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.
leaflet / Interview with Mrs. Sheehy-Skeffington
Leaflet entitled 'Interview with Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington', 1918
photograph / Bridie O'Mullane, Cumann na mBan
Photograph of Miss. Bridie O'Mullane in uniform worn 1918 onward; a member of the Executive. Official organiser during the Ango-Irish War. Director of Publicity and Propanganda during the Civil War.
photograph / Arrest of Jim Larkin, 1913
Postcard photograph - Dublin Riots / the Arrest of Jim Larkin. 1913 Lockout.
promissory note / Limerick Workers, 1919
Promissary note issued by the Limerick Workers during the General Strike, April 1919. For 10 shillings. No.10, signed by James M. Casey (Treasurer). Stamped 'Mechanics Institute Limerick', with shamrock.
water bottle / Jacob's Factory Garrison, 1916
Metal water bottle, with green felt covering. Part of the equipment used by a member of the Jacob's Factory Garrison, 1916 Rising, and captured by the British Forces after the surrender.
water bottle / Jacob's Factory, 1916
Enamelled water bottle, covered fawn cloth. Part of the equipment used by a member of the Jacob's Factory Garrison, 1916, and captured by the British after the surrender.
water bottle / Jacob's Factory Garrison, 1916
Extemporised water bottle, made from a lemonade bottle, covered leather. Part of the equipment used by a member of the Jacob's Factory Garrison, 1916, and captured by the British after the surrender.
billy can / Jacob's Factory, 1916
Billy can, captured by British troops in Jacob's Factory, 1916.
newspaper / The Irish Worker, 23 August 1913
Copy of 'The Irish Worker', Vol. III, No. 14, 23 August 1913. Edited by Jim Larkin.
illustration / The Workers' Republic, 24 July 1915
Copy of 'The Workers' Republic', Vol. 1, No. 9, 24 July 1915.
newspaper / The Workers' Republic, 4 Sept 1915
Copy of 'The Workers' Republic', Vol.1, No.15, 4 September 1915.
note / Jacobs Factory, 1916
Note written by a member of the garrison on the back of a requisition form (Jacob's Factory). 'Apologies for rude disturbance. Plea of necessity. A Republican till death. I leave you my glasses as my bit of compensation. 30/4/1916'. This note was written by Mr. Seamus Hughes (Radio Éireann) while...
newspaper / The Workers' Republic, 15 April, 1916
Copy of 'The Workers' Republic', Vol. 1, No. 47. Saturday 15 April, 1916.
photograph / Jacobs Biscuit Factory, 1916
Framed photograph of the inscription written by the Volunteers on the reverse of a Jacob's Biscuit Factory No Smoking Sign (in collection, numbered HE:EW.992.7).
photograph / O'Donovan Rossa Funeral Committee, 1915
Group photograph - O'Donovan Rossa Funeral Committee, 1915. By Keogh Brothers, Dublin. With names.
prison badge / Portland / Dartmoor, 1920
Convict Badge No. 1659. Worn by Richard O'Donnell during a stay of 12 months in Portland and Dartmoor. He was arrested at Chaerquillamore in 1920 and sentenced to 5 years of penal servitude.
poem / Frongach, 1916
Poem,"A Matair, Eire", in English, by W.J. Brennan Whitmore, Frongach, 1916. Handwritten.