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 key / Garden of Rememberance, 1966
Key used by President Eamon de Valera to open the Garden of Rememberance, Easter Monday, 1966. Inscribed in Irish. In green presentation box, by Fanning & Son Ltd, 18 Fleet Street, Dublin.
disc / Apollo 11
An exact duplicate of the disc containing good will messages from around the world left on the surface of the moon by the astronauts of Apollo 11 when man first landed there on 20th June 1969. It can be read with a 70X microscope. Presented to Eamon de Valera.
Papal medal / Pope John XXIII / de Valera, 1963-4
Papal medal, gold. Pope John XXIII to Eamon de Valera. 'Joannes PP XXIII' 1963-64.
box / Pope John XXIII / de Valera, 1962
Papal blessing certificate or scroll in box, white with gold lettering and crest. From Pope John XXIII to Eamon de Valera. 'Joannes PP XXIII Dilecte Fili, salutem et Apostolicam Benedictionem'. Dated 16 March, 1962.
cross / The Order of Charles of Monaco, 1961
Sash and Grand Cross of The Order of Charles of Monaco, 1961. Red and white ribbon, cross with the legend 'Princeps et Patria'.
cross / The Order of Charles of Monaco, 1961
Sash and Grand Cross of The Order of Charles of Monaco, 1961. Gold and silver Grand Cross with the legend 'Princeps et Patria' in centre.
grand cordon / Erskine Childers, 1974
Grand Cordon de l'Ordre de Leopold, Belgium. Gold, silver and enamel. 'L'Union Faitla Force Eendracht Maakt Maacht'. Presented to President Erskine Hamilton Childers, 1974.
sash / Erskine Childers, 1974
Grand Cordon de l'Ordre de Leopold, Belgium. Gold and enamel, on a purple ribbon. 'L'Union Faitla Force Eendracht Maakt Maacht'. Presented to President Erskine Hamilton Childers, 1974.
souvenir / Apollo 13
Portion of heat shield and mission patch flaws from Apollo 13, April 11 to 17 1970. Presented by the astronauts James Lovell, James (Jack) Swigert and Fred Haise. Presented to Eamon de Valera, October 1970.
bowl / de Valera, Kilmainham, 1970
Turned wood bowl, made of a beam of wood from the old chapel in Kilmainham Jail. Presented to Eamon de Valera by the Restoration Project 3 February 1970, marking his escape from Lincoln Jail.
scroll / Freedom of Cork, de Valera, 1973
Certificate scroll of the Freedom of Cork, presented to Eamon de Valera, 1973. In Irish and English, illuminated.
photograph / Richard Nixon
Photograph, Richard Nixon Family portrait, in silver frame. WIth dedication to Eamon de Valera and wife, dated October 1970.
album / Matt Talbot Committee, 1973
Photograh album, presetned to Eamon de Valera by the Matt Talbot Committee, Dublin, 14 February, 1973.
photograph / Pope John XXIII, 1962
Photograph, Eamon de Valera meeting Pope John XXIII, 19th March 1962. Signed.
Address / Kilmainham Memorial, 1962
Illustrated address in Irish, Kilmainham Memorial of the 1916 Rising, 4th March 1962. Eamon de Valera. In a white folder with gold lettering.
platter / 1916-1966, de Valera
Salver, silver by Goldsmiths Co., Dublin. Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the 1916 Rising, 1966. Presented to Eamon de Valera. With inscription in Irish.
box / de Valera / Lyndon Johnson, 1964
Ballot box. Antique, wood with brass presentation plate. Presented to Eamon de Valera by President Lyndon B. Johnson in May 1964.
War of Independence Service Medal, Active / de Valera
Service medals of Eamon de Valera. 1916 Rising medal (1941) and War of Independence (1917 to 1921, Black and Tan) medal (1941), with Comrac bar (Active Service). Joined on one bar.
1916 50th Anniversary Medal / Eamon de Valera
Service medal of Eamon de Valera. 1916 Jubilee Medal (1966), 50th Anniversary Medal.