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.
photograph / 'Victoria', Dublin to Drogheda Railway, 1845
Photograph, steam engine 'Victoria', Dublin to Drogheda Railway, 1845. Copy of original.
reproduction / The Sighe Gaoithe
Photographic reproduction of a line drawing, The "Sighe Gaoithe" C.B. and S.C.R. HH:1940.73.1-6. Photographs of old steam engines from 'Locomotive Magazine.' HH:1940.73.1 - The "Sighe Gaoithe" C.B. and S.C.R.
reproduction / Fairy, c. 1876 to 1903
Photograph, reproduced from the Locomotive Magazine, of M.G.W.R. single tank locomotive 'Fairy', as rebuilt 1876. Withdrawn c.1903. Cylinders -11" by 15". Driving wheels - 5'1" diameter. Working pressure -130lbs. per square inch. From a photograph lent by C.L. Fry. HH:1940.73.1-6. Photographs...
reproduction / Engine 2-2-2, W. and L.R., c.1846
Photographic reproduction of a line drawing from the Locomotive Magazine, 21 March 1903, p. 26. Engine 2-2-2, W. and L.R., said to have been built for W.&L. in 1846 by Stothert and Slaughter (must have been later, as first portion of line - Limerick to Tipperary, was not opened until 1848)....
reproduction / Fág an Bealach, Cork and Bandon Railway, 1849
Photographic reproduction of a line drawing from the Locomotive Magazine, An "Fág an Bealach" (Get Out of the Way) C. and B.R., passanger locomotive, Cork and Bandon Railway, 1849. HH:1940.73.1-6. Photographs of old steam engines from 'Locomotive Magazine.' HH:1940.73.4 - An "Fág an Bealach" (Get...
reproduction / Engine No. 1, Cork, Blackrock and Passage Railway, 1850
Photographic reproduction of a photograph from the Locomotive Magazine, Engine number 1, C.B. and P.R. Sharp single tank engine No. 1. Cork, Blackrock and Passage Railway. Locomotive No. 1, built by Sharp Brothers, Manchester, 1850. Line opened 1850. The company ownded only three locomotives in...
reproduction / Engine No.4, Waterford and Tramore Railway, c.1845
Photograph, reproduced from the Locomotive Magazine, of Engine number 4, W. and T.R., Bury tank engine, Waterford and Tramore Railway. Well tank engine No. 4, built by Bury, Curtis and Kennedy, Liverpool c. 1845. Rebuilt 1867, when dome, cab, injectors etc added. In use in 1900, when said to...
newspaper / Kerry Weekly Reporter, 1893
Copy of supplement to "The Kerry Weekly Reporter", Tralee, May 27, 1893, with account of disaster on the Tralee and Dingle Tramway, where three were killed and fourteen injured in a train disaster.
plan / Dublin and Wicklow Railway,
Set of maps, bound and rolled. Dublin and Wicklow Railway - Land plans between Kingstown (Dun Laoighaire) and Dalkey
print / 'Hibernia', Dublin and Kingston Railway, 1834
Photograph of print, the engine 'Hibernia'. Built for the Dublin and Kingston Railway, by Sharpe, Roberts & Company, Manchester, 1834.
print / Dublin and Kingston Railway
Plan and section of the Dublin and Kingston Railway. By Henry Paine(?), 8 July 1833. With red wax seal.
publication / The Irish Rail Gazette, 1845
The Irish Rail Gazette, copy of 29 November 1845.
share certificate / Limerick and Waterford Railway, 1845
Limerick and Waterford Railway share certificate of 13 December 1845. Made out to Mr Thomas Mooney of 41 Pill Lane, Dublin, on 13 December 1827. Numbered 331. This certificate was issued some years before the construction of the line.
newspaper article / Dalkey Atmostpheric Railway, 1843
Dalkey Atmostpheric Railway, article on, in six loose pages from 'The Architect, Engineer and Surveyor', Vol. IV, of about 1843.
newsheet / The Railway Times, 1843
The Railway Times newspaper, copy of 14 January 1843. With fold out supplement.
publication / The Railway Times, 1843
The Railway Times, copy of 21 January 1843.
publication / The Railway Times, 1843
The Railway Times, copy of 28 January 1843.
booklet / Listowel and Ballybunion Railway, 1888
Pamphlet, text, on the Opening of the Listowel and Ballybunion Railway, Lartigue Single Rail System. Published 29 February, 1888.
graphic illustration / Dublin and Kingstown Railway, 1836-64
Dublin and Kingstown Railway, graph of gross receipts 1836 to 1964.