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.
 
drawing / James Connolly
James Connolly. Drawing by Seán O'Sullivan, R.H.A., in charcoal. Details derived from photographs of the person represented. 19 inches by 14.5 inches.
 
drawing / Sean MacDiarmada
Sean Mac Diarmada. Drawing by Seán O'Sullivan, R.H.A., in charcoal. Details derived from photographs of the person represented. 19 inches by 14.5 inches.
 
drawing / John MacBride
John MacBride. Drawing by Seán O'Sullivan, R.H.A., in charcoal. Details derived from photographs of the person represented. 19 inches by 14.5 inches.
 
drawing / Thomas Kent
Thomas Kent. Drawing by Seán O'Sullivan, R.H.A., in charcoal. Details derived from photographs of the person represented. 19 inches by 14.5 inches.
 
photograph / Laurence Ginnell
Studio portrait photograph of Laurence Ginnell, signed by him on the back in Irish and English. 3/4 face, head and shoulders. Mounted framed photograph, 5.5 inches by 3 7/8 inches.
 
photograph / Dr. Douglas Hyde
Studio portrait photograph of Dr. Douglas Hyde, President of the Gaelic League. Three quarter length. Mounted and framed, 7 by 4.5 inches.
 
photograph / Michael Breathnach
Mounted, framed photograph of Michael Breathnach, 1908. 11" by 7.875". Head and shoulders.
 
photograph / Rev. Dr. Michael Hickey
Mounted, framed photograph of Rev. Dr. Michael Hickey. 7" by 5" with a printed extract from a lecture at the Literary Society, St. Patrick's College, Maynooth. From "An Claidheamh Soluis", Uimhir an Oireachtais 1909.
 
photograph / Ballykinlar No. 1 Internment Camp, 1920-21
Mounted photograph of Irish Republican Prisoners in Ballykinlar No. 1 Internment Camp, 1920-21. Mounted on brown card with names of those in photograph printed beneath. Entitled: "Over-Seas Men". Photograph by Frank McKay, 12 Emerald Square, Dolphin's Barn, Dublin.
 
photograph / Release/or/Death, 1920-21
Mounted photograph of a large group of men in civilian clothes and two women and three nurses in uniform. In foreground a tricolour flag is held up, with the words, "Release/or/Death". No identification but labelled 'This could be a photograph of prisoners in English jails released/after a hunger...
 
photograph / Dáil Éireann, 10 April 1919
Group photograph of Dáil Éireann, 10 April 1919. The names of the T.D.'s are printed underneath. Mounted, 1 ft. 2.25 inches by 8.75 inches.
 
photograph / Gaelic League Group, London
Mounted photograph of Gaelic League Group in London, 19 (?). 11.75 inches by 9 inches. Holograph signatures of those in photograph underneath. Signed on back ? Ua Brian. Photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company at 54 Cheapside and 106 & 108 Regent Street, London.
 
illustration / Leabhar na hAiséirghe - Éire Page
Printed copy of the Éire Page from Leabhar na hAiséirghe, by Art Ó Murnaghan. In bottom right hand corner is holograph signature of Art Ó Murnaghan in ink.
 
photograph / Irish Self-Determination League, 1922
Photograph of a meeting of the Irish Self-Determination League in London, 1922. Included in the photograph are - P.J. Kelly, George Mortimer, Martin Maloney, Miss O'Brien, Sean McGrath, J.H. McDonald, Brien Kennedy, R. Purcell, Dr. Bernard O'Connor, P.D. O'Hart. By Central News, Ltd., London. ...
 
photograph / Irish Self-Determination League, 1920
Mounted photograph of a meeting of the Irish Self-Determination League in Albert Hall, London, on 20 January 1920. Included in photograph are: Front row platform from left to right - standing in centre - Art O'Briain (Chariman), Sean McGrath, Dr. Mark Ryan, J. Kelly, Desmond Fitzgerald, Arthur...
 
photograph / Mallow, January 1921
Photograph of a street in Mallow, dated 9 January 1921. Photograph shows three shop buildings destroyed by fire set by Black and Tan troops as a reprisal for the taking of Mallow Barracks on 28 September previously, and the tin huts erected in their place, where business was carried on. 7.75...
 
photograph / Funeral, Cork, March 1921
Photograph of funeral procession of the six men, members of 'C' Company, First Battalion, Cork No. 1 Brigade, killed by a party of Black and Tans and R.I.C. at Ballycannon, Clogheen, Co. Cork, in March 1921. The photograph was taken on Western Road, Cork, and shows one of the coffins being carried...
 
photograph / Fianna Eireann
Photograph of The Fianna with Madame de Markievicz. By Keogh Brothers Photographers.
 
photograph / Meelin, Co. Cork, January 1921
Photograph taken at Meelin, Co. Cork, 14 January 1921. Shows a broken down cottage, destroyed in an official reprisal, and an armed soldier. 7.625 by 5.75 inches.