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 / Collins-Griffith Memorial
Photograph of laying of wreaths on the Collins-Griffith Memorial, Leinster Lawn, Dublin.
photograph / Custom House, 25 May 1921
Photograph of the rounding up of Irish Republican Army prisoners at Custom House by British Forces, after the burning of the building, 25 May 1921.
photograph / National Army, College Green
Photograph of a parade of National Army, probably College Green, Dublin. Early 1920s.
photograph / Custom House, 25 May 1921
Photograph of the arms captured by British Forces at the burning of the Custom House, 25 May 1921. Showing revolvers and pistols on the ground.
photograph / Custom House, 25 May 1921
Photograph of the burning of the Custom House, 25 May 1921. Firemen at work outside the building.
photograph / Michael Collins
Photograph of Michael Collins.
photograph / Arthur Griffith and Eamon de Valera
Photograph of Arthur Griffith and Eamon de Valera. Possibly taken at a meeting of the Second Dáil.
photograph /
Photograph of a lying-in-state. Unidentified, possibly that of Terence Mac Swiney.
photograph / Séan Doyle
Photograph of Séan Doyle in uniform (possibly Fianna Eireann), the brother of J. Doyle, an Attendant at the National Museum, who donated this copy to the museum collection.
ammunition / Dublin
Cast iron hand grenade case (empty), similar to No.9 grenade as made in Dublin, segmented, egg-shaped 4.7" long by 2.5" greatest diam.
letter / Madge Daly, August 1914
Letter, Constance Markievicz to Miss Madge Daly August, 1914. From Surrey House, Leinster Rd, Dublin. Acknowledgment of advertisement for magazine. End of letter signed by Countess.
grenade mould /
A pair of wooden cores for making moulds to manufacture grenade cases. Similar to EW 1429. Each core consists of two carved representations of a completed case joined by a bar extending between them, total length 10.8".
photograph / Rogers Brothers Foundry, Bailieboro, 1920-21
Photograph showing a group of five men, seated, placed before them a large number of cast grenade cases, and some wooden models. The photograph was taken in Rogers Brothers Foundry, Barrack Street, Bailieboro, by Hugh Rooney, where the grenades were made between 1920-1921 by the men shown. No note...
hand-grenade / IRA G.H.Q.
Hand grenade, 'G.H.Q.' pattern, made for the I.R.A.
ammunition / Mills, British Army
Hand grenade, Mills Pattern, British Army. This has no Irish connections and was added to the collection for comparison with Irish examples.
signal pistol / Ballytrain R.I.C. Barracks, 1920
Verey Light Signal pistol. Captured in attack on Ballytram (Ballytrain) R.I.C. Barracks, Co. Monaghan, February 1920.
letter / R.I.C. Londonderry, James Cavanagh, 1916
Handwritten letter on a paper sheet with typed heading "Country Inspector's Office, R.I.C. Londonderry" from Edward S. Cary, County Inspector R.I.C., to Messrs. Alexander Brown & Sons. Re James Cavanagh, Dated 7th September 1916. 1 page.reproduction / R.I.C. Londonderry, James Cavanagh, 1916
Handwritten letter on a paper sheet with typed heading "Country Inspector's Office, R.I.C. Londonderry" from Edward S. Cary, County Inspector R.I.C., to Messrs. Alexander Brown & Sons. Re James Cavanagh, Dated 7th September 1916. 1 page.
letter / Cumann Cosanta, Philip Doherty, 1913
Typewritten letter on official notepaper headed "The Irish Volunteers, Headquarters, 2 Dawson Street, Dublin, Dec. 31, 1913." Unsigned and unaddressed, with reference to the application of Philip Doherty, 66 Lecky Road, Derry, for Insured Membership of the Cumann Cosanta. 1 sheet.