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 / 3rd Tipperary Brigade, 1954
Group photograph of the 3rd Tipperary Brigade. Caiseal Muiran 16 May 1954. Participants of the War of Independence.
stand / Michael Collins, Geraldine Club, 1910
Inkwell and stand won by Michael Collins in a long jump competition. Cut glass ink bottle, with a silver top, set into a silver plated stand engraved with the words 'Geraldine Club, Acton, London / Long Jump First Place Michael Collins 1910'.
postcard photograph / Eden Quay, 1916
Picture postcard showing the ruins of Eden Quay after the 1916 Rising. Used, postmarked 27 May 1916. Addressed to 'G' in South Africa from Bella. Printed by Hely's Limited of Dublin. One of four postcards showing scenes of destruction after Easter Week.
postcard photograph / Lower Sackville Street, 1916
Picture postcard showing the ruins of the west side of Lower Sackville Street showing the ruins of the Metropole Hotel after the 1916 Rising. Used, not stamped or postmarked. Addressed to 'G' from Bella. Printed by Hely's Limited of Dublin. One of four postcards showing scenes of destruction...
postcard photograph / Eden Quay, 1916
Picture postcard showing the ruins of Eden Quay, spectators watching as a building falls after the 1916 Rising. Used, no postmarks. Refers to Hopkins and Hopkins Goldsmiths. Printed by Hely's Limited of Dublin. One of four postcards showing scenes of destruction after Easter Week.
postcard photograph / GPO, Sackville Street, 1916
Picture postcard showing the ruins of the GPO, Sackville Street, after the evacuation, showing the broken flagpost from which the Republican flag was flown. Taken after the 1916 Rising. Used, no postmark. Printed by Hely's Limited of Dublin. One of four postcards showing scenes of destruction...
bicycle / Michael Collins
Bicycle said to have belonged to Michael Collins, or used by him in Dublin during the War of Independence. The bicycle is a BSA (Birmingham Small Arms Company) and has a likely date of manufacture from between 1908 and 1926. An oval transfer to the front of the head tube bears the inscription...
pump / Michael Collins
Bicycle pump of the bicycle said to have belonged to Michael Collins, or used by him in Dublin during the War of Independence. The bicycle is a BSA (Birmingham Small Arms Company) and has a likely date of manufacture from between 1908 and 1926. An oval transfer to the front of the head tube bears...
album / Mountjoy Jail, 1917
Autograph book. Owned by Fionnán Lynch, Capt. F. Co., Batt. I, Dublin, 1916. Signatures collected in Mountjoy Jail in 1917. As noted in the book, Lynch was imprisoned in Richmond Barracks, Kilmainham, Mountjoy, Portland, Lewes and Pentonville in 1916, and in Caherciveen Barracks, Cork Detention...
prison art / Maud Gonne MacBride
Watercolour painting of Maud Gonne MacBride, by Countess Constance de Markievicz.. Seated in a prison cell, in mourning dress. Titled 'Mrs Gonne MacBride' and signed. Holloway, 1918.
prayer book / Fleming Family
Copy of a prayer book, in Irish, 'Torsaidheacht air Lorg Chriosta'. Belonging to Michael Fleming, and containing a number of letters, obituaries and other mementoes of the 1916 to the 1930s. Tóraidheacht air (sic?) Lorg Chríosda (a translation of the Imitatio Christi by Thomas a Kempis), owned by...
memorial card / Fleming Family
Memorial card for Cathal Brugha, 1922. In Irish, with photograph. Found within a copy of a prayer book, in Irish, 'Torsaidheacht air Lorg Chriosta', belonging to Michael Fleming, and containing a number of letters, obituaries and other mementoes of the 1916 to the 1930s. Part of a collection of...
memorial card / Fleming Family
Letter, half page remaining. On headed paper; Christian Brothers, Synge Street, Dublin, dated 4 June 1916. Addressed to Lizzie, the writer informing her that he had gone to Mountjoy the previous Sataurday and saw Michael. Found within a copy of a prayer book, in Irish, 'Torsaidheacht air Lorg...
letter / Fleming Family
Postcard, addressed to Michael Fleming at Clarenbridge, Co. Galway, from Seamas?, at Enniscorthy 27 June 1917. Found within a copy of a prayer book, in Irish, 'Torsaidheacht air Lorg Chriosta', belonging to Michael Fleming, and containing a number of letters, obituaries and other mementoes of the...
photograph / Fleming Family
Photograph, probably of Michael Fleming, wearing prison cap numbered 214. Found within a copy of a prayer book, in Irish, 'Torsaidheacht air Lorg Chriosta', belonging to Michael Fleming, and containing a number of letters, obituaries and other mementoes of the 1916 to the 1930s. Part of a...
note / Fleming Family
Note or letter, probably to Michael Fleming, from Eamon de Valera. In Irish. Undated. Found within a copy of a prayer book, in Irish, 'Torsaidheacht air Lorg Chriosta', belonging to Michael Fleming, and containing a number of letters, obituaries and other mementoes of the 1916 to the 1930s. Part...
letter / Fleming Family
Letter, addressed to Michael Fleming at Clarenbridge, Co. Galway, from Euston Station, Sunday 7.40. Undated. Writer expresses regret at missing seeing Fleming and the rest of the men before their journey. Probably refers to the transport of Irish prisoners back to Ireland following their internment...
newspaper cutting / Fleming Family
Newspaper cutting, with photograph of Father Griffin of Galway, taken after the discovery of the body. November 1920. Found within a copy of a prayer book, in Irish, 'Torsaidheacht air Lorg Chriosta', belonging to Michael Fleming, and containing a number of letters, obituaries and other mementoes...
bookmark / Fleming Family
Bookmark, paper and textile, with prayer and image of the Virgin Mary. Found within a copy of a prayer book, in Irish, 'Torsaidheacht air Lorg Chriosta', belonging to Michael Fleming, and containing a number of letters, obituaries and other mementoes of the 1916 to the 1930s. Part of a collection...