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.
commission / William J. O’Connor, Supply & Transport Corps, 1940s
Officer's certificate of commission to Liam O'Concobair, January 1943, signed by President Douglas Hyde. Part of a collection of items relating to William J. O’Connor, ex Supply and Transport Corps, Ireland, 1940s and following.
photograph / William J. O’Connor, Supply & Transport Corps, 1940s
Photograph depicting W.J. O’Connor in pre-1940 other ranks uniform of the Supply and Transport Services – note large collar badge in full marching order corporal stirrups and arms. Part of a collection of items relating to William J. O’Connor, ex Supply and Transport Corps, Ireland, 1940s and...photograph / William J. O’Connor, Supply & Transport Corps, 1940s
Photograph depicting W.J. 0’Connor wearing an other ranks tunic with a Sam Browne belt and simple bronze bar - 2nd Lieutenant. Part of a collection of items relating to William J. O’Connor, ex Supply and Transport Corps, Ireland, 1940s and following.
letter / William J. O’Connor, Supply & Transport Corps, 1940s
Typed letter regarding a deficiency of 193 gallons of petrol, dated 7th December 1943. Part of a collection of items relating to William J. O’Connor, ex Supply and Transport Corps, Ireland, 1940s and following.
identity card / William J. O’Connor, Supply & Transport Corps, 1940s
Local Security Force identification card of James Doran, brother-in Law of W.J. 0’Connor. Part of a collection of items relating to William J. O’Connor, ex Supply and Transport Corps, Ireland, 1940s and following.
letter / Private B. Martin, Royal Irish Rifles, WWI
Letter, typed form with handwritten particulars, from the Record Office, Cork, dated 16 February 1922. Informing recipient of the award of the British War Medal and the Victory Medal to Private B. Martin, No. 20382, of the Leinster Regiment. States that this would have been awarded to him, if he...
1914-15 Star / Private J. Martin, Royal Irish Rifles, WWI
Medal, 1914-15 Star. One of the set of three British World War I medals, the 1914 - 15 Star, British War Medal 1914 - 1918, and Victory Medal 1914-19, awarded to Private J. Martin of the Royal Irish Rifles. No. 8522.
British War Medal / Private J. Martin, Royal Irish Rifles, WWI
Medal, British War Medal. One of the set of three British World War I medals, the 1914 - 15 Star, British War Medal 1914 - 1918, and Victory Medal 1914-19, awarded to Private J. Martin of the Royal Irish Rifles. No. 8522.
Victory Medal / Private J. Martin, Royal Irish Rifles, WWI
Medal, Victory Medal. One of the set of three British World War I medals, the 1914 - 15 Star, British War Medal 1914 - 1918, and Victory Medal 1914-19, awarded to Private J. Martin of the Royal Irish Rifles. No. 8522.
photograph / Lt J. Fleming, Irish Free State Army
Photograph of Lt J. Fleming, Irish Free State Army.poster / Air Raid Precation, WWII
Air Raid Precation poster about gas mask. WWII.poster / Air Raid Precaution, WWII
Air Raid Precaution poster about gas mask. WWIIposter / Air Raid Precaution, WWI
Air Raid Precaution poster about incendiary bomb. WWII
hose / Beresford - Stork Light Trailer Pump
Beresford - Stork Light Trailer Pump (with Austin 8hp engine). Also six lengths of delivery hose, two lengths of suction hose, and ancilliary gear. Also consisting of - 2 long white suction hoses with brass attachments; six lengths of delivery hose; the anchillary gear consists of - 1 brass coal...recruitment poster / Civil Defence, WWII
Recruiting poster for the Civil Defence. WWII
regulation / Riaghlacha agus Orduighthe, British Army, 1806
Poster, Riaghlacha agus Orduighthe (Rules and Regulations) for the British Army, 7th October 1806. In Irish. Dated 1st November 1806 by the War Office, Dublin (Oifig an Chogaidh). Printed in Dame Street, Dublin. Relevant to the Napoleonic Wars, 1803–1815.
photograph / Irish Army, 1934
Photograph, black and white, with photograph from newspaper. First draft of Volunteer Force in training, 17 April to 14 August 1934. With field artillery. Irish Army. Framed and glazed.
photograph / Irish Army, 1954
Photograph, black and white. Irish Army. Posed group, three officers; Left to right - Lieutenant Colonel D.J. Collins O.C., Major General P.A. Mulcahy C.O.S. and Colonel J. McLoughlin D.A. 1954. Framed and glazed.
photograph / Irish Army
Photograph, black and white. Irish Army. A.A. Defence of Dublin, 1939-1945. Framed and glazed.