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.
marching drum / I.T.G.W.U., 1913
Marching drum of the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union No. 3 Branch Drum and Fife Band. Large drum painted with 'Winner of All Ireland Junior Championships 1913-14'' 'I.T.W.U', and image of James Larkin, head and shoulders portrait.
badge / I.T.W.U., 1913
ITWU badge 1913. Badge in the shape of a hand, partially painted red. Pin on the back. Irish Transport and General Workers Union. Manufacturer inscription P. QUINN MADE IN IRELAND. BELFAST.
streamer / Workers Honour Connolly Every Day / Labour, 1930
Labour Election streamer or banner. c. 1930. White calico with legend in red and black oil paint reading 'Workers Honour Connolly Every Day / With A Fighting Labour Movement'. Dimensions 228 x 80cm.
pamphlet / The Conditions of Employment Act Handbook
Pamphlet. Cover states - 'The Conditions of Employment Act Handbook', by L.J. Duffy, Secretary of The Labour Party. 2nd edition. Published by The Labour Party, 21 Molesworth St., Dublin, 1936. Price 6d.
Labour Medal / John Burke / Independent Labour Party of Ireland
Labour Medal. Silver medal in box, by Hopkins and Hopkins Goldsmiths, opposite O’Connell Monument, Dublin (inscribed inside lid). Medal inscribed ‘A felons cap is the noblest crown an Irish head can wear’ on obverse, and ‘Dublin Labour War 1913-1914 / Presented to John Burke’ with ‘Independent...
pipe / Jim Larkin
Wooden pipe belonging to Jim Larkin. Peterson Delux stamped into wood. Sterling silver band with hallmarks and ‘Peterson Dublin’ stamps.
photograph / Jim Larkin
Photograph, black and white, of Jim Larking in later years, with pipe. Side profile to the left. Probably 1940s.
passport / Jim Larkin
Travel permit card of James (Jim) Larkin. For travel between Ireland and the United Kingdom only. Stamped 21 December 1945, 1946 and renewed to 1951. Listing his address as Ballsbridge, Dublin. Numerous travel stamps contained.
revolver / RIC Bulldog
A Webley revolver, serial number 61791, Sold by John Rigby & Co. of 24 Suffolk St Dublin.
flag / The Plough and the Stars
Flag of the Irish Citizen Army, 1914. 'The Starry Plough' or 'The Plough and the Stars'. Made in the first part of 1914. Stated by Sean O'Casey to have been made by the Dun Emer Guild The Irish Citizen Army flag was flown over the Imperial Hotel during the 1916 Rising. It was taken as a souvenir,...
hat / James Connolly, 1916
A bullet-pierced hat stated to have fallen from James Connolly's head when he was being carried on a stretcher to the Dublin Castle Hospital. It was picked up by one of the ambulance men who were carrying him. Connolly had a corresponding gash in the side of his head. Brown felt material with a...
indenture / Edward Gibson, 1908
Indenture of apprenticeship. Boy's indenture of apprenticeship, apprenticing Edward Gibson to Nicholas Alexander of the Dublin Silk Trade. The indenture was signed by Michael Mallin, who was Secretary of the Society. Nicholas Alexander subsequently fought in the St Stephen's Green area under...
book / William Partridge, 1916 Rising
A book of Dublin Corporation reports which Councillor William P. Partridge carried under his arm when he was sent by James Connolly on an important mission to Tralee a week previous to Easter Sunday 1916. Concealed in the book where layers of bullets and some secret documents. Section cut out of...
pin badge / Votes for Women, 1908-1916
Badge worn by Francis Sheehy Skeffington and taken from his coat after his death in 1916. Metal, covered celluloid white, with "Votes for Women I.W.F.L." in green.