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.
test oath / Wexford, 14 June 1798
Test oaths, test oath, oath of a private, oath of an officer, Wexford, June 14th 1798. Printed.
watercolour / Kingsway, Charles Stewart Parnell
Drawing, watercolour, of 10 Walsingham Terrace, Brighton, now named "Kingsway in Hove", the house in which Charles Stewart Parnell died. By B.K.Phillips.
drawing / Kitty O'Shea, house
Framed sketch of house of Mrs Kitty O'Shea, Mottowham Lane (?).
scrapbook / Fenian / The Invincibles etc
Album or scrapbook containing clippings of Nationalistic sentiment, late 19th century. Includes clippings on The Invincibles etc.
drawing / Katherine O'Shea
Sketch of loose page, of Katherine O'Shea.
drawing / Donersh Lodge
Sketch of loose page of house - Donersh Lodge, Eltham, home of Katherine O'Shea.
reproduction / To the Loyal subjects of Ireland, 1798
Printed notice 'To the Loyal subjects of Ireland', 1798. Photostat copy.
death certificate / Catherine Anna Parnell, 1991.
Death certificate of Catherine Anna Parnell, 1911 (copy from registrar).
death certificate / Charles Stewart Parnell, 1891
Death certificate of Charles Stewart Parnell, 1891 (copy from registrar).
marriage certificate / Parnell / O'Shea, 1891
Marriage certificate of Charles Stewart Parnell and Katherine O'Shea, 1891 (copy from registrar).
suitcase / Capt Joy Henry Fielding
Wooden suitcase with leather handle and straps. Torn sticker on top "Published manuscript.. Capt Joy Henry Fielding. Made by Travel Goods Ltd., Portarlington.
prison art / Napoleonic Wars, 1803-1815
Card box with sliding lid, of bone. Painted inserts with glass type covers, depicting ladies and gentlemen in Regency style. Containing set of cards and dominoes made of bone pieces, painted. Piece of bone broken off one side and not found. Made by French prisoners of war during the Napoleonic...
label / Hotels, Europe, 20th century
Fragments of European hotel labels from suitcases, Includes "Grand Hotel Italie. Palais Mattei. Bologna". "Insel Hotel. Constanz", "Hotel Trombetta, Turin", "Grand Hotel...", "Hotel Grande Bretange", "Grande-Hotel - Beau dejour". Probably early 20th century.
poster / Contemporary Sovereigns of Europe, 1060 to 1835
Framed supplement to Pinnock's No. CLXXX, June 30, 1835. 'A Chronological Chart of the Contemporary Sovereigns of Europe, from A.D. 1060 to the present time'. Printed in Cheapside, London, England.
illustration / Dear Harp of Ireland
Framed picture with photograph of male in centre. Above reads "Dear Harp of Ireland", in gold. Gilt frame.
resource / Robert Emmet
Photograph of model for statue of Robert Emmet by Jerome Connor. Inscription on front indecipherable. On back "I leave portrait statue of Robert Emmet cast in bronze which was presented to the U.S. government and placed in the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C." Also, 'Eugene O'Rourke, Cork...
print / The Siege of Enniskillen, 4th Feb. 1592
Map or plan of "The Siege of Enniskillen Castle, 4th Feb. 1592" by John Thomas. Colour print. Copied from the original in the British Museum Cotton Augustus I. ii. 39. Original dates from 1594.
painting / The Assembling of Irish Volunteers on College Green, Dublin, 1779
Framed print - 'The Assembling of Irish Volunteers on College Green, Dublin, 1779' as printed on the mount below the image. The image is black and white, with a white mount and black frame, covered in glass.
framed painting / An Gorta, 1847
A large framed painting of the Irish Famine in 1847 by Maurice MacGonigle (1900 - 1979), a modern Irish painter. The painting is modernist, with vibrant colours and a graphic style depicting a woman in the centre holding a baby, stone walls all leading to her and many people all around working in...