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.
drawing / Cavan and Leitrim Railway
Outline print (model dimensions), Cavan and Leitrim locomotive, 4-4-0 / T, 3' guage.
photograph / Great Southern and Western Railway
Photograph, Great Southern and Western Railway, locomotive No. 402.
booklet / Great Southern and Western Railway, 1859
One of two copies of the timetable of the Great Southern and Western Railway, February 1859.booklet / Great Southern and Western Railway, 1859
One of two copies of the timetable of the Great Southern and Western Railway, February 1859.
booklet / Great Southern and Western Railway, 1850
Timetable and fares of the Great Southern and Western Railway, 1850.
stamp / Waterford, Dungarvan and Lismore Railway
Railway letter stamp, Waterford, Dungarvan and Lismore Railway. 2nd Red.
stamp / Waterford, Limerick and Western Railway
Sheet of twelve railway letter stamps, Waterford, Limerick and Western Railway. 2nd Green.
model carriage / Midland Great Western Railway
Model railway carriage, made by Lender. M.G.W.R. horse box - Midland Great Western Railway.
model carriage / Dublin and South Eastern Railway
Model railway carriage, made by Lender. D.S.E.R. open centre 7 ton wagon - Dublin and South Eastern Railway.
photograph / Faugh-a-Ballagh, Dublin and South Eastern Railway
Photograph of Dublin and South Eastern Railway Locomotive No. 10, 'Faugh-a-Ballagh'.
newspaper supplement / The Centenary of the Irish Railways, 1934
Newspaper supplement on The Centenary of the Irish Railways, from the Irish Independent, 16 November 1934.
reproduction / The Rocket, 1829
Photographic of The Rocket, 1829. Famous as being the successful locomotive in the competition at Rainhill in October 1829, for a prize of £500 offered by the Directors of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company. From The Science Museum, London, No. 3.
reproduction / The Rocket, model, 1829
Photograph of a Model of The Rocket locomotive, 1829. This sectional model represents the famous locomotive in the form in which it was originally built, with the cylinders attached to the boiler in a steeply inclined position. The tender with its water barrel is also shown. Famous as being the...
rail component / Dublin and Kingstown Railway
Section of rail, marked 'Kingstown 44 lbs per yd'. Of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway.
photograph book / London and North Western Railway
Copy of book, The London and North Western Railway from 1830 to the Present Time. Photographs, reproduced from the L.&N.W. Railway Series of pictorial postcards. Published 1908 or after.
photograph book / The Railway Herald Locomotive Album, 1897
Copy of booklet, The Railway Herald Locomotive Album for 1897. Published at 79 to 83 Temple Chambers, Temple Avenue, London E.C. Printed from Linotype by the Economic Printing and Publishing Company Limited., 30 Bouverie Street, London, E.C.
photograph book / The Railway Herald Locomotive Album, 1897
Copy of booklet, The Railway Herald Locomotive Album for 1897, September No. 2. Published at 79 to 83 Temple Chambers, Tmeple Avenue, London E.C. Printed from Linotype by the Economic Printing and Publishing Company Limited., 30 Bouverie Street, London, E.C.
publication / Irish Engineering, 1925
Copy of 'Irish Engineering', March 1925
publication / The Locomotive, 1925
Copy of 'The Locomotive', 14 February 1925.