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 / Ernest Shackleton
Portrait side profile of Ernest Shackleton. Signed 'your loving brother, Ernest Shackleton'. On reverse of photograph in script E H Shackleton Sydenham SC and printed "Sheaight Limited, photographers and portrait painters at 157 New Bond St. Additional copies may be obtained by quoting No. 44365.
photograph / Ernest Shackleton
Portrait photograph of Ernest Shackleton, facing front. Card stamped 'By Appointment J. James Bayfield, Ripby kill, S. E., Photographer to Bulwich College'.
photograph / Ernest Shackleton
Profile photograph of Ernest Shackleton. In the background a representation of the South Pole from a globe. The reverse of the photograph is signed by Shackleton.
photograph / Theobald Wolfe Tone
Photograph of statue or memorial to Theobald Wolfe Tone.
engraving / James Napper Tandy
Engraving, James Napper Tandy. From an Original Portrait Drawn and Engraved by Petrie. Published in Dublin by James Duffy of 7 Wellington Quay.
illustration / The Unfortunate Theobald Wolfe Tone Esq.
Print, The Unfortunate Theobald Wolfe Tone Esq.
reproduction / The Unfortunate Theobald Wolfe Tone Esq.
Print, 'The Unfortunate Theobald Wolfe Tone Esq.' Reproduction.
picture / Beal na mBlath, 1922
Print, colour, entitled 'The Death of General Michael Collins, killed in action at Beal na mBlath, Co. Cork, August 22nd, 1922.
seal /
Green wax seal in frame. Obverse - full-length female figure on horseback being led by full-length male. Reverse - full-length female figure on throne holding orb and sceptre flanked by two full-length female figures.
seal / King (England)
Document mounted on a card, with relics attached to reverse, stating that one is a fragment from the last garter of the King, one is a piece of the waistcoat he died in, and some of his hair. Also, instructions that the owner is never to part with it. Two seals - one at top with two lions rampant...
autograph album / Harepark, 1924 - 1925
Prison autograph book, containing autographs of various republican prisoners in Hare Park Internment Camp, 1924 - 1925. belonging to Nicholas Moroney of the 3rd Tipperary Brigade. In red leather; stamped on front cover with "Autographs" and "M" in gold. Date in front "19.1.'24".
reference / Nicholas Moroney, 3rd Tipperary Brigade
Notebook, black cover. property of Nicholas Moroney, of the 3rd Tipperary Brigade, 7th Battalion. Contains notes on meetings 1930s to 1940. Many letters of certification for members, particulary around the Drangan area of Tipperary, in support of their applications for military pensions. Includes...
document / Nicholas Moroney, 3rd Tipperary Brigade
Wallet, in brown leather; containing various documents and personal belongings. Property of Nicholas Moroney, of the 3rd Tipperary Brigade, 7th Battalion. Contains lists including lists of raids, injuries and deaths during the War of Independence and Civil War, lists of election results in 1932,...
newspaper / Nicholas Moroney, 3rd Tipperary Brigade
Battalion listing of the 3rd Tipperary Brigade. Various letters, notes and newspaper articles. Property of Nicholas Moroney, of the 3rd Tipperary Brigade, 7th Battalion. Contains lists including lists of raids, injuries and deaths during the War of Independence and Civil War, lists of election...
neck tie / Nicholas Moroney, 3rd Tipperary Brigade
Red neck tie with gold dotted design. Property of Nicholas Moroney, of the 3rd Tipperary Brigade, 7th Battalion.
box / Department of Land and Fishing
Seal; circular, with silver-coloured with harp in the centre surrounded by a four-pointed circular outline and bearing the inscription - "EIRE, an tAire Talmhaiocht agus Iascaigh". Department of Land and Fishing. In green box, marked 'Royal Mint.
certificate / Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland
Certificate of membership. For Robert George Hopcraft's election as a member of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. 25th August 1919.
stock report / Bank of Ireland, 1797
Stock report for the Bank of Ireland, 26th April, 1797. Addressed to 'Gentlemen. Signed by Messrs Williams and Birch. Directed (on the reverse) to a Mr Robert Sproule of Dundalk.
figure group / Daniel O'Connell
Wax figure group, Daniel O'Connell in the centre, speaking to gathered crowd. With 13 full length standing figures, male and female.