph Browne of Dublin, coach numbered 1998.214. One of a set of five drawings of coaches in the NMI Collections. 1. Drawing of a stage coach by Holland and Holland, coach numbered 1998.200. 2. Drawing of a sleigh, coach numbered 1998.216. With comparison drawing of...
illustration / Brougham / Clarence
Drawing of brougham or Clarence coach, coach numbered 1998.205. One of a set of five drawings of coaches in the NMI Collections. 1. Drawing of a stage coach by Holland and Holland, coach numbered 1998.200. 2. Drawing of a sleigh, coach numbered 1998.216. With comparison drawing of Queen Victoria’s...
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One of a set of five drawing or illustrations of coaches, handpainted. Signed Townsend.
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One of a set of five drawing or illustrations of coaches, handpainted. Signed Townsend.
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One of a set of five drawing or illustrations of coaches, handpainted. Signed Townsend.
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One of a set of five drawing or illustrations of coaches, handpainted. With additional removable section to illustrate the fold down roof. Signed Townsend.
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One of a set of five drawing or illustrations of coaches, handpainted. Signed Townsend.
railway map / Official Railway Map of Ireland, 1918
Copy of the Official Railway Map of Ireland. Prepared and published at The Railway Clearing House, London, 1918. Drawn and engraved by J. and W. Emslie, London. Leather bound, with text in gold.
railway timetable / A.B.C. Railway Guide and Hotel Directory, 1940
Copy of the A.B.C. Railway Guide and Hotel Directory, for Dublin and the Isle of Man, Scotland and North of England via Silloth. August 1940. Printed and published by Falconer, 2 Crow Street, Dublin.
state coach / Lord Chancellor's Coach, 1790
Lord Chancellor’s Coach. State coach of the Earl of Clare, Lord Chancellor of Ireland. Built in London by Godsal of Longaere, 1790, for John Fitzgibbon, who was appointed as the Lord Chancellor of Ireland in 1789. It was transported in September 1790 from London to the South Wall docks by the ship...
photograph / Lord Chancellor coach harness
Photograph of section of saddle harness of the Lord Chancellor's State Coach.
photograph / Lord Chancellor coach harness
Photograph of section of saddle harness of the Lord Chancellor's State Coach.
photograph / Lord Chancellor coach harness
Photograph of section of saddle harness of the Lord Chancellor's State Coach.
carriage / Daniel O'Connell's Coach
Daniel O'Connell's coach. Open top carriage with single chair on top. Used by O'Connell on his release after his imprisonment after the State Trials in 1844.
newspaper supplement / Weekly Irish Times, 1921
Newspaper supplement, copy of the Weekly Irish Times, 10 December 1921, with an article on the 'Victoria' locomotive. (L.1383p)
drawing / Dublin and Kingstown Railway, 'Princess'
Photograph of a drawing of the Dublin and Kingstown railway locomotive 'Princess', built at the company's works at Grand Canal Street, Dublin, 1840. One of the first engines built in Ireland, and five years older than the Drogheda engine 'Victoria'. Cylinders -11" by 16"; boiler pressure -90lbs per...
postcard photograph / Cugnot's Traction Engine, 1770
Photograph, British Stationary Office postcard photograph. Cugnot's Traction Engine, 1770. Postcard produced by The Zinco Collotype Company, Edinburgh.