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.
commission / Sean Madden, 1938
Irish Army Commission 1938, appointing Seán Ó Madain / Sean Madden / John Madden to the rank of Captain and signed by Dubhglas de hIde, Éamon de Valera and Proinnsios MacAodhagáin.
medal / John Madden / Seán Ó Maidin
1916 Service Medal, which was presented with three ribbon bars in a presentation box. As awarded to John Madden / Seán Ó Maidin.
automatic pistol / 1916 Rising
Webley & Scott pistol captured in 1916 by Major William Sherlock Lennon, 6th Batt. Royal Dublin Fusiliers from a member of the Republican forces. Serial number 115969, 6.35 mm automatic.
plaque / RIC Station, Moville
Royal Irish Constabulary Station Plaque removed from Moville RIC Barracks on 7 Februaury 1922. Painted - black, green, yellow and white - cast iron on a wooden diamond shaped frame (11.5 x 21.5 inches). "Royal Irish Constabulary" engraved.
flag / Liberty Hall, 1916 Rising
Remains of the flag from Liberty Hall, 1916. Charred remains of green flag with harp applied centrepiece. Taken by Colonel H. Carter, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, from Liberty Hall after the 1916 Rising. The Liberty Hall flag was raised on Easter Sunday by Molly O'Reilly, aged 15.
prison art / Ballykinlar, 1920/21
Wooden picture frame from Ballykinlar 21 x 15 cm. carved in the Celtic style by donor, Harold Beehan while a prisoner there, and signed by him on the back.
dictionary / concealed pistol
Automatic pistol, concealed in a book, possibly one which had been the property of Sir Thomas Grattan Esmonde (of the Irish Parliamentry Party) and left in the Gresham Hotel whence it came into the possession of donor's father, who worked in the hotel at the time. The book an 1828 edition of Noel...
badge / On War Service, 1915
British Government Ordnance Badge. Lapel badge, bronze, of the type issued to workers in English Government Ordnance Factories during World War 1 to show that they were engaged in war-work and to prevent them being given white feathers. 1.7 x 4.5 cm overall crowned oval band enclosing a shield...
cap / Sean Duffy, Irish Volunteer
Seán M. Ua Dubhthaigh's (O'Duffy) Irish Volunteer uniform comprising peaked cap, pants and fully buttoned tunic. Worn by donor St. Patrick's Day 1916, during Easter Rising, in Staffordshire, Frongoch, at Thomas Ashe's funeral, and by donor at the 1941 and 1916 commemorative functions.
automatic pistol / 'G' Man, 1916
'G' Man pistol, 1916. Webley & Scott 7.65 mm. 1911 model automatic. Given to Seán O'Duffy by the 'G' man who protected General Maxwell, and who subsequently was of considerable help in passing on information re for example, the "German Plot" arrests of 1918 and the plan to arrest de Valera on the...
album / Patrick O'Hanlon, Ballykinlar, 1920-21
Ballykinlar Autograph Album, kept by Patrick O'Hanlon at No. 1 camp there 1920, 1921, including signatures, cartoons, quotations, sketches and water colours.
prison autograph album / Flood, Frongoch, 1916
Autograph album, Frongoch, 1916. Kept by Sean Flood and including entries by Oscar Traynor, Stephen Jordan, Eamonn Dore, F. de Burca, William O'Brien (DTC), Joe McGrath, including a reference to the Frongoch Police.
shotgun bayonet / 1916 Rising, Mount Street
Shotgun bayonet with wing nuts to attach to gun barrel. Made in Dublin, 1916, and used in Mount Street area. The blade is about 11 1/2 inches in length and ground to an edge on both sides. The holder to which it is rivetted is made specially so that it may be attached to a single barrel shot gun....
autograph album / Kilworth Camp, 1921
Prison autograph album. Soft back book, black cover. Gilt lettering "Autographs". Kilworth Prison autograph album, containing the names of most of the 21 men who escaped from Kilworth Camp, 1921.
shell casing / 'Helga', 1916
Shell-case fired from the 'Helga', at Liberty Hall during the Easter Week Rising. Shell manfunctioned as it fired, resulting in its form being twisted.
photograph / Seamus Robinson, Sean Treacy, Dan Breen and Major General M. Brennan, 1920
Photograph of Seamus Robinson, Sean Treacy, Dan Breen and Major General M. Brennan. Taken in Dublin in early 1920. A copy of this photograph was subsequently captured and the individual photographs were used by the authorities of Dublin Castle for publication in the "Hue and Cry" with the...
ammunition / Magazine Fort Raid, 1916
1916 Magazine Fort Raid. Clips of rifle ammunition, the cartridges burst and the whole made to adhere together by molten lead. Said to have come from the fire in the Magazine Fort. Fused cartridge, one bullet separate within the whole.
water bottle / Jacob's Factory, 1916
Enamelled water bottle, covered fawn cloth. Part of the equipment used by a member of the Jacob's Factory Garrison, 1916, and captured by the British after the surrender.
billy can / Jacob's Factory, 1916
Billy can, captured by British troops in Jacob's Factory, 1916.