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 / Wakefield Prison
Postcard photograph; H.M. Prison, Wakefield, England, view of exterior. Published by Kingsway Real Photo Card, England.
photograph / Lewes Jail
Postcard photograph; Lewes Jail, England, view of exterior. Lewes Jail, where I.R.A. Prisoners are confined (exterior).
cartoon / Jack Knives
Postcard cartoon; British Army Officer, titled 'Jack Knives', the Camp Sergeant Major. Initialled J.M.B. Probably relating to internement after the 1916 Rising.
photograph / Liberty Hall, 1916
Postcard photograph. Sinn Fein Rebellion, 1916. Depicting Liberty Hall in ruins.
photograph / Cathal MacDowell & Thomas Keating, 1917
Postcard photograph; Cathal MacDowell (with beard) & Thomas Keating. Of 24 Charleston Road, Ranelagh. Taken in Dublin after MacDowell's release from imprisonment after the 1916 Rising, i.e. early 1917. Studio photograph by Roe McMahon, Upper Sackville Street, Dublin.
photograph / Count Plunkett's Convention, 1917
Postcard photograph; Count Plunkett's Convention, Dublin, 19 April 1917.
photograph / Irish National Volunteers, c. 1915
Postcard photograph; The National Volunteers, gun running coup at Howth, Co Dublin. Five photographs.
cartoon / Up Plunkett!
Postcard cartoon; Peace Conference, 1918, with the words 'Up Plunkett!
cartoon / Up Plunkett!
Postcard cartoon; Peace Conference, 1918, with the words 'Up Plunkett!
photograph / George Lyons
Postcard photograph; Longford Election, 1917. Information given states that George Lyons of the Stationary(?) Department appears in photograph.
photograph / Edward Daly
Postcard photograph; Edward Daly (Ned Daly). Studio portrait, full length, seated, in Irish Volunteer uniform. Photograph by Keogh Brother, Dublin. Published by Curran of Dublin.
photograph / Countess Markievicz, release, 1917
Postcard photograph; Crowds greeting the return of I.R.A. prisoners after their release from internment after the 1916 Rising, June 1917. Probably George's Quay area. Countess Markievicz visible.
photograph / Countess Markievicz, release, 1917
Postcard photograph; Crowds greeting the return of I.R.A. prisoners after their release from internment after the 1916 Rising, June 1917. Probably George's Quay area. Countess Markievicz visible.
Easter card / Thomas MacDonagh, Easter
Postcard photograph; commemorative postcard or Easter card, with coloured photographic image of Thomas MacDonagh in frame, with verse and the words 'Easter Greetings. Published in Dublin by Fergus O'Connor. These were published regularly from 1917 on.
cartoon / Run away home to your Foster Mother Johnny
Postcard cartoon. '. Run away home to your Foster Mother Johnny'. Depicts Erin holding an infant Sinn Fein, speaking to John Redmond. Initialled 'G.B.' Probably circa 1915 to 1916.
photograph / Mansion House, Dublin
Photograph; Mansion House, Dawson Street, Dublin, with crowd gathered outside. An American stars and strips flag hanging from an upper floor window. Undated.
cartoon / British Chivalry, 1920
Postcard cartoon; Cartoon, titled 'British Chivalry', depicting John Bull character strangling a woman holding rosary beads, outside a prison - Wormwood Scrubs, England. By Art Cavanagh, 1920.
cartoon / British Chivalry, 1920
Postcard cartoon; Cartoon, titled 'British Chivalry', depicting John Bull character strangling a woman holding rosary beads, outside a prison - Wormwood Scrubs, England. By Art Cavanagh, 1920.
cartoon / Put these on, like a good little boy
Postcard cartoon; Cartoon, Britannia: Put these on, like a good little boy, and I'll promise you a nice cake of land. Anti-recruitment propaganda postcard. On the reverse is a drawing, probably by Cathal MacDowell, titled 'Conscription 1926: The Tables Turned.