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.
slide / Great Southern and Western Railway
One of seven glass slides, with photograph of a Great Southern and Western Railway locomotive on exhibition, Ballsbridge, 1907.
slide / Kingstown Pier
One of seven glass slides, with photograph of Kingstown Pier, old view (Dun Laoghaoire). Photograph by T. Mason, 5 Dame Street, Dublin.
slide / Drumm train, Great Southern Railway, 1939.
One of seven glass slides, with photograph of Drumm train, 1939. Great Southern Railway.
slide / Woodenbridge Station, Dublin and South Eastern Railway
One of seven glass slides, with photograph of Woodenbridge Station. Dublin and South Eastern Railway.
slide / Stillorgan Station, Dublin and South Eastern Railway
One of seven glass slides, with photograph of Stillorgan Station. Dublin and South Eastern Railway. Photograph by T. Mason, 5 Dame Street, Dublin.
slide / Great Northern Railway
One of seven glass slides, with photograph of a Great Northern Railway locomotive, Royal Engine. Photograph by T. Mason, 5 Dame Street, Dublin.
slide / Coal Quay Bridge Building, Dublin and Kingstown Railway
One of seven glass slides, with photograph of Coal Quay Bridge Building, Dublin and Kingstown Railway. Photograph by T. Mason, 5 Dame Street, Dublin.
postcard photograph / Harcourt Street Station c. 1900
Photograph, Dublin and South Eastern Railway locomotive No. 17 in an accident at Harcourt Street Station c. 1900.
postcard photograph / Arrival of Test Train, Keady Railway Station, 1909
Photograph postcard, Arrival of Test Train, Keady Railway Station, near Armagh, 29 May 1909. Great Northern Railway.
postcard photograph / Great Northern Railway Works, Dundalk c. 1910
Photograph postcard, Great Northern Railway Works, Dundalk, Co. Louth, c. 1910. Colour postcard, Reliable Series. By Mathews, printer and publisher, Examiner Office, Dundlak.
postcard photograph / Rounding Bray Head
Photograph postcard, Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway. Rounding Bray Head. By th eLocomotive Publishing Company Ltd., London. No. 319.
postcard photograph / 'Waterford', Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway
Photograph postcard, Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway. 'Waterford' goods engine. . By the Locomotive Publishing Company Ltd., London. No. 483.
newspaper cutting / Irish Railways
Collection of nine Irish press cuttings re Irish Railways.
photograph / The Rocket, 1829
Photograph of The Rocket locomotive steam engine, 1829, 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 successful locomotive in the competition at Rainhill in October 1829Mounted on card 'With the...
railway map / Walker's Map of the Railways in England, 1837
Copy of Walker's Map of the Railways in England, 1837. Book type, fold out from binding.
timetable / Bradshaw's Railway Companion, 1840
Copy of Bradshaw's Railway Guide. English, 1840. Bradshaw's Railway Companion, 1840, containing the times of departure, fares etc of the Railways of England and also Hackney Coach fares from the principle Railway Stations, illustrated with maps of the country through which the railways pass, and...
timetable / Bradshaw's Railway Companion, 1845
Copy of Bradshaw's Railway Guide. English, June 1845. Inscribved on inside by W. Kield(?) of Armagh, June 1845. Bradshaw's Railway Companion, June 1845, containing the times of departure, fares etc of the Railways of Great Britain and Ireland, and also Hackney Coach fares from the principle...
document / Passenger Train Traffic, 1927
Approximately 43 typed documents relating to "Passenger Train Traffic", "Mileage Run by the Companies' Engines", Engine hours in traffic", "Principal statistics of operation" and "Trade Statistics from May 1927".
side saddle /
Saddle, side, brown leather, complete with harness. Hand grip on left hand side. Pouch on right side of saddle.