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.
newspaper / Irish War News, No.1
Original copy of the 'Irish War News', 25th April 1916, Vol.1 No.1.
indenture / Richard Paul Kingston
Photographic copy of indenture; Richard Paul Kingston's apprenticeship in silk weaving to Robert Stevenson … (?), July 1904, Ireland.
certificate / Richard Paul Kingston / Michael Mallin
Photographic copy of certificate; Richard Paul Kingston's seven year apprenticeship in silk weaving, 29 July 1911. Signed by John Moloney and Michael Mallin.
photograph / Eamon de Valera, Leinster House
Eamon de Valera leaving Leinster House. One of a set of four photographs, 1920s, of 1) Eamon de Valera leaving Leinster House. 2) a group of men, one in uniform, including Liam Mellows. 3) a gathering at Smithfield, with a speaker, Commandant Rory O'Connor addressing members of the Dublin City...
photograph / Group, including Liam Mellows
Group of men, one in uniform, including Liam Mellows. One of a set of four photographs, 1920s, of 1) Eamon de Valera leaving Leinster House. 2) a group of men, one in uniform, including Liam Mellows. 3) a gathering at Smithfield, with a speaker, Commandant Rory O'Connor addressing members of the...
photograph / Rory O'Connor, Smithfield, 1922
Commandant Rory O'Connor addressing members of the Dublin City Brigade I.R.A., April 1922. One of a set of four photographs, 1920s, of 1) Eamon de Valera leaving Leinster House. 2) a group of men, one in uniform, including Liam Mellows. 3) a gathering at Smithfield, with a speaker, Commandant...
photograph / 1916 Rising destruction
One of a set of four photographs, 1920s, of 1) Eamon de Valera leaving Leinster House. 2) a group of men, one in uniform, including Liam Mellows. 3) a gathering at Smithfield, with a speaker, Commandant Rory O'Connor addressing members of the Dublin City Brigade I.R.A., April 1922. 4)...
subscriber certificate / Jim Larkin Memorial Fund
Workers’ Union of Ireland issue of Jim Larkin Memorial Fund subscriber’s certificate. Blank example. Signed by John Smithers T.C. and Jim Larkin T.D. (son of James Larkin). With a photograph of Larkin with dates of birth and death (1876 to 1947), and the image of Larkin being arrested during the...
ship compass / Asgard
Ship’s compass, brass. Of the Asgard yacht, used by Erskine in the 1914 Howth gun-running from Germany.
lifebuoy / Asgard
Ship’s life buoy. Red and white, with ‘Asgard’ written in gold lettering. Of the Asgard yacht, used by Erskine in the 1914 Howth gun-running from Germany.
proclamation / Offer of Amnesty, 1923
Proclamation; Offer of Amnesty. Issued by Richard Mulcahy, Commander-in-Chief, Dublin, 8th February, 1923.
newssheet / Stop Press, no.3
‘Stop Press’ Poblacht na hEireann War News, no.3. Dated Friday 30 June 1922. Framed copy.
drawing / A Dublin Barricade, 1916
A Dublin Barricade. Framed print of drawing by Brewster, depicting a battle scene at a barricade, with members of the Irish Volunteers, the Irish Citizen Army and Cumann na mBan, Easter 1916. Printed stamped ‘Deanta in Eireann’, with the number 0631.
prison art / Ballykinlar Camp, 1921
Prison Art. Sketch, coloured, depicting scene in Ballykinlar Prison Camp, 1921. By J. Bracken, an internee, from Dublin. Sign, reading ‘Comrades must bring their own towels, by order’. Ballykinlar Shaving Saloon.
prison art / Ballykinlar Camp, 1921
Prison Art. Sketch, coloured, depicting scene in Ballykinlar Prison Camp, 1921. Prison huts. No artist name, but probably Maurice MacGonigal.
prison art / Ballykinlar Camp, 1921
Prison Art. Sketch, coloured, depicting scene in Ballykinlar Prison Camp, 1921. By Maurice MacGonigle, an internee. Interior of prison hut, with group of men, seated on the floor and a bench.
photograph / Irish troops, World War I
One of a set of four photographs of British Army troops, probably Irish, leaving for World War I on transport ships, circa 1916. Troops pictured marching into the docks (probably Dublin docks) to the transport ships.
photograph / Irish troops, World War I
One of a set of four photographs of British Army troops, probably Irish, leaving for World War I on transport ships, circa 1916. Troops pictured on ships awaiting departure.
photograph / Irish troops, World War I
One of a set of four photographs of British Army troops, probably Irish, leaving for World War I on transport ships, circa 1916. Troops pictured on ships awaiting departure.