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.
field glasses / Liam Mellows
Pair of binoculars, or field glasses, which belonged to Liam Mellows. No maker's marks visible.
1916 Medal / Liam Mellows, 1916
Liam Mellows' 1916 Medal. Name of recipient and number 281 stamped on reverse.
War of Independence Service Medal, Active / Liam Mellows
War of Independence Active Service medal. Liam Mellows' Cogadh na Saoirse medal, with 'Comrac' on bar (War of Independence Active Service). Name of recipient and number 918 stamped on reverse.
drawing / Liam Mellows, 1916
Pencil sketch of Liam Mellows 10.7 x 7.4 ins. showing him with a moustache, cap and glasses (a disguise) and dated '19 December '16'. Torn in two on receipt.
photograph / Altar, Frongoch, 1916
Photograph of altar in Frongoch Internment Camp, 1916.
photograph / Barney Mellows, 1917
Photograph of Barney Mellows after his escape in 1917. Seated on the car's running board with his cousin Rita Whitmore at his left and his aunt Julia and Uncle Bob Whitmore on his right. The photograph was taken at Macoyle, Inch, Co. Wexford.
photograph / Barney Mellows, c. 1917
Photograph of Barney Mellows, standing with one foot on the running board of a motor car. Circa 1917.
photograph / Barney Mellows, c. 1917
Photograph of Barney Mellows with man on left and man and woman on right. Probably circa 1917.
photograph / William Joseph Mellows
Mounted studio photograph of Liam Mellows father, William Joseph Mellows, in British Army uniform. Mellows was a Staff Quarter Master Sergeant in the Army Pay Corps, serving in Cork (detail from the 1901 census). Photograph by Francis Guy of Cork.
photograph / Bodenstown Cemetary, 1922
Photograph of a wreath being laid by a woman at Bodenstown Cemetary, Co. Kildare, 1922. Photograph from a collection releating to Liam Mellows and the Mellows family.
photograph / Bodenstown, 1922
Photograph of wreath being carried to Bodenstown in 1922 preceded by piper and uniformed Fianna (?). 6 x 4.4 ins.
photograph / Bodenstown Cemetary, 1922
Photograph taken at Bodenstown Cemetary, Co. Kildare, 1922. Showing firing party with rifles pointed downwards. Photograph from a collection releating to Liam Mellows and the Mellows family.
photograph / Sarah Mellows
Studio cabinet card photograph of Mrs. Sarah Mellows, the mother of Liam Mellows, as a young woman. By Lauder Brothers Photographers, 32 Westmoreland Street, Dublin. Photograph probably taken c.1880 to 1890s.
photograph / Liam Mellows, U.S.A.
Photograph of Liam Mellows in U.S.A. wearing a hat and holding a rifle or shotgun. Mellows spent time in America from December 1916 to 1920.
prison art / Reading, 1916
Cartoon, coloured, by Sean Milroy, 1916. Depicts man on a ladder throwing objects from a sack to other characters below. A sign reads 'Toast list - Our Host Sir John Maxwell, our Army and Navy, The Parliamentary Party, The Ladies'. Underneath drawing is 'Aug 25th 1916. Sean T. attains the 21st...
photograph / Mellows Brothers
Studio photograph of the brothers Barney, Liam and Fred Mellows. Photograph pre-dates 1914, when Frederick Mellows died of tubercolusis.
photograph / Sarah Mellows, U.S.A., 1923-1924
Photograph of Mrs Sarah Mellows, in the U.S.A., 1923-1924.
postcard photograph / John Daly, Thomas Clarke, Sean MacDiarmada
John Daly, Thomas Clarke, and Sean MacDiarmada. Postcard photograph of.
photograph / Jenny Mellows
Photograph, oval, of Jenny Mellows, sister of Liam, Barney and Fred Mellows. Jenny, Jane Mellows, died of tuberculosis in about 1906.