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.
pitcher / James Kearney / Waterford Cavalry, c.1796-1807
Cream-colour jug, probably Liverpool, about 1800. Baluster-shape cream-colour earthenware jug; strap handle, pointed spout. Transfer-print, black, on front of roses; on one face with a map of Ireland under a ribbon 'Prosperity to Ireland', on the other face with colourful cartouches around a yeoman...
plaster cast / American War of Independence
Plaster cast of a brass door knocker, painted. "Irish Manufacture" inscribed on it. Depicting an American soldier, American War of Independence. Original perhaps circa 1782.
medal / Hacketstown, 1798 Rebellion
Medal, gold, circular. Engraved on two ribbands, above - PROTECTORS, below - OF HACKETSTOWN. In centre May 25th 1798. Reverse, on two ribbands, above - SUPRESSORS OF, and below - REBELLION. In centre KING AND COUNTRY. Loop above for suspension. To commemorate the defence of Hacketstown, Co. Carlow,...
sheath / Lord Edward Fitzgerald
Dagger and leather scabbard, owned by Lord Edward Fitzgerald. Steel blade with dark coloured wooden handle, brown leather scabbard, tooled decoratively on one side. Both dagger and sheath with brass alloy fittings.
lottery ticket / Dublin, 1789
Lottery ticket, Irish Lottery for the year 1789. Numbered AmA09. Licenced Lottery Office at 59 Dame Street, Dublin. One of a collection of 13 Lottery tickets, English and Irish, 1793-1815.
whiskey label / George Flood, Dublin
Printed label for a whiskey bottle of George Flood, bearing a drawing of the shop in No. 28 Grafton Street, Dublin. Printed black on green paper with the words 'Old Malt Whiskey No ___ from George Flood 28 Grafton Street Dublin Wines XX Porter English, Scotch and Irish Ales in wood and...
lottery ticket / Dublin, 1787
Irish lottery ticket, 1787. Drawing commences 12 November. One guinea. Signed H. Wilson. Numbered 5mA12.
medal / Irish Home Rule League, 1870
Irish Home Rule League badge, unsigned, c. 1870. Bronze. Obverse shows a four-armed star, having a medallion with shamrock at the crossing, arms joined by circular band having IRISH HOME RULE LEAGUE and in the angles shields with the arms of Leinster, Munster, Connaught and Ulster. Badge attached...
prison art / Jack Leigh, Ballykinlar Camp, 1920-1921
Framed picture. Prison craft work, painted sacred heart (fabric) and thorns, associated with the donor's Great Uncle Jack Leigh, Ballykinlar, who broke his collarbone while on the run. 1920-1921
pamphlet / Erskine Childers
Pamphlet outlining in his own words. Childer's statement at his trial. Cover has a photograph of Childer's facing front, with "Erskine Childers" beneath.
pamphlet / The Sacred Egoism of Sinn Féin
Pamphlet. 'The Sacred Egoism of Sinn Féin', by Gnathaí Gan Iarraidh. Second edition. Published by Maunsel & Company Ltd., Dublin. One shilling.
pamphlet / The Axe to the Root
Pamphlet on Trade Unionism. Cover reads - "Towards the one big Union, 3d. The Axe to the Root, by James Connolly. New Edition, with Introduction & Old Wine in New Bottles. Price ... Three Pence."
pamphlet / The Ethics of Sinn Fein
Pamphlet. 'The Ethics of Sinn Fein'. Leaflet no. 6.
souvenir programme / Irish Republican Prisoners' Dependents' Fund Fete, 1921
Pamphlet/Souvenir Programme from the Irish Republican Prisoners' Dependents' Fund Fete. Front cover shows a front view of Eamon De Valera and reads "Fete in aid of Irish Republican Prisoners' Dependents' Fund. September 29th - October 9th, 1921. Souvenir Programme. Price Sixpence. O'Loughlin,...
book / Wolfe Tone Annual, 1933
Pamphlet. 'The Wolfe Tone Annual', 1933. Dublin. Containing various articles. Published for the Committee of Wolfe Tone Week by Brian O'Higgins, 68 Upper O'Connell St., Dublin. Price 6d.
book / Wolfe Tone Annual, 1939
Pamphlet. 'The Wolfe Tone Annual', 1939. Published by Brian O'Higgins, 38 Upper O'Connell Street, Dublin. Price 6d. With articles by various authors. Cover states - 'The story of Young Ireland and the years before 1848. Emancipation, Repeal of the Union, The Nation, The Massacre of 1847,...
human remains / Gap of Gorteen, Co. Tyrone
An ancient funerary bowl / cinerary urn containing calcined bones. Found at the Gap of Gorteen, Co. Tyrone. Ceramic cremation pot with small handle on each side.
human remains / Gap of Gorteen, Co. Tyrone
An ancient funerary bowl / cinerary urn containing calcined bones. Found at the Gap of Gorteen, Co. Tyrone. Page 27 of Illustrated Register. Ceramic cremation pot with small handle on either side. Lid on top, partially missing.
seal impression / Irish Volunteers, 1779
Seal matrix and seal impression in red wax; Irish Volunteers 1779, 'Armed for Defence'. From the Thomas Mathew Ray Collection. Handwritten note on the back of the mounting card 'Bought by Thomas Ray from Mr Underwood 16 September 1846', and signed by T.M. Ray.