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.
painting / Shane Leslie, Gaelic League, 1906
Portrait painting of Sir Shane Leslie, seated, wearing the first Gaelic League kilt. A saffron kilt, of a type first worn by Lord Ashbourne, the McGilly Bride, the second worn by Captain Cuffe, a relative of Lord Desart. Lesie had this third kilt made on the advice of Standish O'Grady, and wore it...
Address / Ninety Eight Centenary Executive, 1898
Illuminated address from the Transvaal Members of the Ninety Eight Centenary Executive in Johannesburg, South Africa, to S. Gillingham (with photograph). Signed by the 24 members, including John MacBride, dated 27 June 1898. In highly decorative wooden frame, carved shamrock, Irish Flags, 'Ireland...
print / House of Commons, 1874, 1875
Print, key to a painting of the House of Commons, 1874, 1875. Modern production, possibly for exhibition.
illustration / Young Irelander flags
Drawing or illustration of the Young Irelander flags, crossed. Colour. The birth of the tricolour as the National Flag. Left; the tricolour of orange, white and green presented by Thomas Francis Meagher to the Irish people on 15 April 1848. The orange symbolised the Protestants, the green...
reproduction / Proclamation by the Council of the Irish Confederation, 3 March 1848
Photostatic reproduction of a printed document - Proclamation by the Council of the Irish Confederation, signed by William Smith O'Brien, Chairman. Dated at the Council Rooms of the Irish Confederation, 9 D'Olier Street, Dublin, 3 March, 1848.
map / Ireland / Young Irelanders
Map of Ireland, with pencil notes marking the locations relelvant to the Young Irelanders and the rebellion of 1848.
illustration / Widow McCormack's House
Print or illustration, depicting a house, titled Widow McCormack's House, on Boulagh Common, near Ballingarry. Co. Tipperary. Young Ireland Rebellion, 1848.
sundial / Banagh, Sept 1843
Set of lead moulds, also with a small sundial face. Five item in total. Each with a handwritten label ‘Found at the site of the old bridge, Banagh, Sept 1843.
souvenir / Young Irelanders, Richmond Prison, 1848/9
Copy of a Roman Missal, black leather cover with gold embossed lettering and designs. Printed by Richard Coyne, Dublin, 1848, belonging to Timothy Sexton. The inside pages contain the signatures and dedications of twenty one Young Irelander Prisoners in 1848 and 1849, in Richmond Prison. ...
document / William Francis Roantree, 1873
Royal Pardon of William Francis Roantree, Fenian, 1873. Original document on parchment.
print / The Spot Where the Murder Took Place in the Phoenix Park, Dublin
Print. ‘The Spot Where the Murder Took Place in the Phoenix Park, Dublin’. . Colour print, illustrating the scene of the Phoenix Park Murders of Lord Frederick Cavandish and Thomas Burke, carried out by The Invincibles, 1882. Also with portraits of Mr G.O. Treveylan, M.P. and Chief Secretary for...
painting / The Old Port at Fort Erie, Canada, 1866
Painting, by George Lee Le Mesurier Taylor. Titled The Old Port at Fort Erie, Canada, June 1866. ‘Where the Fenians landed in June 1866. Over the water is the United States of America’. Originally part of the Pescod Collection - No. 10319.
painting / The Smuggler's Home, 1866
Painting, by George Lee Le Mesurier Taylor. Titled The Smuggler's Home, June 1866. ‘At the north-west corner of the garrison road is a tavern called The Smuggler’s Home’. The fence is where the members of the Toronto University were killed at the Battle of Ridgeway, June 1866 (George...
painting / The House into which Captain King's Volunteers Retired on the Return of the Fenians, 1866
Painting, by George Lee Le Mesurier Taylor. Titled The House into which Captain King's Volunteers Retired on the Return of the Fenians, 1866. ‘The remainder under Captain King taking cover behind a pile of cordwood, and behind houses and fences kept up a heavy fire, keeping the Fenians at bay for...
reproduction / Trial of the Fenians at Manchester; Special Commission in the Assize Courthouse
Print, reproduced from the Illustrated London News, titled 'Trial of the Fenians at Manchester; the Special Commission in the Assize Courthouse'. One of a collection of six such prints found without a register number. Possibly part of HH:1941.17 or HH1940.82k. Unclear from register entries.
reproduction / Trial of the Fenians at Manchester; Prisoners leaving the New Bailey for the Assize Court
Print, reproduced from the Illustrated London News, titled 'The Fenian Trials at Manchester: the Prisoners leaving the New Bailey for the Assize Court'. One of a collection of six such prints found without a register number. Possibly part of HH:1941.17 or HH1940.82k. Unclear from register entries.
reproduction / Trial of the Fenians at Manchester; Attack on the Prison Van at Manchester and the Rescue of the Fenian Leaders
Print, reproduced from the Illustrated London News, titled 'The Fenian Trials at Manchester: the Attack on the Prison Van at Manchester and the Rescue of the Fenian Leaders'. One of a collection of six such prints found without a register number. Possibly part of HH:1941.17 or HH1940.82k. Unclear...
reproduction / Fenian Prisoners at Dublin brought out of the Lower Castle Yard on their way to Mountjoy Prison
Print, reproduced from the Illustrated London News, titled 'The Fenian Trials at Manchester: Fenian Prisoners at Dublin brought out of the Lower Castle Yard on their way to Mountjoy Prison'. One of a collection of six such prints found without a register number. Possibly part of HH:1941.17 or...
reproduction / Arrest of Smith O'Brien at the Railway Station in Thurles
Print, reproduced from the Illustrated London News, titled 'Arrest of Smith O'Brien at the Railway Station in Thurles'. One of a collection of six such prints found without a register number. Possibly part of HH1940.82k. Unclear from register entry.