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 / Richard Mulcahy
Postcard photograph of Richard Mulcahy.
photograph / Eoin MacNeill
Postcard photograph of Eoin MacNeill, President of the Irish Volunteers, Sentenced by Courtmartial to Penal Servitude for Life. Part of the Irish Rebellion 1916 postcard series.
photograph / Austin Stack
Photograph of Austin Stack, mounted on card.
photograph / Count Plunkett
Postcard photograph of Count George Noble Plunkett, F.S.A. Father of Joseph Plunkett, who was executed, and of George and John Plunkett, sentenced to Penal Servitude. Arrested in May 1st 1916, and detained in Richmond Barracks till June 5th, and now deported to Oxford. Part of the Irish...
photograph / Desmond Fitzgerald
Postcard photograph of Desmond Fitzgerald. Sentenced to 20 years. Sentence commuted to 10 years. Part of the Irish Rebellion 1916 postcard series.
photograph / Con Colbert
Postcard photograph of Con Colbert in kilt uniform, seated.
photograph / Sean Costello
Postcard photograph of Sean Costello, Athlone. Second Lieutenent of the Irish Volunteers, killed in action while on despatch duty at Boland's Mills, 1916. Part of the Irish Rebellion 1916 postcard series.
photograph / Rory O'Connor
Photograph of Rory O'Connor, mounted on card.
photograph / Count Plunkett's Convention, Dublin 19 April 1917
Postcard photograph of Count Plunkett's Convention, Dublin 19 April 1917.
photograph / Dáil Eireann, 21 January 1919
Postcard photograph of the First Meeting of Dáil Eireann, 21 January 1919. Group photograph of the Deputies, with names underneath.
photograph / Dáil Eireann, 10 April 1919
Postcard photograph of the Second Meeting of Dáil Eireann, 10 April 1919. Group photograph of the Deputies, with names underneath.
photograph / Surrender of P.H. Pearse, Saturday, April 29th 1916
Postcard photograph of the Surrender of Patrick Pearse, Easter 1916. Elizabeth O'Farrell visible behind Pearse. titled Easter Week Insurrection, subtitled Surrender of P.H. Pearse, Saturday, April 29th 1916
photograph / Roger Casement and Robert Monteith
Postcard photograph showing Roger Casement and Robert Monteith on the Kerry Coast. A montage photograph.
photograph / Arthur Griffith
Postcard photograph, with pen and ink sketch of Arthur Griffith by the artist Mac Cumhaill.
photograph / Griffith & de Valera, Mansion House Peace Conference, 1921
Postcard photograph of Arthur Griffith T.D. and Eamon de Valera T.D. at the Mansion House Peace Conference, 4th July 1921.
photograph / Joe McKelvey
Photograph of Joe McKelvey, in uniform as Commandant General I.R.A., mounted on card.
photograph / Archbishop Mannix
Postcard photograph of Reverend Dr Daniel Mannix, Archbishop of Melbourne, seated, with the legend 'Cead mile Failte' printed above, with the Sinn Fein Abu device.
photograph / Sinn Revolt Arms and Equipment, 1916
Postcard photograph of Irish Volunteer equipment captured after the 1916 Rebellion. Equipment includes four water bottles, two bayonets and one rifle barrell. Added are facsimile images of two stamps. Titled Sinn Revolt Arms and Equipment
photograph / The Mountjoy Heroes
Postcard photograph of 'The Mountjoy Heroes', Seated left to right are J.B. O'Driscoll, A. McCabe and M. Hegarty. Standing left to right are T. Toomey, C.P. Lucy and J. Gannon. Undated.