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.
 

seal-matrix / Minister for External Affairs
Matrix; Seal of the Minister for External Affairs, Saorstát Éireann. Steel. In box. Ornamental Irish harp within a shaped four-pointed circular shield. Around 'An tAire Gnothai Coigriche' Minister for External Affairs.
 

seal-matrix / Minister for External Affairs
Counterpart; Seal of the Minister for External Affairs, Saorstát Éireann. Copper. In box. Ornamental Irish harp within a shaped four-pointed circular shield. Around 'An tAire Gnothai Coigriche' Minister for External Affairs.
 

seal / Minister for External Affairs
Replica; Seal of the Minister for External Affairs, Saorstát Éireann. Copper replica. In box. Ornamental Irish harp within a shaped four-pointed circular shield. Around 'An tAire Gnothai Coigriche' Minister for External Affairs.
 

seal-matrix / Minister for Local Government and Public Health
Seal matrix with stem. Steel matrix; Seal of the Minister for Local Government and Public Health, Saorstát Éireann. In the centre the date 1922, within a circular band of interlaced ornament. Around is 'Aire um Rialtas Áitúil Saorstát Éireann'.
 

seal-matrix / Minister for Local Government and Public Health
Seal counterpart. Seal of the Minister for Local Government and Public Health, Saorstát Éireann. Lead with copper plating, mounted on a brass plate. In the centre the date 1922, within a circular band of interlaced ornament. Around is 'Aire um Rialtas Áitúil Saorstát Éireann'. Mounted seal...
 


letter / Daniel O'Connell, 1792
One of six letters and document relating to Daniel O'Connell. Letter,handwritten, from Daniel O'Connell. Dublin, dated 17th May 1792. HH:1939.177. Collection of historical papers left by the late George Durdin of Shangarry Castle, Cloyn, Co. Cork. HH:1939.177.2.1-6. Papers relating to the...
 


letter / Daniel O'Connell, 1811
One of six letters and document relating to Daniel O'Connell. Letter,handwritten, from John O'Connell to Daniel O'Connell at 30 Merrion Square, Dublin, dated 10th May 1811. HH:1939.177. Collection of historical papers left by the late George Durdin of Shangarry Castle, Cloyn, Co. Cork....
 


letter / Maurice O'Connell, 1795
One of six letters and document relating to Daniel O'Connell. Letter,handwritten, from Daniel O'Connell to his brother Maurice O'Connell. Dublin, dated 26th March 1795. HH:1939.177. Collection of historical papers left by the late George Durdin of Shangarry Castle, Cloyn, Co. Cork....
 

envelope / Charles Bianconi, 1843
One of six letters and document relating to Daniel O'Connell. Envelope,handwritten, from Daniel O'Connell to Charles Bianconi. Dublin, dated 24th March 1843. With seal on reverse. HH:1939.177. Collection of historical papers left by the late George Durdin of Shangarry Castle, Cloyn, Co. Cork....
 


travel pass / John O'Connell / W.Morgan, 1851
One of six letters and document relating to the O'Connell family. Travel pass document, for John O'Connell and W. Morgan to travel on the continent. Issued by Sir Henry John Viscount Powerscourt. Dublin, no.8276. Dated 11th August 1851. With sigantures of O'Connell and Morgan. HH:1939.177....
 


envelope / O'Connell Family, 1844
One of six letters and document relating to Daniel O'Connell. Document, dated 1844, in Latin. HH:1939.177. Collection of historical papers left by the late George Durdin of Shangarry Castle, Cloyn, Co. Cork. HH:1939.177.2.1-6. Papers relating to the O'Connell family - six papers.
 


indenture / 1622
Document on parchment, manuscript, ink faded (in part illegible). Possibly an indenture. Dated 1622. On the back are a number of signatures, including a Morris Gould, ? Roche, Robert Coppinger. HH:1939.177. Collection of historical papers left by the late George Durdin of Shangarry Castle, Cloyn,...
 


order / Mathew Rogan, Cork, 1805
Legal document, the conviction of a Mathew Rogan before two Justices of the Peace, Richard Barry and William Martin, of Cork County, for the burning of over three acres of land on the Killycloyne area. Rogan ordered to pay over thirty two pounds plus costs. Dated 9 February of the forty-fifth...
 

diary / Journal of a Captive, 1854
Five page manuscript document titled 'Journal of a Captive', written in Tralee Gaol, five days from 14 April 1854 (Good Friday).
 


map / Plan of Review, Mock Engagement of the Volunteers Near Belfast, 1780
Plan of a mock engagement for the review of the Volunteers near Belfast on the 12th and 13th of July 1780 given out by Francis Dobbs Esq.
 


print / Review and Mock Engagement of the Volunteers near Belfast, July, 1780
Copy of a photograph - Review and Mock Engagement of the Volunteers near Belfast, July, 1780.
 

reproduction / The Invincibles; The Effects of Dynamiting in London 1884-85
The Invincibles; The Effects of Dynamiting in London 1884-85. Series of captioned contemporary drawings or illustrations showing results of explosions caused by the Invincibles in London, 1884-1885. Appeared in The Illustrated London News at that time, and reproduced in the same journal on 5 August...
 

miniature / Edmund Sexton Pery, 1st Viscount Pery
Miniature wax medallion, in high relief. Of Edmund Sexton Viscount Pery, the Last Speaker of the Irish House of Commons. In grey wig, brown coat and waistcoat, white lace tie.
 

badge / 1798 Commemoration
1798 Commemorative badge. Golden coloured metal disc with hole at top for pin, with '1798' surrounded by sprays of shamrock.
 

