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.
photograph / R.I.C. Gymnastic Class, 1909
Royal Irish Constabulary Gymnastic Class, 1909. Mounted photograph showing the recruits' Gymnastic class inspected by Colonel Chamberlain on 13 September 1909. Four rows of the constabularly, one (possibly the Head Constable) fully uniformed.
photograph / Liffey Dockyard Munitions Factory, c. 1916
Munitions factory in Dublin, c. 1916. Copy of four snapshot photographs of female workers, including Florence May Lea, at Liffey Dockyard Munitions Factory, posed in front of stacked shell cases. Two sheets
photograph / Harold Barton Mansfield, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, c. 1916
Mounted studio photograph of Harold Barton Mansfield, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, seated in uniform c. 1916. Killed in the Somme November 1916.
resource / Royal Irish Constabulary
Photograph of Royal Irish Constabulary constables. Five fully armed and uniformed with one inset showing pack and roll on constable's back. Photostatic copy.
photograph / Joseph Doyle, Bandera Irlandesa, 1937
Joseph Doyle in Spanish uniform, photograph, c. 1937 in cloth covered wallet containing also his membership card (.2) in The Steel Company of Wales (Port Talbot) Sports and Social Club. Bandera Irlandesa, Spanish Civil War.membership card / Joseph Doyle, Bandera Irlandesa, 1937
Membership card of The Steel Company of Wales (Port Talbot) Sports and Social Club, of Joseph Doyle of the Bandera Irlandesa, 1937.
photograph / Joseph Doyle, Bandera Irlandesa, 1937
Joseph Doyle in the uniform of the Bandera Irlandesa. Snapshot dated "Caseras Spain 16.2.37" and messaged to "Snookie". Spanish Civil War, c. 1937.
photograph / Joseph Doyle, Bandera Irlandesa, 1937
Spanish Civil War photograph of five men in uniform, taken in Caseras. On left Joseph Doyle, Bandera Irlandesa. On right Captain T. Hyde, killed in action 19 February 1937. Spanish Civil War, c. 1937.
newspaper article / Joseph Doyle, Bandera Irlandesa, 1937
Illustration of, and note about, Spanish Service Certificate ex. Irish Independent 7.7.1938. Relating to Spanish Civil War, c. 1937 and Joseph Doyle, Bandera Irlandesa, 1937
newspaper article / Spanish Civil War, 1937
Spanish Civil War newspaper cuttings. .1 - Photograph of Franco and brother ex. Irish Independent 19.3.1937 .2 - Note re application by wife of soldier for Home Assistance, undated.
newspaper article / Spanish Civil War, 1937
Spanish Civil War newspaper cuttings. .1 - Photograph of Franco and brother ex. Irish Independent 19.3.1937 .2 - Note re application by wife of soldier for Home Assistance, undated.
letter / Joseph Doyle, Bandera Irlandesa, 1937
Spanish Civil War letter, datelined "Salamanca 22nd March, 1937", signed Paul Merry del Val, posted in London 30th March 1937 to "Mrs Nancy Doyle, Kiltown, Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny" concerning her complaints of 9th March and promising that her letter would reach her husband (Joseph Doyle of the...
photograph / Captain Doyle, 1941
Small photograph of Captain Joseph F. Doyle, R.A., 1941, showing him in uniform at Kildare Barracks.
photograph / Captain J.F. Doyle, c.1940
Small photograph of Captain J.F. Doyle showing him in uniform and with his wife c. 1940.map / Sebastopol
Map of Sebastopol, Crimean War, 1853 - 1856. Showing Siege of Sevastopol and troop dispositions to Baktchi Serai. This had been the property of Major Yelverton, Rl. Artillery. Entitled 'Environs of Sevastopol'. Printed by James Wyld, Geographer to Her Majesty, at Charing Cross, London.
photograph / Monaghan Militia, 1866
121st Monaghan Militia photograph c.1866. Handcoloured and with manuscript list of people portrayed including Captain Adjutant Harrison mounted on a white horse. Oval windowed photograph 23 x 17 cm, mounted on 35 x 27 1/2 cm. card. Manuscript label of date and identification affixed to wooden...
sign / Ballincollig Powder Mills, c. 1900
Cardboard sign of the Ballincollig Gunpowder Mills Company, c. 1900. Reads "The Ballincollig Royal Gunpwder Mills Coy., Limited, Contractors to H.M. War Department, est. 1794". Elliptical. Printed Guy & Co. Cork.
instruction leaflet / Siebe-Gorman Civilian Respirator
The Siebe-Gorman Civilian Respirator - instructions for use on a 4page illustrated quarto leaflet. c.1939. Found in Jacob's Biscuit Factory, Dublin, in 1974.pamphlet / Anti-Gas Protection of Babies and Young Children, 1939
Pamphlet, Anti-Gas Protection of Babies and Young Children. 8 pp. pamphlet published by Her Majesty's Stationary Office in July, 1939. Used by Irish Army.