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.
buttonhole badge / Na Fianna Éireann
Fianna button badge. Pike against a sunburnt, and, on surround, Na Fianna Éireann. Incised at back - 'Made in Ireland Ganter Bros.' Enamelled.
buttonhole badge / Na Fianna Éireann
Fianna button badge. Na Fianna Éireann, with pike against a sunburnt, and, on surround, Cuimhnighidh ar Luimneach agus ar Fheill na Sasanach (sic). On edge, designed and made by the Dundealgan Press, Dundalk, printed on celluloid.
leaflet / To Some Women in Dublin, 1921
1921 I.R.A. Leaflet. Heading: "To Some Women in Dublin". Issued by I.R.A. Re intercourse with British forces. 1920 or 1921. Handed to lender outside St. Catherine's Church, Meath Street, (he says c. 1920) Lender asserts one of men engaged in distributing leaflets was captured by Black & Tans. 1...
note / Michael Collins, 19 August 1922
Last known despatch of General Michael Collins, dated 19 August 1922 AT 8.45 P.M. Addressed to the NCO at Lisnacarny.
book / Labour in Irish History, Connolly, 1910
Copy of James Connolly's "Labour in Irish History". Autographed by author. On inside front cover is his inscription "To my dear wife, the partner of my struggles and the inspirer of my achievements. James Connolly, Dublin, Nov. 8 (19)10". Published by Maunsel & Co., Dublin, 1910.
prison art / Mountjoy, 1922
Mountjoy Prisoner's Work. Spoon, aluminium, decorated by prisoner. All over incised scroll and floral decoration. On bowl: "B. Brady. Prisoner of War. Mountjoy. 1922". (And see EW 942).
hat / Fianna Éireann, 1916
Fianna Éireann hat worn in 1916. No particulars or details of wearer. Dark green slouch hat, plain brown leather band.
jacket / Helena Mary Hoyne, Cumann na mBan
Cumann na mBan uniform. Jacket, skirt and Sam Browne belt worn by Miss H.M. Hoyne (Helena Mary Hoyne, or Nellie Hoyne) Hoyne, of 69 South Circular Road, Portobello, Dublin, later in U.S.A. Nellie was imprisoned in Kilmainham Jail after the Rising. Belt later than 1916. Add to this green collar...
field glasses / Battle of Ashbourne, 1916
Pair of field glasses used by the Fingal Volunteers at the Battle of Ashbourne, 1916. They were found hidden in a ditch after the action. The witness statement of Colonel Joseph V. Lawless, who fought with the Fingal Brigade at the Battle of Ashbourne, confirms that these field glasses belonged to...
picture postcard / No Rest for that Brute Maxwell, 1916
Pictorial postcard. 'No Rest for that Brute Maxwell'.
collection card / Irish Volunteers Dependants' Fund, 1917
Collection card of the Irish Volunteers Dependants' Fund. First entry dated 18 January 1917.
bullet / Howth Mauser, c. 1916
Five rounds of 11 mm ammunition for one 11 mm Mauser rifle No. 1076. The "Howth Rifle". Live.
leaflet / English Horrors in Irish Jails, 1918
Pamphlet, 4 pages (one folded sheet), 'English Horrors in Irish Jails'. Reproduction of a statement of Charles Kenny on the violence in Belfast Jail during a hunger strike by prisoners, 1918.
document / Barry / Cahill
Courtmartial charge sheet and summary of evidence. Served on James Barry, Senior "Jas Barry" Jr; Brendan Barry and Edward Cahill.
list / Arbour Hill, 1921
List of prisoners, on four sheets, admitted to Arbour Hill Detention Prison on 25 May 1921, possibly in relation to the Custom House attack. Found in Arbour Hill Prison following its taking over from the British on 17 September, 1922.
list / Arbour Hill Prison, 1922
1922 Shipping list of prisoners, on two sheets. Found in Arbour Hill Prison following its taking over from the British on 17 of December, 1922.
internment order / Arbour Hill, 1922
1922 Internment order. List of prisoners, on five sheets. Found in Arbour Hill Prison following its taking over from the British on 17 December, 1922.
internment order / Arbour Hill, 1922
1922 Internment Order. List of prisoners, on five sheets. Found in Arbour Hill Prison following its taking over from the British forces on 17 December, 1922.
booklet / In Maryboro' and Mountjoy
Booklet, 36 pg. 'In Maryboro and Mountjoy, the Prison Experience and Prison Breaking of an Irish Volunteer.' Commander of the 3rd Battalion of the Kilkenny Brigade. Probably authored by Fr Patrick Doyle. Printed by An t'Oglach.