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.
portrait / General Joseph Holt
Print. Joseph Holt, Irish Rebel commender, 1798. Copy of a picture, made by on the orders of Sir William Beetham, during Holt's imprisonment in Dublin Castle in 1798. Original artist unknown. Text - General Holt, Commander of the Wicklow rebels, 1798 Patience and peace were all the words our...
freedom certificate / John Lloyd, Cork, 1822
1941.70.1-2. Certificate showing that John Lloyd was awarded the Freedom of the City of Cork. 16th July, 1822. Printed paper with small, circular, silver box. Holds the wax seal of the City of Cork. The lid inscribed with the Cork Arms and bright-cut ornament around rim of lid and base. The...
map / Croppies Acre, 1798
Plan or map of the Croppies Acre site, Dublin, burial place of the 1798 rebels. Colour.
document / Memorial of the Croppies Acre
Written description of the Croppies Acre, Dublin, burial place of the 1798 rebels. Printed. One page. Framed for display
commission / Dillon Regiment, 1688
Commission paper given to Walter Philips by Richard Earl of Tyrconnell, who was representing the King, to be the Captain of a Company in Dillon's Regiment, 1688. One sheet, seal missing. See D'Alton: Irish Army List of King James, Vol. 2, pp. 242, 281.
commission / Dillon Regiment, 1688
Commission, paper, one sheet with seal missing, given to Miles Swyny by Richard Earl of Tyrconnel to act as ensign in Walter Philips' company, Dillon's Regiment, 1688. (See D'Alton: Irish Army List of King James, Vol. 2, pp. 242.)
photograph / Killoughran, 11 February 1804
Photograph of an engraving from Walker's Hibernian Magazine, March 1804. An engagement between Killoughran Yeomanry and the insurgents Corcoran, Fitzpatrick and Brennan at Killoughran, 11 February 1804.
photograph / Bantry Boat
Photograph of the Bantry Boat on a shoreline, with the caption 'Boat in which Lieutenant Proteau was wrecked'.
photograph / Bantry Boat
Photograph of the Bantry Boat on a shoreline, with the caption 'Boat in which Lieutenant Proteau was wrecked'. Photographic copy of 1941.7a.1
reproduction / Lieutenant G. Prosheau
Photograph of a painting. Black and white. French Lieutenant G. Prosheau captured by the British Army in a boat in Bantry Bay in 1796. Caption reads 'Lieutenant G. Prosheau who was taken prisoner by the peasants at Bantry Bay, near Cork'.
commemorative handkerchief / 1798 Rebellion Centenary
1798 Centenary handkerchief. Linen, white, 21 inches square, printed black on white. 'Souvenir of 1798 / War bringeth Peace', depicting the Battle of Wexford, New Ross, 5 June 1798.
photograph / Parnell Funeral, 1891
Photograph, Charles Stewart Parnell's Funeral. Photograph of the scene in the City Hall, Parnell's Lying-in-State. 1891.
photograph / Parnell Funeral, 1891
Photograph, Charles Stewart Parnell's Funeral. Photograph of the scene in the City Hall, Parnell's Lying-in-State. 1891.
photograph / Parnell Funeral, 1891
Charles Stewart Parnell's Funeral. Photograph of the funeral procession along the city quays, the Four Courts visible in the background. October 1891.
photograph / Parnell Funeral, 1891
Photograph of the funeral of Charles Stewart Parnell, mourners at the graveside in Glasnevin Cemetery, October 1891.
photograph / Parnell Funeral, 1891
Charles Stewart Parnell's Funeral. Photograph of the mourners at the graveside in Glasnevin Cemetery, October 1891.
reproduction / General Lazare Hoche
Photographic print of General Lazare Hoche. Copy of the original from the book "La Vie de Lazare Hoche", by Georges Girard, Paris, 1926. Framed. Copy made by the museum from a copy owned by the Film Censor, Dr Richard J. Hayes.
photocopy / John Sheares / Julia Sheares
Photostatic copy of : Letter written by John Sheares, dated Kilmainham Prison July 10th 1798, addresed to 'my ever dear Julia' and 'a beloved and affectionate Family', mentions his brothers, Robert, Richard and Christopher whom he will shortly join. The trial is stated to be the day after the next....
print / Hail to the Chief
Printed copy of a ballad - A New Song. Hail to the Chief. (C.S. Parnell.)