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 art / Ballykinlar Camp, 1921
Prison Art. Sketch, coloured, depicting scene in Ballykinlar Prison Camp, 1921. Interior of hut, showing cot and personal belongings, with a man in uniform. Probably by Maurice MacGonigal, an internee.
prison art / Ballykinlar Camp, 1921
Prison Art. Sketch, coloured, drawn in Ballykinlar Prison Camp, 1921. Sketches of five men. No artist’s name, but probably by Maurice MacGonigle, an internee.
prison art / Ballykinlar Camp, 1921
Prison Art. Sketch, coloured, depicting scene in Ballykinlar Prison Camp, 1921. A bearded man on his way to the barber, with the words ‘I don’t care, I’m going to the camp barber’ in pencil. A group of five men stand behind him, with the words ‘There’s hair’ in pencil above. No artist name.
prison art / Ballykinlar Camp, 1921
Prison Art. Sketch, coloured, drawn in Ballykinlar Prison Camp, 1921. Depicting a young man in uniform. No artist name, but probably by Maurice MacGonigal, an internee.
resource / Tomas MacCurtain
Photographic reproduction of black and white photograph of Tomás Mac Curtain, head and shoulders, oval framing.
prison autograph album / Peter C. McPartlin, Frongoch Camp, 1916
Autograph book, Peter C. McPartlin, Frongach 1916. Verse and illustrations.
prison art / Kilmainham, 1923
Watch pendant, silver, in the shaped of a celtic cross, with celtic design of triangles and knots. Made in Kilmainham Jail, Christmas, 1923. On the back is a scratched inscription in Irish ‘ do Seosamh(?) ó nAthair, Nollaig, 1923’ (to Seosamh from your father, Christmas 1923).
gun / Experimental, 1920
Experimental mortar or Big Gun, 1920. Made by Peadar Clancy and Dick McKee of the Headquarters Staff, Dublin Brigade, I.R.A. A metal tube mounted on a trestle. Described as the only piece of artillery used during the War of Independence. It was tried out by Captain Mat Furlong of the Dublin...
photograph / Boland, Mellows, Devoy, de Valera, MacCartan, Lynch
Photograph, group. From left to right - Harry Boland, Liam Mellows, John Devoy (seated), Eamon de Valera, Dr. MacCartan T.D., D. Lynch T.D. Pre 1922.
photograph / Dáil Eireann, 1919
Framed photograph of first Dáil delegates, including Michael Collins, Eamon de Valera, Arthur Griffith, Cathal Bruga, William Cosgrave, 1919.
photograph / Eamon de Valera
Framed photograph of Eamon de Valera in crowd, three women greeting him. Possibly a scene at a meeting, elections, or during the Anglo-Irish Truce negotiations in 1921.
photograph / Eamon de Valera, William Cosgrave, group
Photograph of Eamon de Valera, William Cosgrave, Mrs Margaret Pearse, Harry Boland, Cathal Brugha, Liam Mellows with group, holding a tricolour flag in the background. War of Independence period, 1919 to 1921.
portrait photograph / Eamon de Valera
Portrait photograph, Eamon de Valera as a young man. Head and shoulders, front facing.
portrait photograph / Eamon de Valera
Portrait photograph of Eamon de Valera. Head and shoulders, front facing. Pre 1916.
prison spoon / John Kavanagh
Prison spoon, carved from horn. Engraved along the handle is ‘John Kavanagh’. Other inscriptions illegible, but lettering may suggest Mountjoy Jail.
/ L'Illustration, 27 August 1921, de Valera
Page for "L'Illustration", 27 August 1921, with photograph of Eamon de Valera, President, leaving the Mansion House.
portrait /
Framed and glazed photographic portrait of a man in the uniform of an Irish Volunteer. Decorative gilt frame.
print / The Executed Leaders, 1916
Framed and glazed print showing the executed leaders of the 1916 Rising, seated at a table. Colour. Composite image, showing paintings of Roger Casement and Thomas Kent on the wall behind.
photograph / West Mayo Brigade, c.1920-21
Framed and glazed photograph of the West Mayo Brigade. Showing the men from the Newport area. Top Row - 1. ?. 2. Tommy McNamen. 3. Pat Feehan (Kilmeena). 4. Patrick Joyce (Rockfleet). 5. Sweeney (Derryhohan). 6. Willie McNulty (Glendahurk). 7. Dan O'Donnell. 8. Jack McDonald (Skirdagh). 9....