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.
portrait / Fr. Michael O'Flanagan
Portrait of Fr. Michael O'Flanagan in oils. By Seán Keating.
photograph / Ballykinlar Internment Camp, 1920-1921
Photograph of prisoners in Ballykinlar. Group of prisoners, Ballykinlar Internment Camp, No. 1, 1920-1921, Hut 16 - "C" Company. Following names printed below - First Row (top) - Edward Travers, James McArdle, Wm. Kelly, Michael Kenny. Second Row - P. Kavanagh, Art O'Donnell, T. Harmon, J....
photograph / Irish Free State Army, Beggar's Bush, 1921
Free State, Army photograph at Beggar's Bush. Irish Free State Army, Military Police Unit at Beggar's Bush Barracks, Dublin, 1922, including Captain Clifford, O.C. unit. Photograph by "Panograph", 16 D'Olier Street, Dublin. 27 inches by 9.5 inches. Framed.
currency / Ballykinlar Camp, 1920/21
Ballykinlar token. Paper, faced linen. Circular, diam. c. 2.2 inches, printed: obv. (black and red) - "Gaedhil fé ghlas i mBaile-Coinnleóra. Campa a dó. 3d." Rev. (green and red) - "Printers, O'Loughlin, Murphy & Boland, Ltd., Upper Dorset Street, Dublin. Wholesale Stationers and General Merchants".
photograph / Markievicz / Theatrical
Countess Markievicz, photograph of. Photographic print - Group of five persons including Countess Markievicz in amateur theatricals. The Group: left to right:- (1) The Countess in dress of leprechaun; (2) Mr. Konrad Peterson, a Science student, dressed as a woman; (3) Miss Helena Moloney, in mob...
prison art / Wakefield, 1916
A clay pipe used by a prisoner at Wakefield, 1916. Green ribbon attached and written on pipe in pencil 'Wakefield (1916)'
trophy / Defence of Trinity, Cadet W.V. Seddall
1916 Rising Trinity College Dublin Defense Cup. Silver cup presented as a memorial of the defence of Trinity College Dublin, Easter 1916. Presented to Cadet W.V. Seddall. Incised on front of cup is "Defence of T.C.D./Sinn Féin Rebellion/Easter 1916". Incised on back is "Cadet W.V. Seddall"....
button / Markievicz / Irish Citizen Army, 1916
Countess Markievicz tunic buttons. Nine green leather buttons from uniform tunic of Irish Citizen Army, said to have been worn by Countess Markievicz during the 1916 Rising.
painting / Study for the Auxiliaries, 1921
Painting, 'Study for the Auxiliaries 1921'. Oil painting, 58 inches by 48 inches approximately in frame, entitled 'Study for the Auxiliaries 1921'. By Maurice MacGonigal R.H.A.
photograph / Liam Mellows and Patrick McCartan
Photograph of Liam Mellows and Dr Patrick McCartan, head and shoulders, front faces, wearing hats. Both disguised; Mellows wears a moustache. The photograph was probably taken in the aftermath of the 1916 Rising when both Mellows and McCartan were on the run, with Mellows escaping to America in...
commemorative medal / Roger Casement, 1916
Roger Casement. Medal, bronze. The obverse depicts Bust of Roger Casement to right; around - Roger Casement; with the initials BM to the left on field (B.H. Meyer of Pforzheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany). The reverse depicts two draped female figures seated on an arch which spans two countries....
photograph / Gifford Sisters
Photograph of members of the Gifford Family. Photograph in black and white, of group which includes Mrs. Sydney Czira (nee Gifford); second from left seated with hand on neck, Mrs. Grace Plunkett (nee Gifford); seated in front with hands on ground Mrs Nellie Donnelly (nee Gifford); standing at...
promissory note / Limerick Strike, 1919
1919 Limerick Promissory Note. Promissory note, printed in black and green on light green paper, 5.5" by 3.2", Limerick Strike 1919. Note states: - General Strike/Against British Militarism/Limerick April 1919 No. 10. "The Workers of Limerick promise to pay the bearer 5/- Five Shillings 5/-. For...
photograph / Howth Gun Running, 1914
Photograph, Howth Gun Running, July 1914. Photograph in black and white, of scene during march from Howth gun-running 1914. Picture shows Fianna boys carrying batons and drawing trek-cart of ammunition, followed by Irish Volunteers carrying rifles. 8.5 by 6.5 inches.
photograph / Howth Gun Running, 1914
Photograph - Howth Gun Running. Scene during march from Howth after the gun-running of 26 July 1914. Picture shows section of group, including a marching cyclist, carrying rifles.
photograph / Howth Gun Running, 1914
Howth Gun Running Photograph. Photograph in black and white, 8.5 inches by 6.5 inches, of scene during march from Howth after gun-running 1914. Picture shows group of marching cyclists carrying rifles attached to bicycles.
photograph / Howth Gun Running, 1914
Photograph, Howth Gun Running. Scene during march from Howth after gun-running, 26 July 1914. Picture shows view of marching cyclists, in uniform of Volunteers and in mufti, with rifles and batons attached to bicycles.
photograph / Howth Gun Running, 1914
Photograph, Howth Gun Running. Scene during march from Howth after gun-running, 26 July 1914. Picture shows group of Volunteers in mufti, wearing bandoliers, and carrying rifles. Eamon de Valera, is seen third from the extreme right of picture, wearing soft hat, carrying a rifle on his left...
commemorative medal / Roger Casement, 1916
Roger Casement. Medal, bronze. The obverse depicts a hangman tying a halter around the neck of a figure representing Sir Roger Casement, with the legend 'Englands Tatendrang'. In exergue - Roger Casement. The initials K.G. appear on a chain on one of the arms of the figure (Karl Goetz of Munich,...