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.
jacket / Irish Volunteers, Limerick City Brigade
Uniform worn by G. Clancy as Adjutant, 1st Battalion, Limerick City Brigade. Comprising: Jacket - green cloth, four patch pockets, button on each, four buttons down front, dark green epaulettes, button on each (all buttons inscribed with harp and 'I.V.'). Brass wire belt supports. No maker's name....
breeches / Irish Volunteers, Limerick City Brigade
Uniform worn by G. Clancy as Adjutant, 1st Battalion, Limerick City Brigade. Comprising: Jacket - green cloth, four patch pockets, button on each, four buttons down front, dark green epaulettes, button on each (all buttons inscribed with harp and 'I.V.'). Brass wire belt supports. No maker's name....
jacket / Marquis MacSwiney, 1915
Irish Volunteer uniform tunic, Officer's, as worn by the Marquis MacSwiney, pre-1916. Jacket - plain green cloth, four patch pockets, open at throat with lapels, four buttons down front (each inscribed harp and 'I.V.'), button on each flap and on either epaulette. Neck breast and shoulders : (see...
trousers / Marquis MacSwiney, 1915
Irish Volunteer uniform trousers, Officer's, as worn by the Marquis MacSwiney, pre-1916. Jacket - plain green cloth, four patch pockets, open at throat with lapels, four buttons down front (each inscribed harp and 'I.V.'), button on each flap and on either epaulette. Neck breast and shoulders :...
tin / Irish Volunteer, 1914
Irish Volunteers Defence of Ireland Fund collection box, 1914. Cylinderical, metal, with handle. Coin slot in top; bottom broken open along rim; painted green. Label pasted on, with legend: Óglaigh na hÉireann/Defence of Ireland Fund/1914. Box about 5 inches high and 4 inches in diameter. Found...
automatic pistol / Joseph Plunkett to Grace Gifford, 1916
An automatic pistol which was presented by Joseph Mary Plunkett to his wife Grace Gifford in 1916. On the grip along the butt strap is incised - 'From Joseph Mary Plunkett, to Grace Gifford, Holy Saturday, 1916'. Scratched on ends of gutta percha (or composition)...
paraffin lamp / Dublin Brigade, Larkfield
Larkfield Training Lamp. Oil Lamp Container, part of "Duck-light", or "Flare", used at Larkfield Mill, Kimmage, Dublin, former H.Q. of 4th Batt., Dublin Brigade I.V., 1913-1916. As sketch. Several such lamps were used to light the mill when used for drilling e.t.c. They were filled and prepared by...
shirt / Fianna Éireann, 1916
Officer's tunic shirt, Fianna Éireann. Worn in 1916. Dark green, with a double row of plain brass buttons down the front, four in each row. Epaulettes of blue velvet, each with one plain brass button. Also one similar button on each cuff. This would have been worn with breeches and leggings....
photograph / Roger Casement, 20 May 1916
A page of Casement pictures from 'The Graphic', May 20th 1916. 'The Case Against Casement'.
photograph / Francis Sheehy-Skeffington
Photograph mounted on card of Francis Sheehy-Skeffington. Label: "From the Graphic, May 20th, 1916".
photograph / Roger Casement, London, 1916
Photograph of Sir Roger Casement leaving the law courts after his court martial, London, 1916.
prisoner list / Ballykinlar, 1921
Card from prison chapel, Ballykinlar, 1921, with names of deceased prisoners.
photograph / James C. Connolly
Description of James C. Connolly, Father of James Connolly, from Belfast Police File, 1895. With photograph, one page, printed form, filled in ink. Written in pencil in later hand below: "James Connolly's Father Fenian 1895". (See EW 984). (This man was not in fact J.C.'s father).hat / Eilís O'Connell, Cumann na mBan, 1916
Cap worn by Eilís O'Connell (Mrs) as member of Cumann na mBan in Fr. Mathew Hall, Church Street, during Easter Week, 1916. Green knitted woolen cap with two olive green imitation leather buttons.
bottle / Eilís O'Connell , 1916
Bottle of smelling salts used by Eilís O'Connell (Mrs), as a member of Cumann na mBan in 1916. Green bottle, large spherical stopper (wedged in neck), still containing liquid. O'Connell served at Fr. Mathew Hall, Church Street, during Easter Week, 1916.
prison art / Frongoch, 1916
Prison craftwork, Frongoch. Macramé bag made by Peter Coates, Irish Citizen Army, Dublin. Cream in colour.
uniform / Rose MacNamara, Marrowbone Lane, 1916
Tunic of the Cumann na mBan uniform worn by Rose MacNamara in Marrowbone Lane Distillery during Easter Week, 1916, and in Kilmainham Jail after the surrender.tunic belt / Rose MacNamara, Cumann na mBan, 1916
Belt for Cumann na mBan tunic EW.990a. Tunic of Cumann na mBan uniform worn by Miss Rose MacNamara in Marrowbone Lane Distillery during Easter Week, 1916, and in Kilmainham Jail after the surrender.
photograph / Geraghty, Cumann na mBan
Framed photograph of a Miss Geraghty, Cumann na mBan member in uniform. (Note - This Miss Geraghty may be Miss Kitty Geraghty, a member of the Ranelagh Cumann na mBan, who is listed in Bridie O'Mullane's witness statement as a member during the War of Independence period)