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.
armband / Cumann na mBan, G.P.O, 1916
Red Cross armlet worn in G.P.O., 1916, by Miss T. Simpson, a member of Fairview Cumann na mBan.
apron / Red Cross, G.P.O., 1916
Top of a Red Cross apron worn in the General Post Office by nurse Eva Burke of the Cumann na mBan, 1916. Areas stained with blood, especially along the bottom of the apron.
shirt / James Connolly, 1916
Shirt belonging to James Connolly, worn during the week of the 1916 Rising. Bloodstained.
tunic / Clann na nGael Girls Scouts
Tunic of uniform worn by lender, Mrs Mary Chadwick, as Captain, Clann na nGael Girls Scouts in the General Post Office and Jacobs' Factory Easter Week, 1916. Letters I.R.A. added c.1917. Buttons were sent from Belfast to lender from unknown source before Easter Week.
autograph / Thomas Clarke, Moore Street, 1916
Portion of a room wall from a house in Moore Street showing the signature - "Thos. J. Clarke, 6th Day I.R." (6th day of the Irish Republic) written with the left hand because the right was wounded. The house was Plunkett's. Glazed and framed 10.75" x 10.75".
kit / Laura Daly, 1916
First Aid outfit given by Commandant Edward Daly to his sister Laura Daly on the morning of his execution at Kilmainham Gaol. Cloth bag, c. 5 x 3.25 inches, printed black on outside "First Field Dressing"...etc. Contents - gauze and wool pad. Printed decorations. Date Feb. 1912 printed and...
shell (ammunition) / G.P.O., 1916
1916 Rising shell, ex. General Post Office. Twelve pounder shell recovered unexploded from the ruins of the G.P.O. in 1924. Charge removed.
shell (ammunition) / G.P.O., 1916
1916 Rising shell, found in the wreckage of the General Post Office, 1916.
legal document / Maguire, Spain, 18th c.
Last will and testament of Dr Alexandro Hugo Maguire, dated 11th October 1790. Maguire states himself to be born in Fermanagh, Ireland, resident in Cadiz, and the legitimate son of Roderigo and Cathalina Drummond, both deceased. Stated that Maguire studied medicine in Praga (Prague). Stamped with...
certificate of service / Daniel Shea, Royal Navy, 1860s
Parchment certificate of the services of Daniel Shea in the Royal Navy. No. 61, giving description G.C. badges, medals and ships served on.
journal / Portadown Infantry, 1821-22
Order book and journal, Portadown Infantry, 29th November 1821 to June 1822. Includes details or orders, punishments and discipline, payments to local merchants, weapons and armour, copies of letters.
life vest / Lusitania, 1915
Life jacket, from the steamship "Lusitania" of the Cunard Line, torpedoed off Queenstown by a German Submarine on the 7th May, 1915.
cuff / Royal Irish Constabulary
Pair of handcuffs, iron. Royal Irish Constabulary. Hinged at centre of lower part and also at side of upper 76 stamped on outside of upper part and 2 on lower. Probably Royal Irish Constabulary, 19th century. Found near Christchurch Cathedral.
rock / Fenian escape, Manchester, 1867
Stone object. Inscribed "This stone was the one used to break into the prison van during the Fenian Outrage in Manchester when Sergeant Charles Brett was shot, September 18th, 1867." The stone was said to have been used in the prison yard break by Fenian escapees in Manchester.
pocket book / Wolfe Tone
Pocket-book of Theobald Wolfe Tone. Red leather, inscribed in ink "T.W. Tone" inside flap, and "T.W. Tone, Nov. 11th 1798, Te nunc habit ista secundium" inside the pocketbook.
print / The Surrender of the French General Humbert to General Lake at Ballinamuck, September 8th, 1798
Engraved contemporary print of 'The Surrender of the French General Humbert to General Lake at Ballinamuck, September 8th, 1798'.
commission / Dillon Regiment, 1688
Commission paper given to Walter Philips by Richard Earl of Tyrconnell, who was representing the King, to be the Captain of a Company in Dillon's Regiment, 1688. One sheet, seal missing. See D'Alton: Irish Army List of King James, Vol. 2, pp. 242, 281.