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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.
legal document / Maguire, Spain, 18th c.
Last will and testament of Dr Alexandro Hugo Maguire, dated 11th October 1790. Maguire states himself to be born in Fermanagh, Ireland, resident in Cadiz, and the legitimate son of Roderigo and Cathalina Drummond, both deceased. Stated that Maguire studied medicine in Praga (Prague). Stamped with...
document / Maguire, Spain, 18th c.
Legal document relating to Dr Alexandro Hugo Maguire, dated 1790. Written by notary(?) describing changes in the order of the executors of Maguire's will, due to the death of Alexo McNamara (first executor), c. 1788. Others mentioned are Domingo Thomas Terry (?) (second executor). Miguel Langton...
document / Maguire, Spain, 18th c.
Historical documents of the Maguire Family, Spain, 18th century. Family tree of Rodrigo Maguire married Cathalina Drummond: note one son Alexander Captain Regt of Savoy: another son won the cross of Maria Theresa 1765.
document / Maguire, Spain, 18th c.
Historical documents of the Maguire Family, Spain, 18th century. Includes two museum made notes, and one newspaper cutting on the O'Neill and Maguire Families.
prison art / Napoleonic Wars, 1803-1815
French Prisoner of War model ship; early 19th century, period of the Napoleonic Wars. 1803-1815. 'Hero', 58 gunner, prisoner art of beef bone and wood. Three-masted war ship. Set standing on a carved bone stand, decorated with fish and sea gods etc. Model, bone. Man-of War, made by French...
programme / Antwerp, 1815
Programme of horse-races run at Antwerp on the 7 and 8 September 1815, under the stewardship of four British Officers. Printed front and back.
processional sash / O'Connell Centenary, 1875
Sash, green poplin, woven in gold with design of shamrocks and the Irish harp. Made for the centenary of the birth of Daniel O'Connell, 1875.
trousers / Eighty Two Club / Thomas Davis
Uniform trousers of the Eighty Two Club, belonging to Thomas Davis, 1782 Club, 1840s. Green with gold shamrock lace stripe down the side of each leg, leather foot straps with button closure.
coatee / 1782 Club, Thomas Davis
Uniform coatee of the Eighty Two Club, belonging to Thomas Davis, 1782 Club, 1840s. Green cloth with dark green velvet collar and cuffs, with gold embroidered shamrocks. Shamrock also embroidered on pocket flaps on tails. Seven gilt buttons down the front, each with '1782'.
membership card / Loyal National Repeal Association of Ireland / Thomas Davis
Loyal National Repeal Association of Ireland membership card, belonging to Thomas Davis. Dated 19th April 1841. Numbered 3923.
receipt / Loyal National Repeal Association of Ireland / Thomas Davis
Loyal National Repeal Association of Ireland membership card / subscription receipt, belonging to Thomas Davis. Dated 8th March 1843. Numbered 3919.
diploma / Michael Balfe / legion of Honour
Diploma and star (1893.670) of the Legion of Honour, conferred on the late Michael Balfe.
Star of the Legion of Honour / Michael Balfe / Star of the Legion of Honour
Diploma and star (1893.670) of the Legion of Honour, conferred on the late Michael Balfe.
envelope / Michael Balfe
Diploma and crosses of the Order of Carlo III, conferred on the late Michael Balfe.
cross / Cross of the Order of Carlo III
Diploma and crosses of the Order of Carlo III, conferred on the late Michael Balfe.
cross / Michael Balfe / Cross of the Order of Carlo III
Diploma (1893.671) and Crosses of the Order of Carlo III, conferred on the late Michael Balfe.
coat of arms / Russell Family, 1683
Coat of Arms, parchment, framed, of the Russell Family, granted to Bartholemew Russell of Seatown, Co. Dublin, brother of Christopher Russell, Archbishop of Dublin. With certificate of 'Richard Carney, Ulster King of Arms of All-Ireland', dated 6 August 1683.
portrait / Daniel O'Connell
Daniel O'Connell, relief portrait in wax. Signed J.S. Jorden. Register entry mentions that is is in a gilt frame.
reproduction / James II, 1689
Typescript of a 1689 commission on parchment. Captain's commission, granted to James McDonnell to serve as Captain in Lord Viscount Dillon's Regiment of Foot. Granted by James II in 1689. Signed by Nagle.