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.
print / Fenian Raid on Canada, 1866
Fenian raid on Canada, 1866. Photostat of Map. Niagara Penninsula, 1866. Niagara Penninsula was the field of operations in the Fenian raid on Canada, 1866. Printed, but source and date unknown.
print / Fenian Raid on Canada, 1866
Fenian Raid on Canada, 1866. Photostat of map from an article troublous times in Canada. Fight at Fort Erie, June 2, 1866, Fenian raid on Canada.
print / Fenian Raid on Canada, 1866
Fenian raid on Canada, 1866. Aerial photograph of Fort Erie, Niagara Frontier. The old fort figured in fighting during the Fenian raid on Canada, 1866. it was rebuilt in 1939.
seal impression / Seal Matrix, 1790.
Fitzgerald, Lord Edward, gold mounted seal matrix, said to have been used by about 1790. Elliptical matrix of carnelian, engraved with crest and motto of the Fitzgeralds, Dukes of Leinster (On a wreath, a monkey at gaze, proper, environed about the middle, and chained, or above CROM A BOO) 1.1 in x...
illustration / James Stephens reception, 1866
Photostat of James Stephens' reception New York, 1866, print or drawing. Jones's Wood, East River, New York, 1867. Here the reception was held for James Stephens, Fenian leader, April 15, 1866.
cab plate / Phoenix Park Murders, 1882
The Invincibles. The Phoenix Park murders of Lord Cavendish and Thomas Burke, 1882. Hackney Driver's badge, iron. Carried by James Fitzharris, who drove the Invincibles to and from the Phoenix Park when Lord Frederick Cavendish and Thomas Henry Burke were murdered, 1882. Elliptical iron plate, 4...
match / Erin's Match, c. 1860.
Match box and matches, Irish c. 1860. Found in the wall of an old house in Mill Street, Tullow, Co. Carlow. Box made of wood, covered yellow paper, printed black: "Erin's matches and seated figure of Hibernia", 'Erin's Match Hibernia' and harp, and "the match for Erin" and shamrocks and harp....
fragment-glass / Kingstown Harbour, 1846
Dunlaoghaire Harbour, Building, 1846. Four pieces of glass of irregular shapes from the diving bell used in building the pier at Kingstown Harbour. These pieces were got on the pier by S.J. Scott on or sometime prior to September 6, 1846, according to information contained in a note written in 1902...
badge / Mitchelstown, William O'Brien, 1888
William O'Brien badge. Bronzed metal. With bust of William O'Brien and 'Mitchelstown'. Worn on the coat buttonhole by Commercial Travellers in the South of Ireland, during the Land League agitation, 1888, as a passport for orders.
Fenian bond / $50, 1862
Fenian bond, $50. No. 1490 and 11A. Dated 1862, signed by John O'Mahony as agent for the Irish Republic. Issued in the United States of America c. 1860.resource / $50, 1860
Photographic negative of a Fenian bond for 50 dollars. Issued in the United States of America c. 1860. Numbered 1490 and signed by John O'Mahony as agent for the Irish Republic.
envelope / Patrick Kilkenny, Kilmainham, 1865.
Death warrant in the case of the Queen against Patrick Kilkenny, Co. of Dublin, 1865, for the wilful murder of Margaret Forker (Faraquar). Addressed to the sheriff. Foolscap double sheet. All MX. According to donor, who's grandfather, Thomas Flewett, was Deputy Govenor of the gaol, Kilkenny was the...
pass / Erin go Bragh! / Sheares Brothers
Sheares Brothers (John and Henry). Paper pass held by one of the brothers about 1803. Pink paper on which is hand-written ERIN GO BRAGH! in ink. With it, and referring to it a note as follows: REBEL PASS. TAKEN OUT OF COUNCELLOR SHEARE'S POCKET BOOK (BEFORE HIS EXECUTION IN DUBLIN, 1803) (sic) BY...
newsheet / Dublin Castle, 2 June 1798
Rebellion of 1798, Dublin Castle Government bulletin on the progress of the fighting, insurrection of 1798. Printed by Grierson of Dublin on one page of foolscap dated June 2, 1798. Defeat of Major General Fawcett at Three Rock Mountain, Wexford. Attack on Newtownbarry and its recapture. Failure of...
photograph / Trial, Charles Stewart Parnell, 1880-81
Charles Stewart Parnell scene in High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division during the trial of the Queen against Charles Stewart Parnell and others for conspiracy, December 28, 1880 to January 25, 1881. Photographic print of painting by William Theodore Parkes: Signature of Wiliam Theodore...
stamp / John Mitchel, 1845
John Mitchel seal matrix. Said to have been used by John Mitchel c. 1845. Brass rectangular seal matrix with letter JM, mounted on black wooden handle. Size of impression: .6 in. x .4 in. Lenght of handle: 3 inches.
seal / Lord Edward Fitzgerland, 1798
Lord Edward Fitzgerland wax impression, about 1798. 'Happy He Who Serves'. Red wax impression. In recessed centre, winged figure standing to right writing on book which rests on pillar. To right, cockerel; to left, fasces surmounted by cap of Liberty. Above, HEUREUX QUI LES SERT. 1.5 inches x 1.5...resource / Charles Bianconi
Photographic portrait of Charles Bianconi. Three-quarter length. Bianconi seated full face holding walking-stick and resting left elbow on table. Photographic facsimile of signature C. Bianconi, below. 8.5 in. x 6.5 in.
postcard photograph / Ralph Crofton Laurenson
Ralph Crofton Laurenson, photograph-postcard of Ralph Crofton Laurenson, Barrister-at-Law, Dublin. Seated at table with cloth and papers, pen in hand, top hat and gloves on table. This man is the subject of entry HH:1950.6 i.e. he was the first Catholic admitted by Daniel O'Connell to the Freedom...