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.
seal / Minister forTransport and Power
Seal, Irish Free State. Replica. Used from July 1959 to September 1977. Harp enclosed by legend 'Éire / An tAire Iompair agus Cumhachta'. The Minister for Transport and Power. Design in relief.
book / 'Souvenir of the Official Opening of the Knockanaffrin Republican Cottage' 1978
Pamphlet, Clonmel Co. Tipperary, 1978. 'Souvenir of the Official Opening of the Knockanaffrin Republican Cottage by An Taoiseach, Jack Lynch, T.D. on Sunday, October 22nd, 1978'. The cottage was used from 23rd -- 26 March 1923 as the venue for a meeting between the Republican Army Council and...
seal-matrix / Minister for Transport and Power
Seal matrix; steel, Irish Free State. Harp enclosed by legend 'Éire / An tAire Iompair agus Cumhachta'. The Minister for Transport and Power. Design in intaglio.
seal impression / Minister for Agriculture and Fishing
Seal of the Minister for Agriculture and Fishing, Irish Free State. Working counterpart. Harp enclosed by legend 'An tAire Talmhaíochta agus Iascaigh'. The Minister for Agriculture and Fishing. Design in relief.
seal impression / Minister for Lands
Seal, Irish Free State. Seal replica. Harp enclosed by legend 'Éire / An tAire Tailte'. Minister for Lands. Design in relief. In box.
seal-matrix / Minister for Agriculture
Seal, Irish Free State. Steel matrix. Used to July 1965. Harp enclosed by legend 'Éire / An tAire Talmhaidheachta'. The Minister for Agriculture. Design in intaglio.
seal / Minister for Agriculture
Seal, Irish Free State. Copper bronze. Harp enclosed by legend 'Éire / An tAire Talmhaidheachta'. The Minister for Agriculture. Design in relief.
seal-matrix / Department of Agriculture
Seal, Irish Free State. Harp surrounded by legend. Department of Agriculture, to July 1965. Obsolete spelling.
seal impression / Minister for Local Government and Public Health
Seal, Irish Free State. Seal matrix or replica. Harp enclosed by legend 'Éire / An tAire Riaghaltas Áiteamhail agus Sláinte Poiblidhe'. The Minister for Local Government and Public Health. Design in relief. In box.
seal impression / Minister for Law and Justice
Seal, Irish Free State. Seal replica. Harp enclosed by legend 'Éire / An tAire Dlighidh agus Cirt'. The Minister for Law and Justice. Design in relief. In box.
seal impression / Minister for Local Government
Seal, Irish Free State. Seal replica. Harp enclosed by legend 'Éire / An tAire Rialtais Aitiuil'. The Minister for Local Government. Design in relief. In box.
newspaper article / Marshall MacMahon
Newspaper cutting, with a photograph of Marshall MacMahon.
book / The Railway Magazine, May 1940
Copy of the The Railway Magazine, No. 515, Volume 86, May 1940.
leaflet / Ballinakill '98 Centenary
Leaflet with the Inscription for panels of Celtic Cross erected at Ballinakill in memory of the Martyrs of 1798, by the Ballinakill '98 Centenary Committee. Four verse of song, composed by John Patrick Dunne.
poster / Wolfe Tone and 98 Memorial
Two page leaflet advertising the National Fund for a Memorial in Dublin. The Wolfe Tone and 98 Memorial Committee, chaired by John O'Leary,with offices at 113 Capel Street, Dublin. Dated 17th March, 1900.
commemorative badge / Ulster Covenant Jubilee 1912 - 1962
Badge, Ulster Covenant Jubilee 1912 - 1962. Brass badge with blue, white and red enamelling. A blue banner, inscribed as above, follows the edge of the badge. In the centre a shield with a crown and the red hand of ulster - the flag of Northern Ireland.
commemorative badge / Junior Orange Association Ireland, 1990s
Badge of the Junior Orange Association Ireland, 50th Anniversary. 1990s. Silvered metal badge with inscription on a background of orange enamelling. A crown on the top of the badge and an engraving of the figure of William III on horseback.
badge / Unionist Convention, 1892
Badge from the Unionist Convention, 1892. UNION IS STRENGTH ULSTER UNIONIST CONVENTION 1892 with crown on metal pin badge, from which a silk badge attached with a brass pin. Shield outlined in red with the union jack, a crowned harp, and the red hand of Ulster on a gold background with shamrocks.
commemorative badge / Unionist Clubs of Ireland / God our Trust
Badge, with Unionist Clubs of Ireland / God our Trust. Brass, with enamelling in red, white and blue. Circular in shape, with a Union Jack flag in the centre and a crown on top. Undated, probably post 1930.