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.
badge / Clarisse Maude Crawfurth Smith, 1916
Badge of the British Red Cross Society, County of Dublin, of Clarisse Maude Crawfurth Smith. Inscribed '5847 Maude Crawfurth Smith' on the reverse. Made by J.R. Gaunt of London. World War I period. Part of a collection of items relating to Clarisse Maude Crawfurth Smith of Voluntary Aid...
armband / Clarisse Maude Crawfurth Smith, 1916
Armband of the British Red Cross Society, City & County of Dublin / St. John Ambulance Brigade, of Clarisse Maude Crawfurth Smith. With 'For the Wounded', in red text. World War I period. Part of a collection of items relating to Clarisse Maude Crawfurth Smith of Voluntary Aid Detachment / St....
badge / Clarisse Maude Crawfurth Smith, 1916
Textile badge of the British Red Cross Society, Dublin / St. John Ambulance Brigade, of Clarisse Maude Crawfurth Smith. Red Cross on a white background. World War I period. Part of a collection of items relating to Clarisse Maude Crawfurth Smith of Voluntary Aid Detachment / St. John Ambulance...
plan / Battle of the Boyne
Plan of the Battle of the Boyne (made for the Right Honourable John Foster, last Speaker of the Irish House of Commons).
letter / Deputy Surgeon General J.H. Porter, Cabul, 1879
Letter from Deputy Surgeon General J.H. Porter, A.M.D. dated Cabul, November 24th 1879. Written on a sheet of Yakoob Khan's official paper with a monogram which in his good days was value as a stamp 50 Rupees or 5 pounds.
illustration / England's Defeat by Irish Exiles at Fontenoy
Print depicting the victory at the Battle of Fontenoy, Austrian Wars of Succession, 1740. "England's Defeat by Irish Exiles at Fontenoy. And Fontenoy, famed Fontenoy, had been a Waterloo, were not those exiles ready then fresh, vehement and true - Davis". Print marked 'Copyright 1899, by M.A....
case /
Metal travelling trunk or case. Probably for a military uniform and accessories.
print / Irish Army
A colour print depicting Irish Army rank markings and insignia on hats, badges and buttons. Drawings by F. Glenn Thompson. Printed by Turner's Printing Co. Ltd, Longford, and published by An Cosantoir, AHQ, Parkgate, Dublin 8, Ireland. 1982.
painting /
Painting, colour, of a young soldier. The uniform, webbing and helmet is consistent with a British Army soldier's c. 1916 (i.e. World War I) The soldiers holds a bayoneted rifle in front of him, the rifle similar to a standard issue Lee Enfield. The background is a rural scene, possibly...
photograph / Private Webber, 1916
Portrait photograph, half length, of man in British World War I uniform, signed 'yours sincerely Pte Webber 2xt (?) 7/2/16'.
photograph / Holywood, 1916
Photograph of group of men in military uniform. Marked "Holywood 1916". British Army, World War I period.
photograph / Holywood, 1916
Photograph of group of men in military uniform. Possibly Holywood, 1916. British Army, World War I period. A statue of an Egyptian sphinx figure on the ground in front.
photograph / British Army, WW I
Photograph of a group of British Army Officers, seated in front of tents. World War I period.
photograph / British Army, Belfast, 1914
Photograph of a group of British Army Officers, seated in front of a tent. Labeled 'Belfast June 1914'. Pre-World War I period.
photograph / British Army, 1910
Photograph of a group of British Army Officers, Drum and Pipe band, 1910. Pre-World War I period.
photograph / 'A' Coy Tug o' War, 1914
Photograph of a group of men, one of which in British Army officer uniform, in front of a tent, with a sign reading ' 'A' Coy Tug o' War 1914'. Circa July 1914.
photograph / 'A' Coy Tug o' War, 1914
Photograph of a group of men, one of which in British Army officer uniform, in front of a tent, with a sign reading ' 'A' Coy Tug o' War 1914'. Circa July 1914.
photograph / Royal Hibernian Military School, 1924
Photograph of the Royal Hibernian Military School, Schorncliffe, June 1924.
legal document / Laurence Steel, 1763
A rare legal document, printed form with manuscript insertions, binding Laurence Steel to provide himself with arms sufficient for a foot soldier, with one sword, one belt, on pike, or one sword and belt and bandoleers while living in Dublin City for the service of the King with a payment of £100...