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 / British evacuation, January 1922
Photograph of a scene of the evacuation of the British Army and administration, January 1922
prison autograph album / Mountjoy Prison & Gormanstown Camp, 1922 / 1923
Autograph book of prisoners in Mountjoy Prison and Gormanstown Camp, 1922 and 1923. Bound in boards covered in imitation leather, pages inside, light green. c. 4.5" by 6".
portable typewriter / Thomas MacDonagh
Portable typewriter used by Thomas MacDonagh. Preserved in the family since his execution, with maker's name-plate 'Blickensderfer / Newcastle-on-Tyne / Made in U.S.A. / 7'. Letters and other symbols on a rotating cylinder held in position over the roller and operated from a keyboard in front....
photograph / Michael Collins, 22 August 1922
Snapshot photograph. Showing four men in uniform seated in open car, one of whom (marked with a pencil x) said to be Michael Collins. The car appears to be about to drive off; a number of persons on the foot-path are looking on. Photograph said to have been taken in Bandon, on 22 August 1922.
bolt cutters / Kilmainham Jail, Feb 1921
Handle ends of a pair of bolt cutters which were prepared to assist in the escape of prisoners, including Ernie O'Malley, from Kilmainham Jail, 14 February 1921. These handles were cut off the bolt-cutters to simplify carrying them into the jail. Tabular handles were made to provide sufficient...
photograph / James O'Connor
Photograph of James O'Connor, executed with five others on 19 December 1922 at Curragh Internment Camp. Full case, half length.
photograph / Michael Collins, 14 August 1922
Snapshot of Michael Collins in the uniform of the Irish Free State Army. Profile; taken in street of a town; other men in uniform shown and an armoured car said by Louis Switt to have been named 'Ballinalee'. Said to have been taken on the 14 August 1922.
photograph / Michael Collins, 14 August 1922
Snapshot of Michael Collins in the uniform of the Irish Free State Army. Profile; standing beside him another man in uniform; said by Louis Switt to have been taken on 14 August 1922. A crowd and buildings visible in the background.
legal document / Republican Parish Court, Dublin, 1921
Documents relating to Republican Parish Court, South City, Dublin. Three dispositions in a case of Larceny, October 1921.
legal document / Republican Parish Court, Dublin, 1921
Documents relating to Republican Parish Court, South City, Dublin. Receiving money under false pretences, March 1921.
legal document / Republican Parish Court, Dublin, 1922
Documents relating to Republican Parish Court, South City, Dublin. Assault, April 1922.
legal document / Republican Parish Court, Dublin, 1922
Documents relating to Republican Parish Court, South City, Dublin. Illegal possession of clothes, May 1922.
legal document / Republican Parish Court, Dublin, 1922
Documents relating to Republican Parish Court, South City, Dublin. Assault and illegal possession, May 1922.
legal document / Republican Parish Court, Dublin, 1922
Documents relating to Republican Parish Court, South City, Dublin. Contempt of Court, May 1922.
photograph / Kevin Barry
Photograph of Kevin Barry, one of those executed at Mountjoy, 1920.
legal document / Republican Parish Court, Dublin, 1922
Documents relating to Republican Parish Court, South City, Dublin. Forcible and illegal possession, May 1922.
legal document / Republican Parish Court, Dublin, 1922
Documents relating to Republican Parish Court, South City, Dublin. Embezzlement, June 1922.
legal document / Republican Parish Court, Dublin, 1922
Documents relating to Republican Parish Court, South City, Dublin. Forcible entry, June 1922.
legal document / Republican Parish Court, Dublin, 1922
Documents relating to Republican Parish Court, South City, Dublin. Recieving stolen goods, June 1922.