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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.
indenture / Dublin Turnpike Commission, 1832
Indenture, legal document or agreement, for the rental of land from Alexander Simpson by the Dublin turnpike roads Commission, dated 12 January 1832. Two pages. With red wax seal. One of a set of documents relating to the Dublin Turnpike Abolition Commission, under the Dublin and Other Roads'...
indenture / Dublin Turnpike Commission, 1832
Indenture, legal document or agreement, for the rental of property in the Lucan area from James Kirby by the Dublin turnpike roads Commission, dated 4 February 1832. Two pages. With red wax seal. One of a set of documents relating to the Dublin Turnpike Abolition Commission, under the Dublin and...
indenture / Dublin Turnpike Commission, 1851
Indenture, legal document or agreement, for the rental of property from John Godley Esquire by the Commissioners of the Dublin and Mullingar Turnpike Roads, dated 5 March 1851. Two pages. With red wax seals. Second page includes map of land in question. One of a set of documents relating to the...
certificate / Dublin Turnpike Abolition Commission, 1855 / 1856
Certificate, mortgage no. 42, Country of Dublin, signed by John Patrick Prendergast of the Dublin Turnpike Abolition Commission, dated 15 April 1856. On the payment of a total of £11, 10 shillings and 9 pence, inclusive of interest, to Mirian(?) Boggs McIntyre Esquire of Clover Hill, Clondalkin....
certificate / Dublin Turnpike Abolition Commission, 1855 / 1856
Certificate, mortgage no. 29, Country of Dublin, signed by John Patrick Prendergast of the Dublin Turnpike Abolition Commission, dated 2 June 1856. On the payment of a total of £6, 18 shillings and 5 1/2 pence, inclusive of interest, to Chicester Bolton Esquire of Merrion Street, Dublin. Receipt...
certificate / Dublin Turnpike Abolition Commission, 1855 / 1856
Certificate, mortgage no. 12, Country of Dublin, signed by John Patrick Prendergast of the Dublin Turnpike Abolition Commission, dated 15 April 1856. On the payment of a total of £92, 6 shillings and 1 3/4 pence, inclusive of interest, to the Governors of Mercers Hospital, Dublin. Receipt signed on...
certificate / Dublin Turnpike Abolition Commission, 1855 / 1856
Certificate, mortgage no. 36, Country of Dublin, signed by John Patrick Prendergast of the Dublin Turnpike Abolition Commission, dated 15 April 1856. On the payment of a total of £9, 4 shillings and 7 1/2 pence, inclusive of interest, to the Incorporated Society in Dublin for Promoting English...
certificate / Dublin Turnpike Abolition Commission, 1855 / 1856
Certificate, mortgage no. 24, Country of Dublin, signed by John Patrick Prendergast of the Dublin Turnpike Abolition Commission, dated 21 April 1856. On the payment of a total of £138, 9 shillings and 2 3/4 pence, inclusive of interest, to Thomas Annesley Whitney Esquire. Receipt signed on reverse,...
certificate / Dublin Turnpike Abolition Commission, 1855 / 1856
Certificate, mortgage no. 6, Country of Dublin, signed by John Patrick Prendergast of the Dublin Turnpike Abolition Commission, dated 15 April 1856. On the payment of a total of £92, 6 shillings and 1 3/4 pence, inclusive of interest, to the Church Wardens of Saint Annes Parish, Dublin. Receipt...
certificate / Dublin Turnpike Abolition Commission, 1855 / 1856
Certificate, mortgage no. 5, Country of Dublin, signed by John Patrick Prendergast of the Dublin Turnpike Abolition Commission, dated 15 April 1856. On the payment of a total of £323, 1 shillings and 6 pence, inclusive of interest, to Daniel Connolly L.L.D. of Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin. Receipt...
coach ticket / Independence Day-Coach, 1832-33
Independence Day-Coach ticket. Entitling the bearer to an outside seat on the stage coach, for one stage, or to an inside seat for one stage on payment of one shilling, from the 12 June 1832 to 12 June 1833. Signed by agent Joseph Hamilton. Printed at the Londonderry Journal Office.
drawing / View on the Dublin and Kingstown Railway, c.1834
Watercolour drawing by Andrew Nicholl (1804-1886). View on the Dublin and Kingstown Railway. A series of such views was painted by Nicholl, engraved by J. Harris and S.G. Hughes and published in Dublin by W.F. Wakeman, 9 D'Olier Street, in October 1834. 12" by 9".
model train / No. 22, Dublin to Wexford, 1865
Model Steam Train Engine; number 22. The Dublin to Wexford railway line. This route was constructed by the Sharp Stewart Company of Manchester, 1865. Re-built in 1891.
photograph / Great Southern Railways, Maedhbh, 1939
Photograph of locomotive / train number 800, "Maedhbh", 1939. Great Southern Railways.
steam engine / Great Southern and Western Railways
Component of Old steam engine which belonged to the Great Southern and Western Railways, number 36. Brass section, made by Bury, Curtis and Kennedy, Liverpool.
photograph / Dublin and Kingstown Railway, Alexandra
One of a set of three photographs of the steam engine "Alexandra". Taken on the Dublin to Dun Laoghaire (Kingstown) Railway, 1851. Originals in the Science and Art Museum, South Kensington. The pictures were taken as follows: 1) from the side; 2) the front of the engine; 3) the back of the engine;...
photograph / Dublin and Kingstown Railway, Alexandra
One of a set of three photographs of the steam engine "Alexandra". Taken on the Dublin to Dun Laoghaire (Kingstown) Railway, 1851. Originals in the Science and Art Museum, South Kensington. The pictures were taken as follows: 1) from the side; 2) the front of the engine; 3) the back of the engine;...
photograph / Dublin and Kingstown Railway, Alexandra
One of a set of three photographs of the steam engine "Alexandra". Taken on the Dublin to Dun Laoghaire (Kingstown) Railway, 1851. Originals in the Science and Art Museum, South Kensington. The pictures were taken as follows: 1) from the side; 2) the front of the engine; 3) the back of the engine;...
information panel / Dublin and Kingstown Railway, Alexandra
Information text accompanying a set of three photographs of the steam engine "Alexandra". Taken on the Dublin to Dun Laoghaire Railway, 1851. Originals in the Science and Art Museum, South Kensington. The pictures were taken as follows: 1) from the side; 2) the front of the engine; 3) the back of...