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.
bank book / St. Enda's School, 1912
Bank book, Hibernian Bank Limited, Sackville Street, Dublin. For St Enda's School, April 1912 to August 1912. Founded by Patrick Pearse in 1908, the school placed much emphasis Irish language, history and identity, love of learning for its own sake, and character building.note / St. Enda's School, 1911
Handwritten note, annotation for the St Enda's School prospectus. No date. Stamped 'The Gaelic Co-operative Home Industries Society Limited'. c. 1911. Founded by Patrick Pearse in 1908, the school placed much emphasis Irish language, history and identity, love of learning for its own sake, and...form / St. Enda's School, 1911
Form of application for shares, for St Enda's School. 1911. Blank example, with annotations. Founded by Patrick Pearse in 1908, the school placed much emphasis Irish language, history and identity, love of learning for its own sake, and character building.pamphlet / St. Enda's School, 1911
Memorandum and Articles of Association, St Enda's School. Printed by Dollard Printing House, Dublin. 1911. Founded by Patrick Pearse in 1908, the school placed much emphasis Irish language, history and identity, love of learning for its own sake, and character building.prospectus / St. Enda's School, 1911
Prospectus for St Enda's School. 1911. With annotations. Possibly a proof copy. With separate note with annotation, Sheet A Founded by Patrick Pearse in 1908, the school placed much emphasis Irish language, history and identity, love of learning for its own sake, and character building.form / St. Enda's School, 1911
Form of application for shares, with banker's receipt, for St Enda's School. 1911. Blank example. Founded by Patrick Pearse in 1908, the school placed much emphasis Irish language, history and identity, love of learning for its own sake, and character building.prospectus / St. Enda's School, 1911
Prospectus for St Enda's School. 1911. With annotations. Possibly a proof copy. Founded by Patrick Pearse in 1908, the school placed much emphasis Irish language, history and identity, love of learning for its own sake, and character building.poster / God Save the King!, 1922
Poster headed ‘God Save the King!’ Republican election propaganda, outlining the previous standpoints of two Free State candidates, Mr. Mooney and Mr. Leonard. 1922.poster / 'This is Where He Was in 1921', 1922
Poster, 1922. Large poster, monochrome, in two divisions. Free State propaganda. The upper section contains a cartoon of a man hiding under a bed, with three Crossley Tender trucks visible through an open window. The words ‘THIS IS WHERE HE WAS IN 1921’ are above, while beneath are the words...newspaper / The Irish World and American Industrial Liberator, 10 Feb 1923
Newspaper, The Irish World and American Industrial Liberator. New York, Saturday, February 10, 1923. Newspaper headed ‘PRESIDENT DE VALERA’S MESSAGE’. Front page gives both summary and text of de Valera’s position on the Treaty and the ensuing Civil War. Internal articles include ‘Irish...
medal / Feis Colmcille / Jack Dunne, Bolands Mills Garrison
‘Feis Colmcille’ medal. Silver and enamel, with neo-Celtic silverwork. Awarded to John (Jack) Dunne.
autograph album / Ballykinlar Camp, 1921
Autograph album, containing signatures of prisoners in Ballykinlar Internment Camp, 1921. Black leather cover with the word ‘Album’ in gold. Inscription on first page reads ‘To dear Anne / From Mother’ / 4th March 1921’. Includes a list of all inmates of ‘Hut 37, H. Coy. Camp II’, poems , and...
book / An Claidheamh Soluis, 1910-1912
Bound set of the newspaper An Claidheamh Soluis, run from 29 October 1910 to 2 March 1912.
commemorative medal / Lusitania, 1915
Medal, German, commemoration of the sinking of the Lusitania, 1915. On obverse, a depiction of the sinking Lusitania, 'Keine Bann Ware' above, below - Der groundampter Lusitania durch ein Deutsches tauchbooy versenkt 5 Mai 1915. Reverse depicts a Cunard Line ticket booth manned by a skeletal...
Bible / Lusitania, 1915
Book, copy of King James' Bible, issued by the Cunard Steam Ship Company for use on the S.S. Lusitania. Red cover stamped in gold with the ship name. Published in London by Eyre and Spottiswoode Bible Warehouse Ltd., at 33 Paternoster Row. Also located in Edinburgh and New York.
service certificate / Sean O'Keefe, 1916-1921
Oglaigh na hEireann Service Certificate, 1916 to 1921. Issued to veterans in 1941. Issued to Sean O'Keefe, 3rd Battalion, B Company of Irish Volunteers (Boland's Mills Garrison in 1916).
1916 Medal / Seán O'Keeffe, 1916-1921
Medal awarded to participants in the 1916 Rising, in 1941. Awarded to Volunteer Seán O'Keeffe, who served in Boland's Mill under Commandant Eamon de Valera and was later interned in Frongoch Internment Camp. Bronze, in the shape of an eight-pointed star with flames between the points, making up...
War of Independence Service Medal, Active / Seán O'Keeffe, 1919-1921
Medal awarded in 1941 to participants in the War of Independence, 1919 to 1921. Awarded to Seán O'Keeffe, 3rd Battalion, B Company of Irish Volunteers (Boland's Mills Garrison in 1916). Bronze. The obverse depicts the figure of a soldier of the Irish Republican Army, surrounded by the arms of the...
newsheet / Freeman's Journal, 30 March 1922
Newsheet printed by the Freeman's Journal, Dublin, Thursday 30 March 1922. 'Suppressed Again' What Greenwood, Macready, Strickland, the British Army, the Auxiliaries and the Black and Tans failed to do, the patriots of the seceding section of the IRA have done. rather they think they have done it....