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 / Dr. Richard F. Hayes, 1916
Postcard photograph; 1916 Rising Commemoration postcard photograph. Titled Irish Rebellion May 1916. Dr. Richard F. Hayes, Medical Officer, Lusk, Co. Dublin. Sentenced to 20 years penal servitude. Printed and published by the Powell Press, 22 Parliament Street, Dublin.
photograph / Eamon de Valera, 1916
Postcard photograph; 1916 Rising Commemoration postcard photograph. Titled Irish Rebellion May 1916. Ed. de Valera (Edmond de Valera, Eamon de Valera), Commandant of the Ringsend area. Sentenced to death, commuted to penal servitude for life. Printed and published by the Powell Press, 22...
photograph / Sean Costello, 1916
Postcard photograph; 1916 Rising Commemoration postcard photograph. Titled Irish Rebellion May 1916. Sean Costello (Athlone), 2nd Lieutenant Irish Volunteers. Died from wound received in action while on despatch duty at Bolands Mills. Printed and published by the Powell Press, 22 Parliament...
photograph / Finian Lynch, 1916
Postcard photograph; 1916 Rising Commemoration postcard photograph. Titled Irish Rebellion May 1916. Finian Lynch, B.A., Captain, Irish Volunteers. Sentenced to death, sentence commuted to 10 years penal servitude. Printed and published by the Powell Press, 22 Parliament Street, Dublin.
photograph / Peter Clancy, 1916
Postcard photograph; 1916 Rising Commemoration postcard photograph. Titled Irish Rebellion May 1916. Peter Clancy (Co. Clare). Sentenced to death, sentence commuted to 10 years penal servitude. Printed and published by the Powell Press, 22 Parliament Street, Dublin.
photograph / James V. Lawless
Postcard photograph; James V. Lawless, commander of Saint Margarets Company, Irish Volunteers. Participated in the Battle of Ashbourne, 1916. Son of Frank Lawless, brother of Joseph Lawless. Published by Curran of Dublin.
photograph / Con Colbert, 1916
Postcard photograph; Con Colbert , Cornelius Colbert, issued in commemoration of his execution, 1916. Dressed in kilt and vest, with jacket. With copy of his signature underneath. Published by Curran of Dublin.
photograph / Liberty Hall, 1916
Photograph, group outside Liberty Hall, showing males, females and children, in both uniform and civilian clothing. Post 1916 Rising; building shows damage from the bombardment from the Helga.
riding uniform / Monteith, Casement's Brigade
Riding uniform jacket belonging to Captain Monteith as Officer of Casement's Brigade.
cap / Monteith, Casement's Brigade, 1916
Captain Robert Monteith's cap, of Casement's Irish Brigade. Part of a set of uniforms belonging to Captain Monteith as an Officer of Casement's Brigade.
last letter / Kilmainham, 1916
The last letter of Patrick Pearse to his mother, Margaret Pearse. Original, handwritten in ink. Dated 3rd May 1916, from Kilmainham Jail.
braces / Liam Lynch, 1923
Civilian clothing of Liam Lynch, worn at the time of his death. Short brown jacket, green breeches, waistcoat, shirt and collar. Blood stained at the rear left of the waistcoat. Worn by Lynch on the occasion of his death in action at Crohane, Newcastle, Clonmel, April 10th 1923. Prout was...
manuscript / Limerick, 1737
Tax roll - Co. Limerick, A.D.1737. Fragment of document found in the Four Courts after 1916. More likely after the destruction of the Four Courts in 1922. No further details provided at time of acquisition.
prison art / Newbridge, 1923
A medal made by George Plunkett in Newbridge Prison Camp, 1923. Silver. On obverse: cross with symbols of the Four Evangelists and decoration in Celtic design; reverse: inscription - do Éibhlin NicGiolla Pádraig ó dhuine i mbraighdeanas i gCampa i nDroichead Nuadh MCMXXIII. On edge, inscription -...
notice / Regulations to be observed under Martial Law, 26 April 1916
British Proclamation, printed, dated April 26, 1916. 'Regulations to be observed under Martial Law, Major General L.B. Friend, Dublin'.
photograph / Custom House, 25 May 1921
Photograph - A group of I.R.A. prisoners with an Auxiliary, taken outside the Custom House after the burning 25 May 1921. Taken from under the Loop Line Bridge. Pictured from left to right- Volunteer Watchorn, from Carlow, an Auxiliary named Thompson, known as 'Tiny', Captain Wilson of Dublin,...
yard stick / Four Courts, 1916
Four Courts, a black wooden office ruler. Cylindrical found after the 1916 Rebellion. Marks on one end presumably made when ruler used for breaking glass in windows to prepare for rifle fire.
prison art / Ballykinlar, 1921
Prisioner's work from Ballykinlar Internment Camp, 1921. Harp, made form the shoulder blade of a cow, from the stock pot of Hut 21, G.Block, No.2 Camp, Ballykinlar. Tools used were broken bladed pocket-knife and two horse shoe nails (no name of maker, unless perhaps made by the lender). Carved...
prison art / Ballykinlar Camp, 1920 - 1921
Ballykinlar Camp prisoner's work. - Macrame-bag, yellow thread; rectangular, c. 4.5" x 3.5". Made by the prisoner who made (EW.252a) a bone harp. His "loom" was a board 14" x 7", salvaged from a soap box in the camp laundry and fitted with four wire nails.