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 / Bank of Ireland, Feb 1922
Photograph of Irish Free State Army troops taking over the Bank of Ireland, College Green, Dublin, 27 February 1922. Showing troops drawn up in formation ready for inspection.
grenade / North Dublin Brigade IRA, 1920
Hand grenade, spherical, found at Gormanstown and thought to belong to the North Dublin Brigade IRA, about 1920.
photograph / St. Enda's football team, 1914
Photograph of St. Enda's football team 1914. Back row left to right - Seumas Butler, Frank Burke, Joe Sweeney, J. Hunt, Maurice McGilligan. Front row left to right - Brendan Mangan, Joe McGilligan, Teddy Carleton, David Sears and Eunan MacGinley. 6.6 by 4.8 inches.
photograph / St Enda's School, 1914
Photograph of Brian Joyce winning mile race at St. Enda's at 1914. Others shown include Kitson in straw hat and Slattery in dark suit. 6.6 by 4.8 inches.
photograph / St Enda's School, 1914
Photograph of William Kenny winning 100 yards race at St. Enda's in 1914. Others included L. O'Neill, Brian Joyce, Conor MacGinley and Peter Baker. 6.6 by 4.8 inches.
photograph / St Enda's School, 1914
Photograph of Niall MacNeill wading in stream at St. Enda's in 1914. 6.6 by 4.8 inches.
photograph / St Enda's School, 1914
Photograph of (?) Mulligan at St. Enda's in 1914, half length, 6.6 by 4.8 inches.
photograph / St Enda's School, 1914
Photograph of Tadgh Carleton, Brian MacNeill and another at St. Enda's in 1914. Shown seated at tree trunk. 6.6 by 4.8 inches.
photograph / St Enda's School, 1914
Photograph of J.V. Joyce jumping at St. Enda's sports in 1914. 6.6 by 4.8 inches.
photograph / St Enda's School, 1914
Photograph of boys in obstacle race at St. Enda's in 1914. Centre back to camera, Maurice MacGilligan. 6.6 by 4.8 inches.
photograph / St Enda's School, 1914
Photograph of boys in obstacle race at St. Enda's in 1914, Standing on either side Richard Feely (C) and Brian Joyce. 6.6 by 4.8 inches.
photograph / St Enda's School, 1914
Photograph of Michael McRory the St. Enda's gardener outside its greenhouse, 1914. 6.6 by 4.8 inches.
bayonet / Volunteer Council competition, 1914
A home-made weapon, similar to a bayonet, made by the donor James Gough in December 1914. The Volunteer Council in Dublin organised a competition scheme and issued orders that those Volunteers who could do so were to make weapons for self-defence. The donor writes that this weapon "could be used on...
photograph / General Post Office, 1916
Photograph of the ruins of the General Post Office, taken from viewing platform at the top of Nelson's Pillar, 28 June 1916.
photograph / Brian Boru Bridge, Cork, June 1916
Photograph of a crowd scene at Brian Boru Bridge, Cork, on 24 June 1916, on the release of Republic prisoners after the 1916 Rising.
photograph / Group, Mountjoy release, 1921
Photograph of a group of men in the O'Farrell's flat after their release from Mountjoy Jail in 1921. This unclear photograph includes Brian McCaffrey, Henry O'Farrell, Gertie O'Farrell, Rita Costello and possibly Joseph O'Farrell and Vincent McMullen.
photograph / D Wing, Mountjoy Jail, 1921
Photograph of D Wing, Mountjoy Jail, taken between November and December 1921. Republican prisoners visible.
photograph / Stepaside, Dublin, May 1920
Photograph of the Royal Irish Constabulary Police Barracks building at Stepaside, Dublin, May 1920. Showing its high radio aerial.
prison autograph album / Belfast Jail, 1918
Autograph album kept in Belfast Jail in 1918. With cardboard cover 8" by 6.5".