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 / Custom House, burning, 1921
Photograph of after burning of Custom House, 1921. Group, with Black and Tans, under Loop Line Bridge.
photograph / British soldiers, 1921
Photograph of British soldiers boarding Lucan tram as a search party, 1921.
photograph / Thomas Whelan, 1921
Thomas Whelan (executed 1921) in prison yard. Walking between a Black and Tan and a warder. Photograph of c.5" by 3".
prison art / Republican, 1923
Wool-work table mat, made by Republican prisoner, 1923. Yellow, red, green one side; white, green, purple other - circa 8" square. Probably Hare Park, The Curragh.
prison art / Republican, 1923
Wool-work table mat, made by Republican prisoner, 1923. Yellow, red, green one side; white, green, purple other - circa 8" square. Probably Hare Park, The Curragh.
prison art / Hare Park, The Curragh, 1923
Wool-work table mat, made by Republican prisoner, 1923. Diamond-shaped, blue, pink, white, black, c. 22" by 13". Note attached - "Thomas Devine. 97. Hut 37. Harepark."
prison art / Hare Park, The Curragh, 1923
Embroidered handkerchief, made by Republican prisoner 1923. 'Hare Park. A Tricolour 1923. I.R.A. Curragh'. c. 18" square. White. Coloured embroidery.
prison art / Republican, 1923
Metal brooch, made by Republican prisoner 1923. Probably Hare Park, The Curragh.
cap badge / Irish Volunteers
Badge, possibly a cap badge, Irish Volunteers . Circular, metal (brass), harp in centre, OGLAIGH NA hEIREANN around, safety pin attachment. Diam. c. 1.25".
tunic button / Irish Volunteers
Irish Volunteers tunic button, brass. Harp and I.V. On back - (sketch).
tunic button / Irish Volunteers
Irish Volunteers tunic button, brass. Harp and I.V.
prison art / Republican, c.1922-3
Greeting card, handmade by a Republican Prisoner, c.1922-3. Circa2.5" square, folded. Pen and ink drawing and cut-out of an ivy leafwith what is described as a "piece of tree cut by I.R.A., April. 1921" attached.
photograph / The Daily Sketch, 2 Sept 1913
Front page from "The Daily Sketch", September 2, 1913. Photograph of James Larkin speaking from verandah of Imperial Hotel, O'Connell Street, with the title 'How Mr James Larkin, the Dublin Strike Leader, addressed his supporters from a hotel verandah disguised as an old man'. Larkin appears to be...
souvenir / Four Courts, 1922
Four Courts, 1922. A hand grenade case (empty), with screw cap. Cast iron, ovoid, slotted case, c.4" by 2.5" (mould did not quite fit and join noticable). Cap a cylinder of metal, probably lead, with strip projecting at side and held in place at top of cap by a split pin. Brass ring at end of...
leaflet / The Murder Machine, 1912
Pamphlet, printed, titled 'The Murder Machine', by Patrick Pearse. Bodenstown Series, No.3, Dublin, Whelan & Son, 1916. 20 pages. Sold for 1d.
propaganda / The Army of the South, 1922
Handbill - 'The Army of the South', c. 1922. Reads ' The Army of the South is United under Liam Lynch in Defence of The Republic. Men of Dublin Where Do You Stand? With the English Allies Or with a United South of Ireland?' Anti-treaty propaganda.
newsheet / Irish War News, No1, 25 April 1916
Copy of 'Irish War News" Vol.1, no.1, 25th April, 1916. Purchased by a member of the O'Shea family during Easter Week.
buttonhole badge / Loyal Dublin Volunteers, 1916
Dublin Loyalists, 1916. Button badge, circular, diam. c. 1 1/5" , bronze. A five -pointed star surmounted by a crown. Around: LOYAL DUBLIN VOLUNTEERS. Between points of star, shamrocks. On back, recessed: 436, and, below it and partly obliterated, (+) AUGHTONS Lt BIRm. + may or may not represent an...
demonstration grenade / Demonstration, IRA, 1921
Hand grenade used for demonstration purposes by the I.R.A., 1921. A section of the case (ovoid, slotted, c.3.5" high by 2.5" across - greatest diameter) is cut away showing detonating apparatus. Latter and pin,...