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.
 
postcard / Bernard Reid, WWI / Mother, 1912
Postcard from Bernard Reid to Mother, undated, from Galway, Ireland, c. 1912. Bernard Reid, the second son of Michael and Sarah Reid, was born in Dublin on December 1st 1886. He grew up in 11/12 Chatam Street in Dublin living over the family butchers business. McDonagh and Company were the...
 
postcard / Bernard Reid, WWI / Teresa, 1912
Postcard from Bernard Reid to Teresa, 22 August 1912, from Inismore, Galway, Ireland. Bernard Reid, the second son of Michael and Sarah Reid, was born in Dublin on December 1st 1886. He grew up in 11/12 Chatam Street in Dublin living over the family butchers business. McDonagh and Company were...
 
postcard / Bernard Reid, WWI / Mary, 1912
Postcard to Bernard Reid from sister Mary, June 1912, from Ostende, Belgium. Bernard Reid, the second son of Michael and Sarah Reid, was born in Dublin on December 1st 1886. He grew up in 11/12 Chatam Street in Dublin living over the family butchers business. McDonagh and Company were the biggest...
 
postcard / Bernard Reid, WWI / Mary, 1912
Postcard to Bernard Reid from sister Mary, July 1912, from Ostende, Belgium. Bernard Reid, the second son of Michael and Sarah Reid, was born in Dublin on December 1st 1886. He grew up in 11/12 Chatam Street in Dublin living over the family butchers business. McDonagh and Company were the biggest...
 
postcard / Bernard Reid, WWI / Teresa, 1912
Postcard to Bernard Reid from sister Teresa, September 1913(?), from Ostende, Belgium. Congratualating him on his success with 'The National Student'. Bernard Reid, the second son of Michael and Sarah Reid, was born in Dublin on December 1st 1886. He grew up in 11/12 Chatam Street in Dublin living...
 
postcard / Bernard Reid, WWI / Teresa, 1912
Postcard to Bernard Reid from sister Teresa, Spril 1914, from Ostende, Belgium. Wishing him a happy easter. Bernard Reid, the second son of Michael and Sarah Reid, was born in Dublin on December 1st 1886. He grew up in 11/12 Chatam Street in Dublin living over the family butchers business. ...
 
photocopy / Bernard Reid, WWI
Letter from Hilaire Belloc to Bernard Reid, 27 January 1914 re Capital and Labour. Reference to Larkin. Copy. Bernard Reid, the second son of Michael and Sarah Reid, was born in Dublin on December 1st 1886. He grew up in 11/12 Chatam Street in Dublin living over the family butchers business. ...
 
photocopy / Bernard Reid, WWI
Letter from Hilaire Belloc to Bernard Reid, 15 February 1914, thanking him for his letter. Copy. Bernard Reid, the second son of Michael and Sarah Reid, was born in Dublin on December 1st 1886. He grew up in 11/12 Chatam Street in Dublin living over the family butchers business. McDonagh and...
 
postcard / Bernard Reid, WWI / 1913
Postcard from Bernard Reid to mother, from ostend, Belgium, dated 24 March 1913. Bernard Reid, the second son of Michael and Sarah Reid, was born in Dublin on December 1st 1886. He grew up in 11/12 Chatham Street in Dublin living over the family butchers business. McDonagh and Company were the...
 
postcard / Bernard Reid, WWI / 1910
Postcard to Bernard Reid, 10 February 1910 - Environs de Quillan, Vallee de l'Aude. One of three postcards to Bernard Reid from the Jammet family in Belgium and France. Dated 10 February 1910 and 2 August 1910. Postcard from Louis Jammet France dated 16.08.1910. Bernard Reid, the second son of...
 
postcard / Bernard Reid, WWI / 1910
Postcard to Bernard Reid, 2 August 1910 - Exposition de Bruxelles, 1910, Pavillion de Indo-Chine. One of three postcards to Bernard Reid from the Jammet family in Belgium and France. Dated 10 February 1910 and 2 August 1910. Postcard from Louis Jammet France dated 16.08.1910. Bernard Reid, the...
 
postcard / Bernard Reid, WWI / 1910
Postcard to Bernard Reid, 16 September 1910 - Environs de Quillan, Defile de Pierre-Lys. One of three postcards to Bernard Reid from the Jammet family in Belgium and France. Dated 10 February 1910 and 2 August 1910. Postcard from Louis Jammet France dated 16.08.1910. Bernard Reid, the second son...
 
photocopy / Bernard Reid, WWI / 1914
Photocopy of a letter from Hilaire Belloc, at Kings Land, Shipley, Horsham, to Bernard Reid re advise on enlisting in France to fight Germany. Dated 16 September 1914. Bernard Reid, the second son of Michael and Sarah Reid, was born in Dublin on December 1st 1886. He grew up in 11/12 Chatam...
 
proclamation / Irish Republican Army, 1939
Irish Republican Army 1939 poster. A broadside poster in two columns, the right hand portion announcing the IRA's 1939 military campaign in England, the left portion reproducing the 1916 Proclamation. Signed 'on behalf of the Republican Government and the Army Council of Oglaigh na hEireann (Irish...
 
letter / Dublin Castle, 1798-99
Bound book of letters & correspondence from Dublin Castle, dated 2 July 1798 to 30 November 1799. With index detailing date of letter, to whom written and subject matter.
 
drum / Irish Defence Forces
Irish Defence Forces Drum, with “FF” painted on it. A wooden drum, painted green, with animal hide drum skins held in place with rope, with nine leather straps. Decoration on the main body of the drum occurs in the form of a circular motif in gold paint.
 
sticker / Bobby Sands Free at Last
Sticker, “Bobby Sands Free at Last”. Green and orange lettering on white background. Northern Ireland, c. 1981.
 
prison art / Derry Brigade, Crumlin Road Jail, 1977
White handkerchief in frame inscribed 'Derry Brigade' With drawings of a Colt AR15 (by 2), 357 Magnum, STEN SGM, M1 Carbine (by 2), Colt 45 Auto. Dated 9th Feb 1977, by Brian McCool, Republican P.O.W., 'C' Wing, Crumlin Road Jail.
 
photograph / Captain Arthur Moore O’Sullivan, Royal Irish Rifles, WWI
Portrait photograph of Capt O’Sullivan in tropical’s uniform of the Royal Irish Rifles. Photograph by Sidney Hick, successor to Werner & Son, 39 Grafton St, Dublin - Part of a collection of items of Captain Arthur Moore O’Sullivan, Royal Irish Rifles.