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 / Royal Irish Rifles, WWI
Portrait photograph of man in uniform. One of a collection of 23 photographs relating to the Royal Irish Rifles 1913 to 1916, World War I period. Related to the name Fitzmaurice of Carlow. Collection includes eight newsheets on the 'Amalgamation of the Parishes of Carlow and Killeshin.
 
photograph / Royal Irish Rifles, WWI
Portrait photograph of man in uniform. By Halliday & Co., 14 Queen's Arcade, Belfast. One of a collection of 23 photographs relating to the Royal Irish Rifles 1913 to 1916, World War I period. Related to the name Fitzmaurice of Carlow. Collection includes eight newsheets on the 'Amalgamation of the...
 
photograph / Royal Irish Rifles, WWI
Three postcard photographs of group of men in uniform. One of a collection of 23 photographs relating to the Royal Irish Rifles 1913 to 1916, World War I period. Related to the name Fitzmaurice of Carlow. Collection includes eight newsheets on the 'Amalgamation of the Parishes of Carlow and...
 
photograph / Royal Irish Rifles, WWI
Portrait photograph of three men in uniform. By Lafayette. One of a collection of 23 photographs relating to the Royal Irish Rifles 1913 to 1916, World War I period. Related to the name Fitzmaurice of Carlow. Collection includes eight newsheets on the 'Amalgamation of the Parishes of Carlow and...
 
photograph / Royal Irish Rifles, WWI
Portrait photograph of man in uniform. By Lafayette. One of a collection of 23 photographs relating to the Royal Irish Rifles 1913 to 1916, World War I period. Related to the name Fitzmaurice of Carlow. Collection includes eight newsheets on the 'Amalgamation of the Parishes of Carlow and Killeshin.
 
photograph / Royal Irish Rifles, WWI
Portrait photograph of Jack Martin of the 1st Royal Irish Rifles, killed 9 ? 1915. In uniform. By Lafayette. One of a collection of 23 photographs relating to the Royal Irish Rifles 1913 to 1916, World War I period. Related to the name Fitzmaurice of Carlow. Collection includes eight newsheets on...
 
photograph / Royal Irish Rifles, WWI
Portrait photograph of man in uniform. One of a collection of 23 photographs relating to the Royal Irish Rifles 1913 to 1916, World War I period. Related to the name Fitzmaurice of Carlow. Collection includes eight newsheets on the 'Amalgamation of the Parishes of Carlow and Killeshin.
 
map / Recruiting, WWI
Recruiting Poster map, titled The Central Recruiting Council for Ireland. Showing the Military Organisation for Recruiting in Ireland. September 1915. Recruiting Officers list includes Lieutenant Tom Kettle. Published in a supplement of The Irish Life, 8 October 1915. Colour print.
 
souvenir / Brigadier General Mills, 31 May 1910
Poster, retirement souvenir for Brigadier General Mills, 31 May 1910. With photograph of Mills and list of officers of Irish Regiments.
 
poster / A la Gloire du 92e d’Infantrie, 1892
Poster or print, colour. Titled ‘A la Gloire du 92e d’Infantrie’. Irish Regiment in the French Army. Published 17 March 1892.
 
newspaper article / Dillon Regiment
Newspaper article re the flag of the Dillon Regiment. Irish Independent, 10 January 1950.
 
print / Uniforms of Dublin Soldiers Through the Ages, 1778 to 1988
Uniforms of Dublin Soldiers Through the Ages, 1778 to 1988. Colour print with a series of illustrations, the back with descriptions. By F. Glenn Thompson. 1988.
 
illustration / An Irish Volunteer with a Mauser Rifle, 1915
Framed drawing or illustration, for museum display, by Eileen Johnston - An Irish Volunteer with a Mauser Rifle, 1915. Sowing Howth rifle (single shot bolt action Mauser rifle), French sword bayonet, bandolier for ammunition, bayonet scabbard.
 
photograph / Dublin Castle, Christmas 1916
Photograph, modern print, of recuperating soldiers dining in St. Patrick’s Hall, Dublin Castle, Christmas 1916. Nursing staff visible in background.
 
painting / Declaration of the Republic, 1949
Painting, colour, of scene outside General Post Office, O’Connell Street, Dublin. The march, drive and fly past to mark the 1949 Declaration of the Republic. By Maurice Logan, who painted it for a calandar for the Army Canteen board.
 
photograph / Royal Irish Constabulary, c. 1880s
Photograph, group, of Royal Irish Constabulary, circa 1880s.
 
photograph / Royal Irish Constabulary, c. 1880s / 1890s
Photograph, group, of Royal Irish Constabulary, circa 1880s / 1890s. Photograph by Lafayette.
 
photograph / British Army Regiment, abroad
Photograph, group, of a British Army Regiment, abroad. Figure of a Sphinx in front of group. Individuals named.
 
photograph / 1st Carlow Company Boys Brigade Session 1905 to 1906
Photograph, group, of the 1st Carlow Company Boys Brigade Session 1905 to 1906.