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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.
dress helmet / Royal Irish Constabulary, 1900
Royal Irish Constabulary officer's uniform helmet, c. 1900 which belonged to Commissioner J.C.L.G. Silcock. Comprising dress helmet by Phillips, 4 Dame Street, Dublin in its case with owner's name on brass plate thereon, ammunition pouch on belt of webbing and leather, dress coat dated 1907 and...
leaflet / Labour & Irish Freedom
Printed electioneering handbill, 1918. Sinn Féin propaganda. 'Labour & Irish Freedom'. 'Vote for the Man who Bears the Flag of the Republic'.
handbill / The Workers and The Election
'The Workers and The Election'. Printed electioneering handbill, 1918. With the slogan 'Vote for Sinn Féin and Keep Connolly's Flag Flying'.
mobilisation order / Irish Citizen Army, May 1915
Irish Citizen Army Mobilisation Order, 4 May 1915 on quarto headed paper with messages in ink. All officers will fall in with men under the command of Staff Officer Mallin on every Monday and Tuesday at 8.30 sharp. Wednesday - signalling instruction under Lieutenant O'Neill at 8.30. Thursday -...
membership card / Irish Transport and General Workers Union, 1913
Irish Transport and General Workers Union card signed by James Connolly as Branch Secretary, dated 1913 no. 11033 for member Pat O'Connor, aged 24 of 49 Harding(?) Street, in the Belfast Branch.
photograph / William Partridge, 1916
Photograph of Councillor William P. Partridge (autographed by his widow) of the Irish Citizen Army, and leading trade unionist. A week previous to Easter Sunday 1916 he was sent to Tralee by James Connolly. His mission was to help in getting the members of the Transport Union to discharge the...
1916 Medal / Peter Coates, I.C.A.
1916 service medal and ribbon named on reverse to Peter Coates, Irish Citizen Army.
War of Independence Service Medal, Active / Peter Coates, I.C.A.
War of Independence Active Service medal, comhrac bar and ribbon named on reverse to Peter Coates, Irish Citizen Army. Engraved on reverse.
leaflet / Tipperary Election / Lilly Connolly / O'Brien
Handbill - 'Tipperary's Labour Candidate / Remarkable Tribute from the Late James Connolly'. Printed reproduction of a letter from Lily Connolly to William O'Brien. Handbill citing her and James' (Connolly) endorsement of O'Brien in the Tipperary Election. Probably 1927.
election handbill / The Man in Jail, 1920
Stockport Election 1920. "The Man in Jail" handbill notification of a demonstration in support of William O'Brien, at Armoury Square. Listing Alec Lynn and Hanna Sheehy Skeffington among supporting speakers.
handbill / Lock out in the Tailoring Trade, 1913
'Lock Out in the Tailoring Trade'. Tailoring trade Lockout. Handbill re-issued by the Irish Tailors & Tailoresses Union. 1913.
leaflet / Gleeson and Blacklegging, 1913
Amalgamated Society of Tailors and Tailoresses handbill. Gleeson and Blacklegging. Stating that 'Two months ago we informed the public that Gleeson of 11 Upper O'Connell Street had locked out his Trade Union tailors, abolished his workshop, and now gets all his works made in sweating dens by...
handbill / An Irish Union for Irish Workers, 1914
Irish Transport and General Workers' Union, 'An Irish Union for Irish Workers'. Recruiting leaflet, over the names of Thomas Foran, Thomas Kennedy, and William O'Brien. Possibly c. 1909 ff.
leaflet / Dublin Typographical Provident Society, 1913
Dublin Typographical Provident Society, handbill against wages cuts. 1913 Lockout period.
food card / Dublin Lockout, 1913
Second issue food card, 1913 Lockout. Blue. Dublin Lockout food cards 1913. Envelope endorsed by William O'Brien ' Nineteen Thirteen Lockout./Dublin, August 1913/Food Cards/First and Second Issues/First for Union' and containing: (a) 5 cards (white) bearing the legend 'British Trade Union...
food card / Dublin Lockout, 1913
Food card, white, 1913 Lockout. Dublin Lockout food cards 1913. Envelope endorsed by William O'Brien ' Nineteen Thirteen Lockout./Dublin, August 1913/Food Cards/First and Second Issues/First for Union' and containing: (a) 5 cards (white) bearing the legend 'British Trade Union Fund./Give Bearer...
concert ticket / Irish Citizen Army, 1915
Irish Citizen Army Concert ticket. Admission card to a Smoking Concert for Equipment Fund in Liberty Hall, 15 April 1915.
notebook / Criticism of Irish Women's Franchise League
Countess Markievicz's notebook. 'Criticism of Irish Women's Franchise League' etc., about 1909-1910.
book / Labour in Irish History, Connolly, 1910
Copy of James Connolly's "Labour in Irish History". Autographed by author. On inside front cover is his inscription "To my dear wife, the partner of my struggles and the inspirer of my achievements. James Connolly, Dublin, Nov. 8 (19)10". Published by Maunsel & Co., Dublin, 1910.