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 / British withdrawal, 1922
(Cashman 172) British withdrawal, 1922. Photograph of General O'Duffy seen taking the salute as the troops marched in. Other officials in the picture include: T. Ennis, F. Thornton and Emmet Dalton.
photograph / Sack of Balbriggan, 1920
(Cashman 173) War of Independence. Photograph. The Sack of Balbriggan, 21 September 1920. Photograph shows the ruins of one of the chief shops in the main street the day after.
photograph / Sack of Balbriggan, 1920
(Cashman 174) War of Independence. Photograph. View shows the ruins of a row of houses in Clonard Street, Balbriggan after the Sack of Balbriggan, 1920.
photograph / Sack of Balbriggan, 1920
(Cashman 175) War of Independence. Photograph. Sack of Balbriggan, 1920. Having saved a little of their household goods, this poor family, seen mounted on a cart are about to leave the scene of their former home, which lies in smouldering ruins in the background.
photograph / Sack of Balbriggan, 1920
(Cashman 176) War of Independence, Sack of Balbriggan, 1920. Photograph. Women pushing pram loads of clothing, retrieved from their doomed houses, to take up their abode with relatives or friends elsewhere.
photograph / British withdrawal, 1922
(Cashman 192) Photograph. 'Ireland's Farewell'. General Macready, O.C. (seen on board) sails from Dun Laoghaire, on the Dragon, after the final evacuation of the British Troops in 1922.
photograph / Cathal Brugha, lying-in-state, 1922
(Cashman 192A) Cathal Brugha. The death of Cathal Brugha, 7 July 1922. Lying-in-state, Mater Hospital, Dublin.
photograph / Cathal Brugha funeral, 1922
(Cashman 193) Cathal Brugha. Photograph. Miss Mary MacSwiney (sister of the martyred Lord Mayor of Cork) and Mrs. MacSwiney (wife) at Cathal Brugha's funeral, July, 1922.
photograph / Cathal Brugha funeral, 1922
(Cashman 194) Photograph, Cathal Brugha's funeral in Dublin, 1922. Pictured left to right are Mr. Sean O'Mahony, Mr. J.J. Kelly ("Sceilg"), Miss Mary MacSwiney and Mr. Brian O'Higgins.
photograph / Cathal Brugha, funeral, 1922
(Cashman 195) Cathal Brugha. Photograph. The funeral to Glasnevin Cemetary, Dublin. One of the coffin-bearers is Mr. Sean T. O'Kelly. 1922.
prison token / Ballykinlar Camp 2, 1921
Five Ballykinlar prison tokens. Cardboard with linen face, circular -- values: 3d; 6d; 1/- (two varieties, one printed on obverse in red and green, other in black and green); 5/-. Printed by O'Loughlin, Murphy and Boland, Dublin. All bearing on the obverse 'Campa a dó' (Camp 2).
photograph / British withdrawal, Beggars Bush Barracks, 1922
(Cashman 199) British Withdrawal. Photograph of a unit of the Irish Free State army led by Captain P. Daly, marching down Phoenix Park, on their way to occupy Beggars Bush Barracks (the first to be handed over), the former headquarters of the British Auxiliaries in Dublin, 1 February 1922.
photograph / Beggars Bush Barracks, 1922
(Cashman 200) British withdrawal, 1922. Photograph. The Irish Troops marching through the gates of Beggars Bush Barracks led by Captain P. Daly.
photograph / British withdrawal, 1922
(Cashman 201) British withdrawal. Photograph. The Free State Pipers' Band entering the Barracks after a Church Parade.
photograph / Beggar's Bush Barracks, 1922
(Cashman 202) British withdrawal. Photograph. The Taking-over Ceremony at Beggars Bush Barracks. Photograph shows Captain P. Daly (with colours in front), General Richard Mulcahy and General Sean O'Duffy. 1922.
photograph / Irish Free State Army, Beggars Bush Barracks, 1922
(Cashman 203) Irish Free State Army. Photograph. New recruits being drilled in Beggars Bush Barracks square.
photograph / Margaret Pearse, Bodenstown, 1921
(Cashman 204) Mrs. Pearse. Photograph. Mrs. Margaret Pearse (mother of Patrick H. Pearse) speaking at Wolfe Tone's Grave, Bodenstown, Co. Kildare 1921.
photograph / Countess Markievicz, Bodenstown, c. 1922
(Cashman 205) Photograph of Countess Markievicz about to lay a wreath on Wolfe Tone's Grave, Bodenstown, Co. Kildare. Probably 1922.
photograph / Countess Markievicz, death, 1927
(Cashman 206) Photograph. Death of Countess Markievicz, Lying-in-State in Sir Patrick Dun's Hospital, Dublin, July 16, 1927.