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 / Eamon de Valera, Mansion House, 1921
Photograph of President Eamon de Valera arriving at the Mansion House for a meeting in 1921.
photograph / British Raid, 1921
Photograph of a British raid on the house, interior shot. Shows both British Army soldiers and police. Stamped on back 'W.D. Hogan Photographer 26 May, 1921'.
relic / Séan Mac Diarmada, 1916
Séan Mac Diarmada's pocket watch. Given to Barney Mellows by Séan Mac Diarmada in Room 46 of Richmond Barracks before his execution on 8 May 1916. Inscribed afterwards with 'VIII/V/1916'.
riding lamp / Asgard
The riding lamp of the yacht "Asgard". On Sunday afternoon, July 26, 1914 Erskine Childers and his wife sailed the 20-ton "Asgard" into Howth Harbour where nearby a thousand rifles were landed.
printer component / 1916 Proclamation
1916 Proclamation. The brass "shooter" which was used to lock the Proclamation on the printing machine in Liberty Hall, 1916. The name 'Brady', Christopher Brady, one of the printers, scratched into the metal.
book / Sheaves of Revolt
'Sheaves of Revolt' by Maeve Cavanagh, Dublin, 1914. This copy was presented by Countess Markievicz to Joseph Plunkett, whose autograph it bears.
hat / Michael Mallin
Hat of Commandant Michael Mallin, Officer in Command of St. Stephen's Green Area, Easter Rising, 1916. It was pierced by a bullet on the second or third day of the fighting. The hat was given to Mrs Mallin by a British Officer on the day following her husband's execution. Green felt material with a...
prison autograph album / Belfast Jail, 1918
A prison album from Belfast Jail, 10th July 1918 to 27 Nov. 1918. The album contains sketches, messages and autographs. Among the autographs are the following: Terence MacSwiney, Austen Stack, Joseph MacDonagh, Most Rev. Doctor D. McGeehan (then chaplain to the prisoners), Ernest Blythe, Eamonn...
first aid tin / Christina Hayes, Fr Matthew Hall, 1916 Rising
A First Aid outfit, 1916. Taken with other things by Miss Christina Hayes (now Mrs Liam O'Gorman) when mobilised on Easter Monday, when she was put in charge of the Father Matthew Hall First Aid Station by the late Commandant Ned Daly. About 32 men attended at this station. Pocket First Aid,...
prison art / Frongach, 1916
Carving, ex Frongoch Prison. Inkstand made out of the wood of an old whiskey vat in Frongoch Prison, by Volunteer Joseph Duffy, who fought in the G.P.O., 1916. The carving was done with a bent awl. 'Eibhlin' on the side.
prison art / Frongach, 1916
Bone carving ex. Frongach Prison. An ornament carved from a piece of bone by Volunteer Joseph Duffy while a prisoner in Frongoch, 1916. A Celtic triangle.
photograph / The Memory of the Dead, Markievicz & Sean Connolly
Photograph, Countess Markievicz on stage. Four pictures of scenes from the play "The Memory of the Dead" include Captain Sean Connolly killed in action at the City Hall Easter Monday and the Countess de Markievicz. 'The Memory of the Dead; A Romantic Drama of '98' was first performed at the Abbey...
prison art / Ballykinlar, 1921
Ballykinlar Camp, handkerchief. Handkerchief decorated with Harp and Shamrocks in Ballykinlar Camp, Co. Down, April 1921. The artist was J. Bracken, Drumcondra, Dublin. Handkerchief was used as a sideline flag during a football match between two teams of prisoners one of which was known as "The...
table / Liberty Hall, 1916 Rising
The table on which the leaders had their last meal (breakfast) on Easter Monday 1916 before marching out of Liberty Hall. The proofs for the Proclamation were also set out on this table. Information from Mrs Nellie Gifford Donnelly. An oak trestle table top, with one trestle.
surrender order / Enniscorthy Volunteers, 30 April 1916
The order to surrender given to the Enniscorthy Volunteers by Commandant General Patrick Pearse in Arbour Hill, on Sunday 30 April, 1916, the day after the official surrender. This copy was brought from Pearse to the garrison at Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford, who had not yet surrendered to the British...
photograph / Terence MacSwiney funeral, 1920
Photograph of Terence MacSwiney. The lying-in-state of Terence MacSwiney, Lord Mayor of Cork. 1920.
prison autograph album / The Book of Ballykinlar, 1921
The Book of Ballykinlar. On August 12, 1921, all the Teachtai Dála in Ballykinlar were released from Ballykinlar Camp to attend a meeting of Dáil Éireann which was held in the Mansion House on August 16, 1921. (It was the first meeting of the 2nd Dáil) The Ballykinlar T.D.'s (No. 2 Camp) got this...
hand lamp / Michael Collins
Michael Collins, Lamp. An electric lamp which was frequently used by Michael Collins and J.K. O'Reilly in the various secret offices which they ran during the course of the Anglo-Irish War. "Wrap the Green Flag Round me boys".
photograph / Terence MacSwiney funeral, 1920
Photograph, Séan MacSwiney (left) and Peter MacSwiney (right) bearing, with others, the coffin of their brother Terence MacSwiney, Lord Mayor of Cork. Shown leaving Southwark Cathedral, London following the services which were attended by thousands, while other thousands, unable to get in, crowded...