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slouch hat / Fianna Éireann
Fianna Éireann hat. c.1912. Peter Lawrence. Fianna Eireann hat. Dark khaki green slouch type, with a brown leather band around the base of the crown. With chin strap. Also with Fianna Éireann badge attached, of enamelled metal, with the words ‘Fianna Éireann’, and the image of a sunburst.
menu card / Anglo-Irish Treaty Negotiation signatures, 1921
Menu card foil stamped at top centre with the London and North Western Railway Company logo listing the options for that days lunch. The menu bears the signatures of Eamon De Valera, Erskine Childers and other prominent figures.
book / Military Rule in Ireland / Childers
Copy of 'Military Rule in Ireland' by Erskine Childers. The Talbot Press Ltd. 1920
book / Military Rule in Ireland / Childers
Book, a French tanslation by J. Gros of 'Military Rule in Ireland', by Erskine Childers.
riding lamp / Asgard
The riding lamp of the yacht "Asgard". On Sunday afternoon, July 26, 1914 Erskine Childers and his wife sailed the 20-ton "Asgard" into Howth Harbour where nearby a thousand rifles were landed.
tunic / Irish Citizen Army, Markievicz
Tunic of uniform of Irish Citizen Army, worn by Countess Markievicz in action.
ship compass / Asgard
Ship’s compass, brass. Of the Asgard yacht, used by Erskine in the 1914 Howth gun-running from Germany.