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.
commemorative badge / Belfast Orange Widow Fund, 1979
Badge, Belfast Orange Widow Fund, 1979. Brass with red and blue enamelling. Inscription on a blue background, below a red crown and around a red hand.
lintel stone / Lintel stone, POLICE
Lintel stone. Dublin, early 19th century. Granite. Carved with the word 'POLICE'. Lettering early 19th century. Possibly from one of the first police stations established when the national constabulary was constituted in 1822. The lintel was discovered during archaeological excavations for building...
relic / Lord Edward Fitzgerald, 1795
Cravat of Lord Edward Fitzgerald, green, dated to 1795. With handwritten label ‘His green cravat which he did not take off for the officers on the Curragh’. This refers to an incident at the Curragh Races in 1795 when a group of dragoon officers demanded Fitzgerald remove his green cravat as the...
relic / Lord Edward Fitzgerald, 1790
A feather with a label wrapped around, reading ‘he gave me this feather in London 1790 on his return from America’. Part of a collection of personal items relating to Lord Edward Fitzgerald from the Campbell Family, descended from Lady Pamela Campbell, the daughter of Lord Edward and Lady Pamela...
relic / Lord Edward Fitzgerald
A mother-of-pearl plated handle, unidentified, possibly from an accessory. Found in envelope on which was written ‘Pamela’s head dress’. Part of a collection of personal items relating to Lord Edward Fitzgerald from the Campbell Family, descended from Lady Pamela Campbell, the daughter of Lord...
relic / Lord Edward Fitzgerald, 1791
Shawl / scarf given by Lord Edward Fitzgerald with label ‘he gave me this when he returned from Paris 1791’. Reported in the acquisition paperwork as ‘Pamela’s scarf’. Purple, cream or buff and pink silk. Part of a collection of personal items relating to Lord Edward Fitzgerald from the Campbell...
relic / Lord Edward Fitzgerald, 1790s
Scarf of Lord Edward Fitzgerald, with label ‘he wore this. Our mother had one the same and Charlotte put it with my mother in her coffin’. Possibly written by Sophia Fitzgerald re their mother Emily. Part of a collection of personal items relating to Lord Edward Fitzgerald from the Campbell...
relic / Lord Edward Fitzgerald, 1797
Piece of green ribbon given by Lord Edward Fitzgerald, in a piece of paper with handwritten text ‘he brought me home this bit of green ribbon the evening of St. Patrick’s Day 1797 from Kilmainham Gaol, one of the Simms sent it me’. Part of a collection of personal items relating to Lord Edward...
relic / Lord Edward Fitzgerald, 1797
Lock of hair of Lord Edward Fitzgerald, cropped at Leinster House, 1797. With text ‘Lord Edward Fitzgerald’s hair given to me by Minny Napier and her brother to whom they were left by my Aunt Lady Lucy Foley’. This refers to Edward Fitzgerald cropping his hair in the short French style. Part of a...
letter / re Lord Edward Fitzgerald, 1798
Letter, addressed to His Excellency Earl Cornwallis Lord Lieutenent of Ireland, from the owner of the house in which Lord Edward Fitzgerald was captured, begging for pardon. The owner of the house Fitzgerald was catured in was a feather merchant, Nicholas Murphy, at 135 Thomas Street Dublin. Part...
letter case / Lady Pamela Fitzgerald, 1797
One of two silk embroidered letter cases, belonging to Lady Pamela Fitzgerald, 1797. Part of a collection of personal items relating to Lord Edward Fitzgerald from the Campbell Family, descended from Lady Pamela Campbell, the daughter of Lord Edward and Lady Pamela Fitzgerald.
letter case / Lady Pamela Fitzgerald, 1797
One of two silk embroidered letter cases, belonging to Lady Pamela Fitzgerald, 1797. Part of a collection of personal items relating to Lord Edward Fitzgerald from the Campbell Family, descended from Lady Pamela Campbell, the daughter of Lord Edward and Lady Pamela Fitzgerald.
autograph / Lady Pamela Fitzgerald
Autograph of Lady Pamela Fitzgerald, from a document written in French. Part of a collection of personal items relating to Lord Edward Fitzgerald from the Campbell Family, descended from Lady Pamela Campbell, the daughter of Lord Edward and Lady Pamela Fitzgerald.
relic / Lady Pamela Fitzgerald, 1831
A piece of wood from Lady Edward Fitzgerald’s old coffin (Lady Pamela). Pamela died in 1831 and was buried in France, her remains were later re-interred in England. Part of a collection of personal items relating to Lord Edward Fitzgerald from the Campbell Family, descended from Lady Pamela...
musical instrument / Land League Marching Drum, 1880s
Marching drum, Co. Galway, 1880s. Drum used in Land League protests during evictions in Ballinasloe, Co. Galway, in the 1880s. Canvas skin torn during R.I.C. attack on Marchers. Passed on to donor from his grandfather. Diameter 80 cm x Depth 50cm.
commemorative plaque / General Richard Mulcahy
Commemorative plaque of General Richard Mulcahy. By John Coll, 1999. John Coll was commissioned by the Mulcahy family to create an image in bronze of General Mulcahy for a monument in Mulcahy Town Park, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary (Mulcahy’s home town). This park was opened on 28th May 1999. The...
freedom certificate / Freedom of Dublin, Pitt
Parchment conferring the Freedom of Dublin on William Pitt (the Elder), 1759. Plaster seal of Dublin underneath. Framed and glazed.
engraving / Royal Barracks / Collins Barracks
Print, engraving of the Royal Barracks / Collins Barracks. A Prospect of the Barracks of Dublin from St James' Church Yard. The barracks are in length 956 feet and in breadth 594 feet, they contain 3000 foot and 1000 horse. Drawn by J. Tuder, engraved by A. Walker. Coloured. Printed for Robert...
photograph / Adolf Mahr
Framed photograph of Dr. Adolf Mahr, former Director of the National Museum of Ireland.