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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.
resource / $10
Fenian bond no.11416. Xeroxprint of $10 bond issued in the U.S.A. and signed by Michael Scanlan as "Agent of the Republic".
bookmark / Home Rule
Late 19th century silk bookmark. 10 1/4" overall in length (including fringed ends) by 1 5/8s wide length of white silk with 4" length of cream perforated paper stitched on in top half. This paper bears the legend Let/Erin (over a harp in brown with gold strings and green shamrock about)/ Hope in...
match box cover / Land League
The Land League match box cover, paper, c.1880. Match box (partial) showing a scene depicting an encounter between a landlord and a tenant. These were made by Paterson & Co. Ltd. Dublin and Belfast about 1880.
rubber stamp / Orange Order
Orange Order rubber stamp c.1880. The legend reading Parsonstown District L.O.L. around the usual depiction of King William on horseback. The circular stamp adhering to a wooden base on a black handle.
lapel badge / John Redmond, 1914
John Redmond lapel badge, 1914 given by Redmond to donor's father, Frederick Herbert George of Grahamstown, South Africa who travelled with W.J. Walsh to attend a Home Rule meeting in Waterford on 25/1/1914. Green fringed silk ribbon 2 1/4 by 3 3/4 with a portrait of Redmond and the legend...
medal / Henry Grattan
Henry Grattan plaque or medal. 5.7mm in diameter. A thin bronze sheet with a bust of Grattan in low relief and the legend THE RIGHT HON HENRY GRATTAN on either side.
book cover / Charles Gavan Duffy Patriot and Statesman / Leon O Broin, 1967
Charles Gavan Duffy. One of three copies of the dustjacket of a book by Leon O Broin on the life of Duffy, embodying a portrait of Duffy. 'Charles Gavan Duffy Patriot and Statesman'. Published 1967.book cover / Charles Gavan Duffy Patriot and Statesman / Leon O Broin, 1967
Charles Gavan Duffy. One of three copies of the dustjacket of a book by Leon O Broin on the life of Duffy, embodying a portrait of Duffy. 'Charles Gavan Duffy Patriot and Statesman'. Published 1967.
book cover / Charles Gavan Duffy Patriot and Statesman / Leon O Broin, 1967
Charles Gavan Duffy. One of three copies of the dustjacket of a book by Leon O Broin on the life of Duffy, embodying a portrait of Duffy. 'Charles Gavan Duffy Patriot and Statesman'. Published 1967. Framed for display.
printing plate / Irish Sweepstakes
Portion of printing press possibly connected with the Irish Sweepstakes. Rusted circular object (d.7.3cm). Openwork which had 12 stokes (2 now missing) radiating from a centre (c.4cm d.) to the circumference. Found in the National Library with no note as to its provenance wrapped in a piece of...
circular / United Ireland, 1881
'United Ireland' circular dated 2 August 1881 signed William O'Brien soliciting support for the 'New National Penny Weekly' from members ? of UIL.
pamphlet / The Voice from the Grave, 1891
Parnell Funeral momento. 4pp brochure showing Parnell's ghost handing the sword of independence to Redmond outside the old Parliament Building. This is headed 'The Voice from the Grave' with the legend beneath "Redress Thy Leader's Wrongs; pp 2&3 are a long poem by "C" entitled 'The Procession to...
reproduction / Charles Gavan Duffy
Charles Gavan Duffy. Fullplate print of H. O'Neill's lithograph based on Professor Gluckman's daguerrotype with facsimile autograph (Nat. Lib. No. R11998)
stick / Charles Stewart Parnell
Walking stick of Charles Stewart Parnell. 35 inches overall. Carved oak - the carving depicting a serpent pointing upwards through the vines and grapes towards the rose, thistle and shamrock intertwined. At junction with the black handle and the stick is a silver band bearing the letters "C.S.P."...
photograph / Parnell, c. 1890
Snapshot taken in Cork, c.1890 allegedly of Charles Stewart Parnell with some others. Donors father was with the R.I.C. in Cork at the period.
book / Poems on Various Subjects
"Poems on Various Subjects" by James Orr. Ballycarry, January 1804. It includes his Address to Belfast and the Elegy in which these lines occur: "In vest of Green the breast is pent, Who once the badge of Orange chose".
book / Unionist Convention, 1892
"Unionist Convention for the Provinces of Leinster, Munster and Connaught (June 1892)" the published account of the Proceedings, Lists of Committees, Delegates etc.