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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.
cross / Cork Memorial Plot / de Valera,
Silver replica of the Cork Memorial Plot Cross, presented to Eamon de Valera, President of Ireland, by members of the Cork Battalion on St. Patrick's Day 1963. Dedication plaques in Irish. On wooden base.
plaque / Timohoe Festival Committee / Childers, 1974
Polished stone, possibly polished granite, plaque, presented to Erskine Childers by the Timohoe Festival Committee, Co. Laois. 31 May 1974.
freedom box / City of Cork / O Ceallaigh, 1948
Presentation box, or freedom box of gold and silver, conferring the Freedom of the City of Cork on to Sean T. O Ceallaigh, 8 September 1948. Presented by Michael Sheehan, T.D., T.C., Lord Mayor of Cork.
freedom box / City of Wexford / O Ceallaigh, 1946
Case or holder for scroll, brass, set onto a wooden base. Presenting the Freedom of the City of Wexford on to President Sean T. O Ceallaigh, 1946. Maker's label on underside reads Louis Kerr, Watchmaker and Jeweller, Wexford and Enniscorthy.
photograph / Vanier, 1964
Photograph of Governor General of Canada Georges Vanier and wife Pauline, in silver frame, signed with dedication to President the President of Ireland (Eamon de Valera), with warmest rememberance of a happy visit, 3rd June 1964.
photograph / Ayub Khan, Pakistan
Photograph of Ayub Khan, President and Dictator of Pakistan, 1958 to 1969. In silver frame, signed.
photograph / Radhakrishnan, India
Photograph of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, President of India, 1952 to 1962. In silver frame, signed with a dedication to Eamon de Valera. Inscription faded.
freedom certificate / Freedom of the City of Dublin / de Valera, 1975
Freedom of the City of Dublin, presented to Eamon de Valera, 7 March 1975.
chain / Pope John 23 / de Valera, 1962
Supreme Order of Christ, cross and chain, in silver, gold and enamel work. In red leather presentation box. Presented to Eamon de Valera, from the Vatican, Pope John 23rd, 1962.
presentation book / Pope John 23 / de Valera
Book, in presentation box, 'De Supremo Equestri Ordine Militiae D.N. Iesu Christi', 1905. Presented to Eamon de Valera, from the Vatican, Pope John 23rd.star / Republic of Italy / O Ceallaigh, 1957
Grand Cordon of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Italy, star. Gold metal chain, with star of gold, crowned, with a white enamel cross with a gold star in the centre. Surrounded by four Italian Eagles. Presented to Sean T. O Ceallaigh during his visit to Rome in 1957. Also a gold collar.
box / Louvain University / de Valera, 1966
Certificate or scroll in case, blue with silver lettering and crest. Honourary Degree conferred on Eamon de Valera by the Louvain University, Belgium, 1966.
presentation box / City of Dublin / Hyde, 1906
Presentation box, wood, with brass dedication plate affixed to the front. This casket contains the Freedom of the City of Dublin conferred upon Douglas Hyde, 29 June 1906. Painted on top with the crests of the four Irish provinces and a crest of the City of Dublin in the centre.
presentation key / Washington D.C / O Ceallaigh, 1959
Key to the City of Washington D.C, gold with ribbon in red, white and blue. Presented to Sean T. O Ceallaigh, 17th March 1959.
presentation key / City of Baltimore / de Valera, 1966
Key to the City of Baltimore, wood. with coin embedded. Coin depicts the U.S. frigate Constellation, 1797. Presented by Theodore R. McKeldin, Mayor, to President Eamon de Valera on April 1st, 1966. In box.
certificate / Ottowa University / O Ceallaigh, 1956
Certificate of Honourary Degree of Doctorate of Law conferred on Sean T. O Ceallaigh from Ottawa University, 28 June 1956, at Aras an Uachtarain, by the Chancellor of Ottawa University the Most Reverand Father Derchatelets. It was the first time that such a ceremony took place in this country.
box / Ottowa University / O Ceallaigh, 1956
Scroll case or box, red with gold lettering and crest, for the Certificate of Honourary Degree of Doctorate of Law conferred on Sean T. O Ceallaigh from Ottawa University, 28 June 1956, at Aras an Uachtarain, by the Chancellor of Ottawa University the Most Reverand Father Derchatelets. It was the...
book / Irish Texts Society, Volume XXXVI, 1939
Book, the Irish Texts Society, Volume XXXVI (36), 1939. Hull Memorial Volume, Mayo Stories told by Thomas Casey, collected edited and translated with notes etc by Douglas Hyde, President of Ireland. Published for the Irish Texts Society in Dublin by The Educational Company of Ireland Ltd, 89...
letter / Presidential, 1939
Letter in Irish, on presidential notepaper, from Douglas Hyde, 29 September 1939. Mentions a Peadar Mac Murphy(?).