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 / Captain Harry de Courcy Wheeler, 1916
Photographs of five pages from field message book carried by Major (then captain) de Courcy Wheeler in Easter Week, 1916. They give the list written by him after the surrender of names and addresses of Irish Forces surrendering. There are 100 names.
ammunition / Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, 1916
One hundred and twenty one rounds of pistol and revolver ammunition for the weapons surrendered to the British military at the end of Easter week, 1916. Ammunition for Patrick Pearse's Browning Fabrique Nationale automatic pistol, Countess Markievicz's Browning Fabrique Nationale automatic pistol,...
photograph / Pearse Brothers
Photographs of the Pearse brothers. Left William aged 3 and on the right, Patrick aged 5. Two photographs, printed side by side.
hand-grenade / Rebel, 1916
Grenade, carried by insurgent forces, 1916. Home made hand grenade. Cylinder of iron, 3.5" by 1.25" diameter, roughly scored in segments for bursting on outside, sealed in at both ends: at one by piece of iron cast or hammered in flush with the outside of the cylinder, at the other by an iron...
mass cloth / Richmond Barracks, 1916
Mass cloth from Richmond Barracks, 1916. White damask table cloth, Marked in indelible pencil or marking ink in corner "D Murphy /C.Fr." Used to cover the table on which Mass was celebrated in Richmond Barracks in 1916.
theatre programme / Ballykinlar, 1921
Programme of dramatic entertainment given by prisoners in Ballykinlar Camp. On Nov. 12th and 13th 1921. White paper, 12.8 inches by 7.9 inches. Sent to Mr J.B. MacCarthy by Mr. Tadhg Barry, of Cork, who was shortly afterwards shot by a sentry at the camp.
photograph / Martin Savage
Photograph of Martin Savage. Head to waist in Irish Volunteer uniform. Savage fought at the Four Courts in 1916, and was killed in the War of Independence. Photograph measures roughly 3.3 by 3.2 inches" and is apparantly portion cut from a larger photograph. Written on back in pencil "Savage" and...
baton / Ulster Volunteer Force, Belfast, 1919
Baton, Ulster Volunteer Force, Belfast, 1919. A wooden baton captured from one of the U.V.F. during a riot in Belfast on 12 July 1919. Turned wooden baton, cylinderical, with one end shaped as a handle, c. 40cm in length.
photograph / Lewes Jail, 1916
Postcard photograph of the chapel in Lewes Jail. Back is blank. Titled 'Lewes Jail where I.R.A. prisoners are confined (The Chapel)'. produed from May 1916 to the General Amnesty 1917.
photograph / John MacBride Group, Dublin, 1906
Group photograph including John MacBride. Seated, from left, John MacBride, James Casey: Standing from left, Patrick Lavelle, ( ? ), Michael J. Quinn. The original photograph was taken at Marie's Hotel, Gardiner's Place, Dublin, in 1906.
photograph / Athlone Military Barracks, 1922
Photograph of Irish Free State Army troops marching in to Athlone Military Barracks, when taking over from the British Army, 1922. The march is being led by A.T. Lawlor (later Colonel). Photograph measures 4.8 by 3.8 inches.
photograph / Athlone Military Barracks, 1922
Group photograph of Irish Officers at the hoisting of the Irish flag at Athlone Military Barracks, 1922. Photograph measures 4.9 by 3.7 inches.
photograph / Irish and British Troops, 1922
Photograph, two columns, one Irish, the other of British troops, passing close together in a city street. Place unidentified - Dublin or Athlone, 1922. Photograph measures 4.8 by 3.7 inches.
photograph / Pearse Residence, 'Brookville', Ranelagh
Pearse residence and first school. Photograph, of house, "Brookville" Sallymount Ave., Ranelagh. Photograph by Lafayette Ltd., 32 Westmoreland St, Dublin. Miss Margaret Pearse, with the help of her brothers Patrick and William and her sister Mary Brigid, ran a school for young children there until...
photograph / Rath Internment Camp, 1921
Photograph taken in Rath Internment Camp, Curragh, August 1921. Taken by internee Joseph V. Lawless. View looking S.W. from N.W. corner of the Camp. Clothes line in forreground; in background is second internment camp built on the west side of the existing camp. This second camp was never filled...
photograph / Rath Internment Camp, 1921
Photograph taken in Rath Internment Camp, Curragh, August 1921. Taken by internee Joseph V. Lawless. 4.3" by 2.752. Shows Internees enjoying an alfresco meal.
photograph / Rath Internment Camp, 1921
Photograph taken in Rath Internment Camp, Curragh, August 1921. Taken by internee Joseph V. Lawless. Shows fish for Friday's dinner being prepared outside the cookhouse. 4.2" by 2.75".
photograph / Rath Internment Camp, 1921
Photograph taken in Rath Internment Camp, Curragh, August 1921. Taken by internee Joseph V. Lawless. Shows Internees outside the cookhouse. 4.2" by 2.75".
photograph / Rath Internment Camp, 1921
Photograph taken in Rath Internment Camp, Curragh, August 1921. 4.2" BY 2.75". Shows five internees outside No.1 Hut, A. Coy. Left to right: J.V. Lawless, M.O'Leary: (name unknown, Irishman from Liverpool); Ml. McHugh; John Joe Walsh.