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.
prison autograph album / Wormwood Scrubs & St. Mary's Infirmary, 1920
Autograph album, of Sean Murphy. Containing signatures of prisoners in Wormwood Scrubs, and St. Mary's Infirmary, Highgate Hill, London. 1920.
statement / Statement re property taken from F. Sheehy Skeffington's house, 1916
Typed statement given by Hanna Sheehy Skeffington regarding the property taken from the Sheehy Skeffingtons’ house, and from Francis Sheehy Skeffington's body after his shooting in Portobello Barracks, 26 April 1916 Typescript with her changes; 3pp.
prison autograph album / Frongoch Camp, 1916
Autograph album of Diarmuid Puirseal, no. 370, Frongoch Internment Camp, Wales, 1916. With alphabetical listing of prisoners, with numbers and addresses. Dated 24 December 1916.prison diary / Frongoch, 1916
Prison diary of Diarmuid Puirseal, no. 370, Frongoch Internment Camp, Wales, 1916. Notebook number 1, wtritten in shorthand.prison diary / Frongoch, 1916
Prison diary of Diarmuid Puirseal, no. 370, Frongoch Internment Camp, Wales, 1916. Notebook number 2, written in shorthand. Dated 17th, 1916.phrasebook / The Phonographic Phrase Book, Frongoch, 1916
Copy of The Phonographic Phrase Book, by Isaac Pitman. Belonged of Diarmuid Puirseal, no. 370, Frongoch Internment Camp, Wales, 1916. In reference to his prison diaries, written in shorthand. Inscribed by Puirseal, dated 22 May 1910.
autograph album / Various, 1918
Autograph album, with the signature of Margaret Pearse, dated 20 June 1918, on inside, first page. Containing signatures, prison and otherwise, dating from 1918 to 1930, including e.g. Eoin MacNeill, Eamon de Valera.
prison autograph album / Kilmainham Jail, 1923
Autograph album, containing signatures of republican prisoners in Kilmainham Jail, 1923.
cigarette case / Major John MacBride, 1916
Memorabilia of Major John MacBride. A silver cigarette case inscribed inside with '25th April 1916 Major John MacBride For Ireland's honor 25/4/1916'. Inscription by MacBride. Front decorated with a sunburst design with momgram 'JMacB' in intertwined lettering in centre. Back decorated with...
letter / Execution of Roger Casement, 3 August 1916
Handwritten letter, informing that the High Sheriffs for the Counties of London and Middlesex have set the date of Roger Casement’s execution as 9am on Thursday 3 August at Pentonville Prison, London. Addressed to the Lord Chief Justice of England at the Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, from the...
letter / Roger Casement, Execution, 1916
Typescript letter informing that the High Sheriffs for the Counties of London and Middlesex have set the date of Roger Casement’s execution as Thursday 3 August at Pentonville Prison. To the Right Honourable Lord Reading, Lord Chief Justice of England at the Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, W.C.,...letter / 1916 Rising
Letter documenting the events of the Easter Rising. 15 pages, handwritten, from Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin. Written by Nell Wilson to her daughter Norah who was at school at Cheltenham Ladies College. Nell Wilson was the wife of DM (Dan) Wilson KC, subsequently Solicitor General for Ireland prior to...
letter / Mary Nally, 1915-16
Letter written by John MacBride to Mary Nally, from the address of 4 Sir Rogerson's Quay, Dublin. Dated March, either 1915 or 1916. Refers to the war and recruitment. Asks if she ever sees 'that rebel John Devoy'. Found in the private papers of Mary Nally in 1946 along with two photographs; John...
photograph / John MacBride, 1901
Studio portrait photograph, head and shoulders, of John MacBride, taken by J.E. Purdy of 146 Tremont Street, Boston, U.S.A. Dated 1901. Signed 'With best wished to John Devoy from his friend John MacBride, Major, Irish Brigade. Found in the private papers of Mary Nally in 1946 along with a...
photograph / Maud Gonne, 1897
Studio portrait photograph, half length, of Maud Gonne. Taken by Prince Studio with addresses at New York, Washington D.C. and Old Point Comfort, Virginia. Signed 'To Miss Murphy with kindest regards from Maud Gonne, Onward always till Liberty is won! 19th Nov 97'. On the back are the names...
diary / Sherwood Foresters, 1916 Rising
Diary of a member of the Sherwood Foresters, a H.H. Phillips of Stanton Hill, Mansfield. Describing landing in Dublin (Kingstown / Dun Laoghaire) and being fired on by the rebels. Diary discusses training in England before the Rising, and being stationed in Athlone area afterwards.
poem / 1916
Verse written by Edward McCabe on lengths of fabric stitched together from the lining of his uniform, while interned at Frongoch, 1916.
letter / Edward McCabe, 1933
A letter from Seán McGlynn to Mrs Aine Ceannt of the White Cross Association, requesting financial aid for the family of Edward McCabe Family after his death in 1933. McCabe had fought in the 1916 Rising and been interned in Frongoch. On the headed paper of the Irish Republican Soldiers' Federation...
postcard photograph / John Loder, 1945
Postcard photograph of John Loder, c. 1945. Loder was born William John Muir Lowe, the son of Brigadier General William Henry Muir Lowe. Loder was his father's Aid de Camp in Dublin during the week of the Easter Rising, 1916, and was present at the surrender. He had previous served with the 15th...