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 / Irish Peace Delegation, 1921
Photograph of the Irish Peace Delegation, 1921. Taken at the Grosvenor Hotel, London, and showing the Irish Peace Delegation shortly after arrival, 1921. Sitting - Eamon de Valera and Arthur Griffith. Standing, left to right - Count George Noble Plunkett, Erskine Childers, Laurence O'Neill (L.M....photograph / Irish Peace Delegation, 1921
Photograph of the Irish Peace Delegation, 1921. Taken at the Grosvenor Hotel, London, and showing the Irish Peace Delegation shortly after arrival, 1921. Sitting - Eamon de Valera and Arthur Griffith. Standing, left to right - Count George Noble Plunkett, Erskine Childers, Laurence O'Neill (L.M....
ammunition / Magazine Fort, 1916
Clip of burnt and torn rifle ammunition from the fire at the Magazine Fort, Phoenix Park, Easter 1916. Four round clip, full. Bullets missing, cartridge cases burnt.
cartridge / Thomas Ashe Funeral, 1917
Cartridge case of bullet fired by Firing Party at the funeral of Thomas Ashe. It was picked up by Mrs. Pearse, mother of Patrick Pearse, and given to donor as they stood at the graveside, September 1917.
badge / Irish Volunteers, 1914
Probably Irish Volunteers supporter (pre-split) badge. Button badge. Harp shaped, brass, filled green enamel. On the harp the wording: "A Nation Once Again. 1914". Harp c.1" high. On back of button: "Made in Ireland. Quinn. Belfast".
note / Countermanding Order, 1916 Rising
Countermanding order issued by Eoin MacNeill. Note of Eoin MacNeill with signature, addressed from Woodtown Park, Rathfarnham, April 22, 1916. No direction. Worded 'Volunteers completely deceived. All orders for tomorrow Sunday are entirely cancelled'. On a sheet of notepaper, lower portion torn...
letter / O'Rahilly, May 1914
Holograph letter of Roger Casement to The O'Rahilly, from 13 Embankment Gardens, Chelsea, London SW, 14 May 1914. Recommending Miss Spring Rice as carrying a message (2 pages). Pencil. Given by The O'Rahilly to Miss Annie O'Rahilly at about the time he received it. She had it with her until her...
photograph / Kingsbridge Station, 1916
Photograph of an improvised armoured truck; a boiler mounted onto a Guinness lorry at the railway works at Inchicore towards the end of Easter Week, 1916. Side view, with group of workers. Taken at Kingsbridge Station. Bury engine No. 36 on pedestal in right background). As operated by British...
photograph / Eamon de Valera
Eamon de Valera. Youthful. Seated at desk. Print, made in the National Museum, from the glass plate negative.
photograph / Óglaigh Na hÉireann
View of a military barracks, inset with a portrait of a volunteer and, below, Óglaigh Na hÉireann badge. On top, "Best Wishes". Probably early irish Free State. Print, made in the National Museum, from the glass plate negative. This copy in reverse.
last letter / Republican prisoner, November 1922
Part of what appears to be a last letter from a Republican prisoner, to his mother, 16 November 1922. Print, made in the National Museum, from the glass plate negative. This copy in reverse.
last letter / Republican prisoner, November 1922
Another part of what appears to be a last letter from a Republican prisoner, to his mother, 16 November 1922. This portion is signed Peter Cassidy. Print, made in the National Museum, from the glass plate negative. This copy in reverse.
grenade mould / ammunition, 1916
Two moulds for cores for hand grenades, made of a chalky substance. Donor has no information regarding them. In pencil on each "1916".
photograph / Loughnane Brothers, Galway, 1920
Two photographs: the burned bodies of the Loughnane Brothers; Patrick and Harry, killed by British forces (thought to be by the Black and Tans) at Gort, South Galway, November 1920. Shown in their coffins, with the lids removed, held upright for the photograph by a group of men of the locality.
photograph / Charles John McGuinness
Photograph of Charles John McGuinness, in Naval uniform. A native of Derry. Author of 'Nomad', and a member of the Byrd Antartic Expedition (1928-1930) and reportedly the only Irishman to hold the U.S. Congress medal for the Expedition. He presented the flag of the Expedition to Frank Walsh (who...
badge / Irish Volunteers, 1914
Volunteer badge, 1914. Pin badge, celluloid and metal, head and shoulders of a Volunteer of 1782. Around - 'Irish Volunteers'. In centre 1782 - 1914. Green, white, gold and black.
1916 Medal / 1916 Medal
Medal awarded to the participants in the Rebellion, 1916. Bronze. In the shape of an eight pointed star with flames between the points (that is, the outline of the original Irish Volunteers badge and present Army badge) 1.5" by 1.5". Obverse: In a plain field surrounded by a circular belt and...
photograph / The Arrest of Edmund Kent
Postcard photograph titled 'The Arrest of Edmund Kent, at 4am. He was subsequently shot'. Part of the Irish Rebellion May, 1916 souvenir postcard series. This photograph depicts the arrest of the Kent brothers of Bawnard House, Co. Cork. Daily Sketch Photograph No. 15.
letter / Portobello Barracks, 1916
Letter from a British soldier, written on the Thursday of Easter Week, 1916 from Portobello Barracks, Dublin signed J.B., incidental shooting of Francis Sheehy Skeffington with envelope addressed to Miss Lyden, 104 Marlborough Rd., Donnybrook, Dublin. 4 pp. Note in pencil in top left corner...