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.
 


engraving / Henry Joy McCracken
Engraving, framed, of Henry Joy McCracken. HH:1937.156.6.1-22. Framed Photographic Prints and Coloured Engravings. HH:1937.156.6.13 - Henry Joy McCracken.
 


engraving / Esmond Ryan, 1798
Miniature protrait of Esmonde Ryan, executed in Wexford, 1798. Cousin of John Esmonde. In gilt frame. HH:1937.156.6.1-22. Framed Photographic Prints and Coloured Engravings. HH:1937.156.6.14 - a second picture of Esmond Ryan.
 


engraving / A ' 98 Insurgent
Print, A 1798 Insurgent. Depicting dress and weaponry.
 

illustration / Capture of Lord Edward Fitzgerald
Print, framed, titled the Capture of Lord Edward Fitzgerald. Black and white. HH:1937.156.6.1-22. Framed Photographic Prints and Coloured Engravings. HH:1937.156.6.16 - Capture of Lord Edward Fitzgerald.
 


certificate / 1798 Centenary Association
Illuminated certificate of membership of the Wexford 1798 Centenary Association. Made out to Sit Thomas Grattan Esmonde. Framed. HH:1937.156.6.1-22. Framed Photographic Prints and Coloured Engravings. HH:1937.156.6.17 - illuminated certificate of membership of the 1798 Centenary Association. Framed.
 

cap badge / Vinegar Hill, 1798
Cap badge, with bullet hole, worn at the Battle of Vinegar Hill, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford, during the 1798 Rebellion. Green textile, with metal emroidery,in the shape of an Irish harp (top), with tassles attached to the bottom section. With a letter from Mr Arthur Ryan to Lady Esmonde, dated...
 


engraving / The Battle of Arklow, 1798
Coloured engraving of the Battle of Arklow, fought on 9th June 1798. From Jones's Narrative of the Rebellion of 1798.
 


engraving / Theobald Wolfe Tone
Theobald Wolfe Tone, framed engraving. HH:1937.156.6.1-22. Framed Photographic Prints and Coloured Engravings. HH:1937.156.6.2 - Theobald Wolfe Tone.
 


engraving / William Robert Fitzgerald, Duke of Leinster
William Robert Fitzgerald, the second Duke of Leinster, 1749-1804. Framed engraving. Painted by C.G. Stuart, engraved by C.H. Hodges. HH:1937.156.6.1-22. Framed Photographic Prints and Coloured Engravings. HH:1937.156.f.22 - engraving of the Duke of Leinster.
 


pamphlet / 1798! Reply of the Right Rev. Dr. Caulfield.
Book or pamphlet; 1798! Reply of the Right Rev. Dr. Caulfield.
 


portrait / Lord Edward Fitzgerald
Print, from a publication. Lord Edward Fitzgerald HH:1937.156.6.1-22. Framed Photographic Prints and Coloured Engravings. HH:1937.156.6.3 - Edward Fitzgerald.
 


portrait / Lord Edward Fitzgerald
Lord Edward Fitzgerald, framed print, with text. HH:1937.156.6.1-22. Framed Photographic Prints and Coloured Engravings. HH:1937.156.6.4 - Lord Edward Fitzgerald.
 


engraving / Michael Dwyer
Print, Michael Dwyer. HH:1937.156.6.1-22. Framed Photographic Prints and Coloured Engravings. HH:1937.156.6.5 - Michael Dwyer.
 


portrait / John Henry Colclough
Print, silhouette of John Henry Colclough. HH:1937.156.6.1-22. Framed Photographic Prints and Coloured Engravings. HH:1937.156.6.6 - John Henry Colclough.
 


engraving / Theobald Wolfe Tone
Theobald Wolfe Tone, framed engraving. HH:1937.156.6.1-22. Framed Photographic Prints and Coloured Engravings. HH:1937.156.6.7 - Theobald Wolfe Tone.
 

engraving / Reverend P.F. Kavanagh
Engraving, framed, of Reverend P.F. Kavanagh, who wrote a history of 1798 in 1898. Inscribed and signed by Sir Thomas Grattan Esmonde. HH:1937.156.6.1-22. Framed Photographic Prints and Coloured Engravings. HH:1937.156.6.8 - Reverend P.F. Kavanagh.
 

engraving / Father Currin
Print, Father Currin. HH:1937.156.6.1-22. Framed Photographic Prints and Coloured Engravings. HH:1937.156.6.9 - Father Currin.
 

sculpture / Lady Esmonde's mother
Sculpture in marble of the hand of Lady Anna Francis Esmonde's mother.
 

writing pouch / Thomas Grattan Esmonde
Writing case or pouch, brown leather cover with the monogram 'TEG' in metal on the cover. Possibly belonging to Thomas Grattan Esmonde.