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.
statue / Memories
Plaster statuette of a young girl, seated, by William Pearse.Titled 'Memories'. Mabel Gorman is possibly the model for this sculpture (Pearse Museum).
souvenir / Belfast Jail, 1918
Brooch, bronzed. Prison craft, Belfast Jail, 1918. 'A souvenir of the siege of Belfast Gaol. Xmas Week 1918'. Belfast Gaol, one of two "Tara" brooches, lead, one bronzed, the other gilt. They were designed and made by Liam Shaw of Stradbally, Co. Leix during the disturbances in Belfast Gaol,...
souvenir / Belfast Jail, 1918
Brooch, gilded. Prison craft, Belfast Jail, 1918. 'A souvenir of the siege of Belfast Gaol. Xmas Week 1918'. Belfast Gaol, one of two "Tara" brooches, lead, one bronzed, the other gilt. They were designed and made by Liam Shaw of Stradbally, Co. Leix during the disturbances in Belfast Gaol,...
photograph / Mount Street Bridge, 1916
Photos (5) - Clanwilliam House., Mount Street Bridge, and its defenders, Easter, 1916.
bandolier / Irish Volunteer, 1916
Leather bandolier worn by an Irish Volunteer in Dublin, 1916.
armband / Cumann na mBan, G.P.O, 1916
Red Cross armlet worn in G.P.O., 1916, by Miss T. Simpson, a member of Fairview Cumann na mBan.
apron / Red Cross, G.P.O., 1916
Top of a Red Cross apron worn in the General Post Office by nurse Eva Burke of the Cumann na mBan, 1916. Areas stained with blood, especially along the bottom of the apron.
leaflet / Vote for the man who bears the Flag of the Republic
Electioneering leaflet, Sinn Fein. 'Vote for the man who bears the Flag of the Republic'. Probably 1918, Dublin. References James Connolly, William Partridge, Mallin.
leaflet / What is the True Principle of Irish Nationality?
Electioneering leaflet, 'What is the True Principle of Irish Nationality? Vote for Kelly and Sinn Fein'. Probably Tom Kelly, 1918 election.
shirt / James Connolly, 1916
Shirt belonging to James Connolly, worn during the week of the 1916 Rising. Bloodstained.
vest / James Connolly, 1916
Vest belonging to James Connolly, worn during the week of the 1916 Rising. Bloodstained.
portrait / James Connolly
Head and shoulders portrait of James Connolly. Framed.
prison art / 'The Cell at Knutsford, Where in Dwelt E 2/45', 1916
Pen-and-ink sketch of "The Cell at Knutsford, Where in Dwelt E 2/45". Drawn by T. MacCartaigh, E 2/41, June, 1916. In black frame.
membership card / Na Fianna Éireann
Membership card of Na Fianna Éireann. The republican boy scout movement was founded in 1909 by Bulmer Hobson and Countess Markievicz.
photograph / Frank Flood
Photograph of Frank Flood who was hanged, executed at Mountjoy Prison, 14th March 1921.
photograph / Tommy Cremins
Photograph of Tommy Cremins, an Irish Volunteer who died in the charge to Moore Lane with The O'Rahilly on Friday 28 April 1916.
photograph / Ballykinlar Internment Camp, 1920-1921
Photograph taken at Ballykinlar Internment Camp, of a group of internees outside Hut 2. 1920-1921.
photograph / Laurence O'Neill, Kilmainham Gaol, 1919
Photograph - Lord Mayor Laurence O'Neill announcing release of prisoners, outside Kilmainham Gaol, 1919.
photograph / Eamon de Valera, 1918
Photograph of Eamon de Valera. Taken in Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon, 5 May 1918.