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 / Rail bus, Great Northern Railway
Great Northern Railway. Photograph, rail bus, Greenore. Associated Daimler. Pneumatic and steel tyred rail bus. Arranged for working on producer gas. Great Northern Railway.
reproduction / Tipperary Station, 1848
Photographic reproduction of a pencil drawing of Tipperary Station, Waterford and Limerick Railway, by James K. Fahie, 15 June 1848.
tram ticket / Dublin Tramways Company, 1880
Dublin Tramways Company, Sandymount Line. Ticket for 3 pence. Serial number 260. c. 1880. Thin paper ticket, white, printed black. 3 3/4" by 2".
measuring stick / Great Southern and Western Railway of Ireland
Folding rule, ivory, probably English about 1850. Twelve inches long extended, no maker's mark. Formerly the property of George Carr, 1st Chairman of the Great Southern and Western Railway of Ireland.
print / Getting Ready in Hearn's Hotel Clonmel, 1836
Six coloured Bianconi prints illustrating Car Travelling in the South of Ireland by M.A. Hayes and J. Harris, London. 1856 reprint by Ackermann and Co. from originals published in 1836. Each print marked CAR TRAVELLING IN THE SOUTH OF IRELAND IN THE YEAR 1836. BIACONI'S ESTABLISHMENT and at the...
print / Arriving at the End of a Stage, 1836
Six coloured Bianconi prints illustrating Car Travelling in the South of Ireland by M.A. Hayes and J. Harris, London. 1856 reprint by Ackermann and Co. from originals published in 1836. Each print marked CAR TRAVELLING IN THE SOUTH OF IRELAND IN THE YEAR 1836. BIACONI'S ESTABLISHMENT and at the...
print / On the Road at Full Pace, 1836
Six coloured Bianconi prints illustrating Car Travelling in the South of Ireland by M.A. Hayes and J. Harris, London. 1856 reprint by Ackermann and Co. from originals published in 1836. Each print marked CAR TRAVELLING IN THE SOUTH OF IRELAND IN THE YEAR 1836. BIACONI'S ESTABLISHMENT and at the...
print / Taking Up a Passenger, 1836
Six coloured Bianconi prints illustrating Car Travelling in the South of Ireland by M.A. Hayes and J. Harris, London. 1856 reprint by Ackermann and Co. from originals published in 1836. Each print marked CAR TRAVELLING IN THE SOUTH OF IRELAND IN THE YEAR 1836. BIACONI'S ESTABLISHMENT and at the...
print / Dropping a Passenger, 1836
Six coloured Bianconi prints illustrating Car Travelling in the South of Ireland by M.A. Hayes and J. Harris, London. 1856 reprint by Ackermann and Co. from originals published in 1836. Each print marked CAR TRAVELLING IN THE SOUTH OF IRELAND IN THE YEAR 1836. BIACONI'S ESTABLISHMENT and at the...
print / The Arrival at Waterford Commins Hotel, 1836
Six coloured Bianconi prints illustrating Car Travelling in the South of Ireland by M.A. Hayes and J. Harris, London. 1856 reprint by Ackermann and Co. from originals published in 1836. Each print marked CAR TRAVELLING IN THE SOUTH OF IRELAND IN THE YEAR 1836. BIACONI'S ESTABLISHMENT and at the...
Bantry boat / Bantry Bay. 1796
Longboat from the frigate "La Resolue" used by the French to come ashore at Bantry Bay in 1796. Kept in Bantry House until given to the National Museum of Ireland in 1944.
prospectus / Connaught Railroad Company
Connaught Railroad Company Prospectus, about 1840. Printed document entitled 'Prospectus for a Company to Connect the Mineral District in the Province of Connaught, Ireland, by a Railroad, with the Adjoining Counties and the Metropolis, to be called the Connaught Railroad Company'. On two sheets 8...
photograph / Great Northern Railway, Bundoran
Photograph. Steam Engine Number 71, BUNDORAN. Great Northern Railway (Ireland). Showing special train the Duke of York at Amiens Street railway station.
photograph / Great Northern Railway, Kestral
Photograph. Steam Engine Number 87, KESTREL, Great Northern Railway (Ireland). Showing train at Adelaide, Belfast.
photograph / Great Northern Railway, No. 159
Photograph. Steam Engine Number 159, Great Northern Railway (Ireland). Showing Enniskillan goods train near Adelaide, Belfast.
photograph / Great Southern Railway, Maedhbh
Photograph. Steam Engine Number 800, MAEDHBH, Great Southern Railway. Limerick Line.
photograph / Great Southern Railway, No. 49
Photograph. Steam Engine Number 49, 0.4.4./T. Great Southern Railway. Wexford Line.
boneshaker /
Bicycle, boneshaker type, probably English about 1865. Iron frame. Wooden wheels with wooden spokes and axles, and iron tyres / rims. Front wheel 38 inches in diameter, back wheel 20 inches in diameter. No provision for mudguards or brake. Pedals on axle of front wheel. Handlebars with turned...
photograph / "Helga", Fishery Cruiser, 1901-07
Fishery Cruiser. Photograph in sepia of fishery cruiser, (the first) "Helga": 1901-1907. Sold to Constantinople and name changed to "Constance Grech". Photo, 9.5 inches x 7.5 inches, mounted in wooden and glass frame, 11.5 inches x 9.4 inches. Presumably taken between 1901 and 1907. Printer or...