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.
prison art / War of the Austrian Succession, 1744
Prisoner of War Relic, 1744. Fragments of small wooden bowl with manuscript label in base "Made when a prisoner by the French at Brest A-B a Templepatrick man". From the period of the War of the Austrian Succession, 18th centuryresource / Rev. J. Crowley & Land War
Rev. J. Crowley & Land War, 1890. Article re ex Southern Star, 3.1.1981.
button / Livery
Domed Livery Button. By Croker, Dublin. With collection of 12 various buttons, unidentified.resource / Coventry vs Catholic Emancipation
Coventry vs Catholic Emancipation. Fragment of pp. 1, 2 The New Times, 14 April 1821 including reference to City of Coventry petition to Lords "against the Roman Catholic Disability Removal Bill".resource / 'Catalpa' Rescue of Fenians
'Catalpa' Rescue of Fenians. 1876. One of two photographs of display at Western Australian Museum, Perth.resource / 'Catalpa' Rescue of Fenians
'Catalpa' Rescue of Fenians. 1876. One of two photographs of display at Western Australian Museum, Perth.resource / Capture of Cork, 1649
Capture of Cork, 1649. Article re ex Cork Evening Echo 26, 27.1.1981.resource / O'Connell Wax Group
O'Connell Wax Group. One of two photographs of object in a US museum collection.resource / O'Connell Wax Group
O'Connell Wax Group. One of two photographs of group in US museum collection.resource / Ballymacoda Raid, 1867
Ballymacoda Raid, 1867. Photocopy of illustrated article, Ex Cork Examiner 6 March 1967.
photograph / Queen Victoria, Dublin, 1900
One of three snapshot photographs taken during the visit of Queen Victoria in 1900. Street scenes.
photograph / Queen Victoria, Dublin, 1900
One of three snapshot photographs taken during the visit of Queen Victoria in 1900. Street scenes. With one copy.
photograph / Queen Victoria, Dublin, 1900
One of three snapshot photographs taken during the visit of Queen Victoria in 1900. Street scenes. With three copies.
newspaper / Bombing of London, Daily Mail, 1940
Copy of newspaper; The Daily Mail, 31 December 1940. World War II, German bombing of British mainland. Front page shows picture of St. Paul's Dome in London with the headline 'War's Greatest Picture - St. Paul's stands unharmed in the midst of the burning city'.
newspaper / The Daily Herald, 1940
Copy of newspaper; The Daily Herald, 16 November 1940. World War II, German bombing of British mainland. Front page article 'Midlands city is now like a bombarded French town. Coventry homeless slept by the roadside this morning, not a mortal blow - work will restart'.resource / Land League House, Windgap
Land League House Windgap. Photocopy of OKS youth project completed by pupils of Windgap NS in 1981.
handbill / The Mirage in the Desert, 1925
'The Mirage in the Desert'. No. 6 in a series of pro-Government propaganda handbills in the 1925 North Dublin Bye-Election. Advocating the vote for Cumann na nGaedheal candidates Patrick Leonard and Donal O'Connor. Printed by Dollard of Dublin, published by James Fintan Lalor, Solicitor and...
pamphlet / The Wheels are Moving, c.1932
'The Wheels are Moving'. Fianna Fáil propaganda brochure or leaflet, early thirties.