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.
bullet / Convent of Adoration, Merrion Square, 1916 Rising
Two bullets, torn, found in the Convent of Adoration, Merrion Square after the 1916 Rising.
bullet casing / GPO, 1916 Rising
A military bullet cartridge, spent, probably a .303, found outside the General Post Office after the 1916 Rising.
bullet / Portobello Bridge, 1916 Rising
Two spent cartridges, probably .303, found outside Davy's Public House at Portobello Bridge, Dublin, after the 1916 Rising. One torn at the top.
bullet / Mount Street Bridge, 1916 Rising
Set of seven lead bullets, or slugs, stated to have been fired from a shotgun, and found in brick wall near Mount Street Bridge after the battle which took place there during the 1916 Rising.
bullet / National Bank, Dame Street, 1916
Bullet taken from the door of the National Bank on Dame Street after the 1916 Rising.
flag / Marrowbone Lane, 1916
Flag flown by the Irish Forces at Marrowbone Lane Distillery Dublin during Easter Week, 1916. Gold harp on green field.
flag / R.A.M.C., 1916 Rising
Red Cross flag of the Royal Army Medical Corps (British Army) used with a Guinness lorry during the 1916 Rising in Dublin city to transport the injured to hospitals, and at Portobello Barracks. The donor, James Geoghan, served with the above unit and was in charge of the burial and disinternment of...
surrender order / Surrender, 1916 Rising
The original of a draft of Patrick H. Pearse's order for the surrender of the Republican forces, dated 29th April, 1916, 4.45pm, to General Maxwell, offering an unconditional surrender. On embossed crown paper. Reads 'In order to prevent the further...
souvenir / Metropole Hotel, 1916
Hotel Metropole 1916 Relic. Five sugar bowls, fused together by action of the fire, salvaged from the Hotel Metropole, Dublin, after the burning, Easter 1916. Blackened from fire. A contemporary label has been affixed to one side, reading "Souvenier of Rising 1916. Metropole Hotel".
prison food / Knutsford Gaol, 1916
Piece of prison bread distributed in Knutsford Gaol to Irish prisoners after the 1916 Rising. Saved by T. Coleman. Piece of wheaten bread, dried. 'Knutsford 1916' written on one side.
sword frog / Marrowbone Lane, 1916
Bayonet in scabbard with belt and frog, which belonged to a member of Con Colbert's company, and was left behind at Marrowbone Lane after the surrender, 1916 Rising. French regulation pattern, 1880; metal scabbard.
ammunition / Ardee Street Brewery, 1916
1916 Rifle ammunition carton, cardboard. Labelled '20 Scharfe Patronen Fúr Mauser-Gewhere. M 71.84'. Left behind by the Irish Volunteers in Ardee Street Brewery on their evacuation, 1916. Ardee Street Brewery, or Watkin's Brewery, was an outpost located in The Liberties area, occupied by Con...
bottle / Eilís O'Connell , 1916
Bottle of smelling salts used by Eilís O'Connell (Mrs), as a member of Cumann na mBan in 1916. Green bottle, large spherical stopper (wedged in neck), still containing liquid. O'Connell served at Fr. Mathew Hall, Church Street, during Easter Week, 1916.
uniform / Rose MacNamara, Marrowbone Lane, 1916
Tunic of the Cumann na mBan uniform worn by Rose MacNamara in Marrowbone Lane Distillery during Easter Week, 1916, and in Kilmainham Jail after the surrender.
water bottle / Jacob's Factory Garrison, 1916
Metal water bottle, with green felt covering. Part of the equipment used by a member of the Jacob's Factory Garrison, 1916 Rising, and captured by the British Forces after the surrender.
water bottle / Jacob's Factory Garrison, 1916
Extemporised water bottle, made from a lemonade bottle, covered leather. Part of the equipment used by a member of the Jacob's Factory Garrison, 1916, and captured by the British after the surrender.
brat / Thomas MacDonagh
Kilt costume worn by Thomas MacDonagh. Comprising coat, vest, filleadh beag and brat. Jacket, black with three button down front, three on each cuff and one on each shoulder strap. Buttons a bronze colour metal, with the celtic triangle symbol. Vest of green wool, buttoned down the side, with two...
relic / Séan Mac Diarmada, 1916
Séan Mac Diarmada's pocket watch. Given to Barney Mellows by Séan Mac Diarmada in Room 46 of Richmond Barracks before his execution on 8 May 1916. Inscribed afterwards with 'VIII/V/1916'.
printer component / 1916 Proclamation
1916 Proclamation. The brass "shooter" which was used to lock the Proclamation on the printing machine in Liberty Hall, 1916. The name 'Brady', Christopher Brady, one of the printers, scratched into the metal.