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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.


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fragment / General Post Office, 1916

Fragments of flag found in the ruins of the General Post Office about Monday, May 1st, 1916. It consists of two scraps of bunting material; one, leaf-shaped, white, c.4" x 2"; the other in shape of two leaves joined together along side, c.4" x 3", more than half the material being green and the...

 

banner / Irish Republic, GPO, 1916

The Irish Republic flag which flew over the GPO in 1916. Green poplin cloth with the letters IRISH REPUBLIC painted in white and gold (vertical) on both sides. A large segment torn off one side leaving the lettering incomplete. This flag flew from the Princes Street corner of the GPO from Easter...