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.
legal document / Republican Parish Court, Dublin, 1922
Documents relating to Republican Parish Court, South City, Dublin. Theft of motor car, June 1922.
legal document / Republican Parish Court, Dublin, 1922
Documents relating to Republican Parish Court, South City, Dublin. Illegal possession, July 1922.
photograph / Ruins in Eden Quay, 1916
Printed postcard photograph: After the Insurrection - Ruins in Eden Quay. The fall of a dangerous building.photograph / Kevin Barry Memorial Window
Photograph, black and white, of Kevin Barry Memorial Window.
photograph / Burning ruins in Upper Sackville Street, 1916
Printed postcard photograph: After the Insurrection - Burning ruins in Upper Sackville Street.
photograph / The Late General Michael Collins, 1922
Printed postcard photograph with caption: The late General Michael Collins. Collins laid out after death, his overcoat on a chair beside the bed, candlestick and man in uniform in background. Said by J. Codd to have been taken in a house near Beal na Blath. No date, but August 1922.
statue / Thomas Clarke
Life size plaster cast of statue of Thomas Clarke. This is the original modelled by Albert Power R.H.A. and cast in plaster by his son James as used for the Limerick 1916 Memorial. 'Inscribed James Power, Dublin 1948'.
ammunition / Vitali Vetterli, U.V.F
One round Vitali Vetterli ammunition made for Ulster Volunteer Force. Rifles 2.5 ins. long 15 m.m. at cap.
ammunition / Howth rifle
One round Mauser 7.9 m.m. ammunition 3.25 ins. long. Suitable for 'Howth rifles.
photograph / North Longford Flying Column, 1920
Photograph of the North Longford Flying Column, about 1920. Two rows of men, nine at rear five in front.
photograph / Ballykissane Pier, 1916
Photograph of the car which went into the sea off Ballykissane Pier on Good Friday, 1916, leading to the deaths of Con Keating, Daniel Sheehan and Charlie Monahan. Photograph supplied to Bureau of Military History by the man who owned the car which was engaged on Volunteer activities connected with...
photograph / Auxiliaries, 1920
Auxiliaries, or Black and Tans, Football Team. About 1920. Three rows, four in front, nine in middle and ten in back row.Photograph of 6.6" by 4.8". Copy of original.
photograph / Mountjoy Hunger Strikers, 1920
Photograph of the Mountjoy hunger strikers, 1920. 34 men in 4 rows. 6.6" by 4.8". Copy of original photograph.
photograph / Sean Treacy funeral, 1920
Sean Treacy funeral, photograph of. October 1920. Showing coffin with flag around it being carried on the shoulders of six men (three visible) in cemetary. 6.6" by 4.8".
photograph / I.R.A. prisoners, Parkhurst, 1922
I.R.A. prisoners after release from Parkhurst prison. Photograph of 6.6 ins. x 4.8 ins. 14 January 1922. 27 men in two rows.
photograph / Mountjoy Hunger Strikers, 1919
Photograph of the Mountjoy Hunger Strikers October 1919. 30 men in four rows. 6.6 ins. x 4.8 ins. '1919' printed on original, but it is most likely the hunger strike of 1920.
service revolver / Royal Irish Constabulary
Royal Irish Constabulary service revolver. Webley Mark IV, serial number 109919. RIC number 2159. Barrell 4 inches long.
death certificate / Sean Connolly, 1916
Contemporary copy of death certificate of Sean Connolly. Head 'Mountjoy Prison 15.5.16' and signed K. Lynn F.R.C.S.I. 9 Belgrave Road, Rathmines. On pencil on back 'Mrs. O'Reilly, 12 Lr. Gardiner St.' and 'Mrs. O'Reilly 107 Belgr.' (rest indecipherable).
photograph / Sean Connolly, 1908
Photograph of Sean Connolly as Robert Emmet in play in Abbey Theatre about 1908. Postcard size, three quarter length, mounted on cardboard. 4.3" x 6.5".