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.
presentation case / Emile Joseph Dillon, Armenian Society of Kars, 1895
Emile Joseph Dillon, gold model of a quill pen, in presentation case. Inscription on scroll: "E.M. Dillon, Esqre a 'Defender of Veracity' from the Armenian Society of Kars, 1895" on one side and the same in a near-eastern language on scroll on the other. With goldsmith's mark, probably Russian. In...
photograph / Patrick O'Donnell
Patrick O'Donnell photographic portrait. O'Donnell shot James Carey, the Informer, on the SS. "Melrose Castle" off Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 1883. He was hanged in London on December 18, 1883. Photograph size: 3.5 inches x 2.25 inches, faded. By C.W. Smart, photographer, Donken Street, Port...
booklet / Ritual of the Fenian Circle, 1906
Fenians printed booklet. The Ritual of the Fenian (IRB) Circle, Portland, Oregon, U.S.A. "Ritual. Adopted 1906". Instructions regarding balloting for candidates, initiation, procedure at meetings, etc. No printer's name. 39 pages, 5.5 inches x 4 inches, in black cloth-on-paper cover. (4 copies of...booklet / Ritual of the Fenian Circle, 1906
Fenians printed booklet. The Ritual of the Fenian (IRB) Circle, Portland, Oregon, U.S.A. "Ritual. Adopted 1906". Instructions regarding balloting for candidates, initiation, procedure at meetings, etc. No printer's name. 39 pages, 5.5 inches x 4 inches, in black cloth-on-paper cover. (4 copies of...booklet / Ritual of the Fenian Circle, 1906
Fenians printed booklet. The Ritual of the Fenian (IRB) Circle, Portland, Oregon, U.S.A. "Ritual. Adopted 1906". Instructions regarding balloting for candidates, initiation, procedure at meetings, etc. No printer's name. 39 pages, 5.5 inches x 4 inches, in black cloth-on-paper cover. (4 copies of...booklet / Ritual of the Fenian Circle, 1906
Fenians printed booklet. The Ritual of the Fenian (IRB) Circle, Portland, Oregon, U.S.A. "Ritual. Adopted 1906". Instructions regarding balloting for candidates, initiation, procedure at meetings, etc. No printer's name. 39 pages, 5.5 inches x 4 inches, in black cloth-on-paper cover. (4 copies of...
booklet / Constitution of the Fenian (I.R.B.)
Fenians Printed Booklet. "Constitution" (of the Fenian (I.R.B.). Organization in the U.S.A. (referred to in the text as "the V.C."). Copy which belonged to donor as a member of the Fenian Circle, (The Robert Emmet Literary Society) in Portland, Oregon, early 20th century. No printer's name. 32...
testament / Daniel O'Connell, 1841
Document signed by Daniel O'Connell, 1841. Certificate testifying that a Mr. R.C. Laurenson was the first Catholic admitted by Daniel O'Connell as Lord Mayor to the Freedom of Dublin, November 13, 1841. One sheet of paper with cut of city's arms, twice printed.
photograph / Eviction scene, 1880s
Photograph of an eviction scene. In the 1880s showing the breaching of a wall of a thatched cottage by a battering ram which suspended from a tripod is partly in the house. From a lantern slide originally belonging to Maud Gonne.
photograph / Eviction scene, 1880s
Photograph of an eviction scene. In the 1880s showing the breaching of a wall of a thatched cottage by a battering ram which suspended from a tripod is partly in the house. From a lantern slide originally belonging to Maud Gonne.
death cloth / Manchester Martyr, William Philip Allen, 1867
Manchester Martyr, Allen. Piece of black silk cloth said to be the face cloth used to cover the face of William Phillip Allen. Allen, Larkin and O'Brien were executed in Manchester, England on 23rd November 1867. The Donor states that the face cloth was preserved in the Greely family (relatives...
legal document / Lord Edward Fitzgerald, 1798
The Last Will and Testament of Lord Edward Fitzgerald, dated 27th May 1798. "I, Lord Edward Fitgerald of the City of Dublin, being of sound mind and memory, do make and publish this as and for my last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all former wills which have been made by me..."....
poster / Land League Boycott, 1890
Land League, Printed Boycott Notice, 1890. Addressed to the Nationalists of Tipperary, and ordering them to boycott nine named farmers, merchants, and traders of the town, who it is alleged, are engaged in bringing ruin on the evicted tenants of Tipperary. Those persons who deal or communicate with...
photograph / Eviction scene, 1880s
Photograph of an eviction scene. In the 1880s showing the breaching of a wall of a thatched cottage by a battering ram which suspended from a tripod is partly in the house. From a lantern slide originally belonging to Maud Gonne.
letter / United Irish League, 1899
Letter of Michael Davitt, 1899. Covering letter addressed to a Mrs Meagher, referring to an enclosure of a cheque for 5 pounds sent by the Directory of the United Irish League as a contribution towards the repair of her hut. No enclosure. Ink. Two pages. Holograph signature of Michael Davitt. Size...
Fenian bond / Irish National Bonds, 1865
Bond, Fenian Brotherhood. Printed document in black and green on white paper certifying that the party named is entitled to Irish National (Fenian) Bonds of stated value. Blank form No. 2307. On top left, engraving of a soldier holding horses reins over his arm and talking with a blacksmith while...
information sheet / Irish Brigade, France, c. 1770
Irish Brigade c. 1770 in France. Sheet of drawings, printed in colours of the uniforms and colours of the regiments of the Irish Brigade in France, and of on Scottish Regiment, 18th Century, and four printed pages of text (in French) regarding their regiments. Uniform coats and hats of the...
ballot box / Grand Canal Co., 1772
Grand Canal Co. Square wooden ballot box, said to have been used by the Directors of the Grand Canal Company. Circular opening in front with drawer underneath. The drawer has a lock but no key. Size 8 inches by 8 inches. The Grand Canal Company was established in 1772 to handle the issue of how to...
lottery ticket / Dublin, 1775
Irish lottery ticket, 1775. Numbered 3m529 and 3m530. Scheme publiched by the Merchants of the City of Dublin to build a new Exchange.