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match box / Land League / Parnell, 1880

Land League matchbox, cover only. Flattened out plywood with paper covering showing on one side a portrait of Parnell with above 'The Land League' and below, 'Match' and on the other an encounter between a tenant and a landlord. 'Landlord - I want my rent. Tenant - And I want to pay my rent at...

 

notice / No Rent

Poster, No Rent Manifesto. 'The Land War! No Rent! No Landlords Grassland'. Issued by Land League in 1881.

 

resource / Bartholomew Teeling Statue

Photograph of the Bartholomew Teeling Statue at Collooney Co. Sligo.

 

resource / Fenian flag, 1865

Photographic copy of a sketch or drawing of Fenian flag. The sketch is in the State Paper office and was seized in 1865 by the authorities. It shows two dark and two white stripes and 32 stars in the top corner.

 

resource / James Smith

James Smith (signatory of U.S. Declaration of Independence). Print of portrait of, 10 x 8 inches, showing him (head and shoulders) wearing a wig, with a facsimile of his signature underneath. Original portrait is now in the possession of the York Historical Society, York, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

 

resource / Royal Glin Hussars banner, 1780

Print of banner of Royal Glin Hussars. c. 1780. Obverse showing name, slogan, mounted volunteer and gun.

 

resource / Royal Glin Hussars banner, 1780

Print of banner of Royal Glin Hussars. c. 1780. Reverse showing crowned harp, gun, sword, and slogan.

 

Fenian bond / Irish National Bonds, 1860s

Fenian Bond Receipt. No. 3022, blank and undated beyond digits 186. Irish National Bonds, with depiction of a blacksmith and an arm with hammer.

 

resource / Bayonet holder, Glin Castle, 1780

Print of bayonet holder in Glin Castle, probably relating to Royal Glin Hussars c. 1780 with embossed Fitzgerald arms.

 

photograph / Fenian Flag, 1866

Photograph of Fenian Flag carried at Battle of Ridgeway, 1866. Full plate, black and white, showing large flag, top left corner of which is torn, with legends 'Buffalo 7th Regt. Irish Army of Liberation, Ridgeway & Fort Erie, June 2nd 1866' around to right and 'Presented by the Fenian Sisterhood of...

 

engraving / Michael Dwyer

Coloured print of Michael Dwyer. 'The Wicklow Desperado' 3.7 x 6.1 inches. Signed 'Jn Martyn Sculp.'.

 

engraving / Samuel Neilson

Engraving, print of Samuel Neilson. 3.2 ins x 5.7 ins. Engraved by T.W. Huffam.

 

engraving / James Hope

Print of an engraving of James Hope. 4.5 inches x 7.9 inches. Engraved by T.W. Huffam. From an original portrait in his possession. Published by Madden & Co.

 

engraving / Henry Jackson

Engraving, print of Henry Jackson. 5.1" x 8.3". Engraved by T.W. Huffam. From an original drawing by Herbert. Published by Madden & Co.

 

drawing / Erin's Hope

Black and white drawing, print of the 'Erin's Hope', the Fenian Ship, taken from 'Dock and the Scaffold', 1868. Full plate.

 

newspaper / Fenian Volunteer, 1868

Print of heading of the Fenian Volunteer. Boston 1868, a Fenian newspaper depicting an armed soldier and crossed Fenian, Irish, and American flags. 8 x 3 inches.

 

workbox / Anna Grattan

Anna Grattan's Workbox. Wooden box with velvet inside. two compartments, lock. Nameplate on top. 12 x 8 x 45 inches

 

newspaper / The Warder, 1832

Copy of 'The Warder', 18 January 1832. Dublin Newspaper giving a full account of the Protestant/Orange meeting in the Mansion House on 17 January 1832.

 

baton / Royal Irish Constabulary

Baton of the Royal Irish Constabulary. Victorian era, 19th century. 19 inches long in total, with 5.5 inches of the handgrip ribbed. Painted black, with a crown over a compass over an RIC badge painted on one side.

 

Address / William Smith O' Brien, Quebec, 1854

Address to William Smith O' Brien, 1854. From St. Patrick's Society of Quebec. Printed on a 16 inch x 9 inch piece of white silk with green 2 inches wide ribbon all round and a gilt metal frame. Modern frame.