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.
internment order / Curragh, c.1923
Curragh Internment Camp, 1923. Pencil-written order (General Order No. 14 - 12/5/1923) signed O. Traynor O/C. Camp and addressed to All Hut Leaders - re Sunday Morning Parades. Oscar Traynor. Name of Internment Camp not mentioned.
letter / Sean MacDiarmada, March 1913
Letter from Sean MacDiarmada to ( ), 19 March 1913, on paper with printed heading of the the journal 'Irish Freedom'. Re a query to him about books by John Mitchel. MacDiarmada succeeded Dr. McCarton as second editor of this journal.
photograph / G.P.O. Garrison
Panoramic photograph of the G.P.O. Garrison, 1916. The G.P.O. Garrison Survivors, photographed at Croke Park, Dublin, circa 1938. Caption reads 'Garastún Árd-Oifig an Phoist'.
diary / Countess Markievicz, 1892
Diary of Countess Markievicz. A quarto (c. 7 inches by 9 inches) book, leather bound in cloth with leather back, containing diary, mostly in pencil, for 1892, and some earlier pieces loose.
membership card / Cork Roman Catholic Total Abstinence Society / James Lynch, 1840
Form, pledge or membership card of the Cork Roman Catholic Total Abstinence Society. Printed, subscribed to by James Lynch, grandfather of Liam Lynch, January 28, 1840.
prison cell card / Patrick Flanagan, Lewes Prison, 1916
Cell card. Lewes Prison, 1916. Stiff paste board, circa 5" by 3", redbrick in colour. On one side: ruled printed form - q201/M - other: name Patrick Flanagan, Written.
prison letter / James E. Morrissey, 1917
Prison letter from Portland, June 1917. Printed form, allowing statement of the prisoner's health - signed James E. Morrissey, the donor's brother, now passed, his name is on Roll of Honour for South Dublin Union.
letter / J. Morrissey, 1916
Prison letter, Portland Prison, September 1916. Governer to prisoner, J. Morrissey (q. 172) - not permitted to have books sent in, as prison library sufficient.
photograph / Custume Barracks, Athlone, 1922
Photographic print of I.R.A. troops entering what is now Custume Barracks, Athlone, to take over the post, February 1922. The party is led by Commandant P. Morrissey, Athlone Brigade (donor). British troops shown on right. Left to right: Vice-Commandant Adamson, Athlone Brigade, Major A. Lawlor,...
photograph / G.P.O., 1916
A view in interior of G.P.O., Dublin after Rebellion, 1916. Showing a party of military amid the ruins.
political cartoon / Catching Recruits
Cartoon postcard, one of a series called The Republican Postcards 1906 - "Catching Recruits". Relates to forced enlistment of a drummer boy in Limerick, by S. (or J) M. (Jack Morrow), 1906. Depicts Recruitment Officer blowing a whistle whilst holding down a small boy with his right foot. Reads...
regulation / Fianna Éireann, 1912
Leaflet - Regulations of Na Fianna Éireann, Irish National Boy Scouts, 1912. 8 pp., printed by P. Mahon, 3 Yarnhall Street, Dublin.
circular / Irish Volunteer Military Staff, 1914
Irish Volunteer Circular (typescript) re re-organisation of Military Staff, 14 August 1914. Issued by Bulmer Hobson. Blank chart.
form / Irish Volunteers, 1914
Irish Volunteers - printed form - Form 2 - Intelligence Department - For information as to numbers enrolled in each district, etc - early 1914.
leaflet / Irish Volunteers, 1915
Irish Volunteers - Printed handbill - Defence of Ireland Fund. Announcement of house to house collection for October 1915.
sword frog / Marrowbone Lane, 1916
Bayonet in scabbard with belt and frog, which belonged to a member of Con Colbert's company, and was left behind at Marrowbone Lane after the surrender, 1916 Rising. French regulation pattern, 1880; metal scabbard.
envelope / 'Censored', G.P.O., 1916
One of five envelopes (which had passed through G.P.O. 1916 and bear Censorship - British? - tags) addressed to Messrs. Watkins, Jameson Pim & Co., Ltd., Ardee Street Brewery, Dublin, dated (postmarks) April 25, 1916 (? etc.) Came in while Volunteers in occupation and left there on the surrender....
envelope / 'Censored', G.P.O., 1916
One of five envelopes (which had passed through G.P.O. 1916 and bear Censorship - British? - tags) addressed to Messrs. Watkins, Jameson Pim & Co., Ltd., Ardee Street Brewery, Dublin, dated (postmarks) April 25, 1916 (? etc.) Came in while Volunteers in occupation and left there on the surrender....
envelope / 'Censored', G.P.O., 1916
One of five envelopes (which had passed through G.P.O. 1916 and bear Censorship - British? - tags) addressed to Messrs. Watkins, Jameson Pim & Co., Ltd., Ardee Street Brewery, Dublin, dated (postmarks) April 25, 1916 (? etc.) Came in while Volunteers in occupation and left there on the surrender....