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.
uniform / Boy's uniform, 1910-15
Jacket of a boy's kilt uniform, Ireland, circa 1910 - 1915. Boy's uniform consisting of a tan coloured kilt with matching waistcoat and brat and black jacket, possibly a school uniform for St. Enda's in Rathfarnham, or the youth wing of an organisation such as the Irish Citizen Army or similar, or...
uniform / Boy's uniform, 1910-15
Kilt of a boy's kilt uniform, Ireland, circa 1910 - 1915. Boy's uniform consisting of a tan coloured kilt with matching waistcoat and brat and black jacket, possibly a school uniform for St. Enda's in Rathfarnham, or the youth wing of an organisation such as the Irish Citizen Army or similar, or...
uniform / Boy's uniform, 1910-15
Waistcoat of a boy's kilt uniform, Ireland, circa 1910 - 1915. Boy's uniform consisting of a tan coloured kilt with matching waistcoat and brat and black jacket, possibly a school uniform for St. Enda's in Rathfarnham, or the youth wing of an organisation such as the Irish Citizen Army or similar,...
uniform / Boy's uniform, 1910-15
Brat of a boy's kilt uniform, Ireland, circa 1910 - 1915. Boy's uniform consisting of a tan coloured kilt with matching waistcoat and brat and black jacket, possibly a school uniform for St. Enda's in Rathfarnham, or the youth wing of an organisation such as the Irish Citizen Army or similar, or...
military stretcher / Magazine Fort
Military stretcher. Dublin, early 20th century, used after the attack on the Magazine Fort in the Phoenix Park on the Monday of Easter Week, 1916. Stretcher made of wood, cotton and metal. Two wooden poles, rounded at ends to form handles. Linking the poles at each end is a lever-like hinge, iron,...
bayonet / 1916 Rising
Homemade bayonet, iron, engraved ‘27R 1770’, probably 1916 Rising period. Blade curved at base to hilt, welded.
sword / O'Rahilly, Moore Street, 1916
The Sword of O'Rahilly. Picked up on Moore Street by Archie Short. With note reading 'This blade was picked up in Moore Lane by Archie Shortis who identified the body of his brother Paddy, who was killed in action with The O'Rahilly. Archie Shortis believed it was The O'Rahilly’s sword. He gave it...
uniform / Irish Volunteer, Jacob's Biscuit Factory, 1916
Irish Volunteer tunic, 1914. Coat, greyish green cloth. Buttoned down the front with five large brass buttons each bearing the Brian Boru harp. Four pockets, the upper two patch pockets with flap buttoned over with small brass buttons similar to the large buttons down the front. Shoulder straps....
rifle / Phibsborough, 1916
Rifle, Italian Vettereli type, dug up from a ditch at Phibsborough, Dublin. Italian Vetterelis were landed at Larne by the Ulster Volunteers in 1914. "1916" cut into the the wood of the butt. Very rusted and degraded from exposure to moisture in ditch. this was likely abandoned by the Volunteers...
covenant / Ulster's Solemn League and Covenant
Parchment, Ulster's Solemn League and Covenant. Printed with handwritten details. To left the red hand of Ulster, below, the Covenant. Signed by Robert James Milles, at Newcastle, Co. Down, 28 September 1912. Underneath, printed, is 'God Save the King'.
case / Patrick Pearse
Spectacles belonging to Patrick Pearse. Name inscribed in Pearse's hand on inner lid. In blue velvet lined spectacles case by Yeates and Son, Dublin.
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'.
prison cap / Michael Fleming, Galway, 1916
Prison cap, number q214, which belonged to Michael Fleming, worn by him in Lewes Prison. Michael Fleming was interned in Lewes, Dartmoor, Pentonville and Frongoch Internment Camp, 1916 to 1917. Part of a collection of material relating to the Fleming family, the father Michael Fleming and his sons...
autograph book / Michael Fleming, Galway, 1916
Copy of the Irish Catholic Prayer Book, in Irish and English, used by Michael Fleming, prison number q214, as an autograph book for fellow prisoners in Dartmoor, Lewes and Pentonville, 1916 to 1917. Part of a collection of material relating to the Fleming family, the father Michael Fleming and his...
manuscript / Irish War News / The Provisional Government to the Citizens of Dublin
Manuscript written by Patrick Pearse. Text of Patrick Pearse’s statement for the Irish War News. Bulletin written by Pearse in the General Post Office early on Tuesday morning, 25th April 1916, and subsequently published by Joseph M. Stanley on page 4 of the Irish War News of the same day. Pearse...
manuscript / irish War News / The Provisional Government to the Citizens of Dublin
Manuscript written by Patrick Pearse. Headed ‘The Provisional Government to the Citizens of Dublin’. Bulletin issued by Pearse from the G.P.O. late on Tuesday 25th or early on Wednesday 26th April 1916. Text subsequently published by Joseph M. Stanley in the form of a broadside. Written in copying...
cigarette case / Major John MacBride, 1916
Memorabilia of Major John MacBride. A silver cigarette case inscribed inside with '25th April 1916 Major John MacBride For Ireland's honor 25/4/1916'. Inscription by MacBride. Front decorated with a sunburst design with momgram 'JMacB' in intertwined lettering in centre. Back decorated with...
letter / Execution of Roger Casement, 3 August 1916
Handwritten letter, informing that the High Sheriffs for the Counties of London and Middlesex have set the date of Roger Casement’s execution as 9am on Thursday 3 August at Pentonville Prison, London. Addressed to the Lord Chief Justice of England at the Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, from the...
diary / Sherwood Foresters, 1916 Rising
Diary of a member of the Sherwood Foresters, a H.H. Phillips of Stanton Hill, Mansfield. Describing landing in Dublin (Kingstown / Dun Laoghaire) and being fired on by the rebels. Diary discusses training in England before the Rising, and being stationed in Athlone area afterwards.