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.
drawing / Irish Brigades in France, 1770
The Irish Brigades in France, 1770. Coloured print depicting 5 uniformed men under their flags with the legend below "Les Regiments de Bulkeley, de Roscommon, de Dillon, de Berwick, et de Clare - (Irlandais) - on 1770.
chain / Royal Irish Constabulary
Royal Irish Constabulary silver whistle, holder, chain and attachment, ornamented in the Celtic style, made in Birmingham and which belonged to Inspector Winder, donor’s grandfather.
belt plate / Shelelagh Calvary, 1796
Shelelagh Calvary, oval silver plated cross belt plate, c. 1796.
illustration / Fianna Warriors
Fianna Warriors. Photograph of drawing by F. Glenn Thompson of imaginative reconstruction based on Irish Antiquities weapons.
sporting rifle /
Sporting Rifle by William Rigby and John Rigby, Dublin, c.1840. Octagonal barrel with hinged leaf rear sight; Quarterstocked complete with ramrod (not original), lockplate, tangs, trigger guard and patchbox highly decorated with coat-of-arms (as above). Butt partially checked. Top of barrel...
revolver / Royal Irish Constabulary
Royal Irish Constabulary pattern Webley revolver.
bullet /
Box with 16 bullets, 9mm 1917, possibly German.
drumstick /
Drum stick, wood. Banded decoration around end.
hunting certificate / John Hall, Roscommon, 1878
Certificate to kill game, made out in the name of Mr. John Hall of Moyvanan Castle in the county of Roscommon. Dated 3 August 1878. Part of a boxed hunting set of double-barrelled and single barrelled shotguns.
gun-rest /
Heavy gun, or machine gun, consisting of large barrel attached to bars on either side, a trigger mechanism at the end and mounted on a four legged stand.
shell (ammunition) /
Anti-tank shell with a metal back approx 6cms up from the base.
shell casing /
20mm cannon projectile and empty case. With brass casing, possibly silver covered. Inscribed "RG".
casing /
Heavy MG bullet and empty case.
gun holster /
Leather gun holster.
gun holster /
Gun holster, leather
gun holster /
Gun holster, leather
purse /
Small leather pouch/purse.
revolver / RIC Bulldog
A Webley revolver, serial number 61791, Sold by John Rigby & Co. of 24 Suffolk St Dublin.
book / The Royal Dublin Fusiliers Engagement Book, 1910
Copy of Major Arthur E. Mainwaring’s ‘The Royal Dublin Fusiliers Engagement Book’. Listing the engagements involving the regiment from the late 1600s to the late 1900s. Published in Aldershot, 1910.