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.
postcard / 1913 Lockout
Postcard cartoon by Ernest Cavanagh. Satirising William Martin Murphy and the Scottish Borderers and listing people killed in the 1913 baton charge and the 1914 shootings at Bachelors Walk.
requisition order / Hotel Metropole, 1916
Requisition receipt signed by Liam Ua Teannáim (Liam Tannam) 'on behalf of the Irish Republic', for twelve mattresses and twelve pillows from the Hotel Metropole. These items were for use by wounded insurgents at the General Post Office during Easter week 1916.
prison art / Ballykinlar Camp, 1921
One of three 'Harp' brooches made by Kit Mullen in Ballykinlar Internment Camp. Carved from meat bones, and bearing the initials of Kit Mullan's wife and children. He made the brooches whilst a prisoner in No. 2 Camp Ballykinlar, 1921.
prison art / Ballykinlar Camp, 1921
One of three 'Harp' brooches made by Kit Mullen in Ballykinlar Internment Camp. Carved from meat bones, and bearing the initials of Kit Mullan's wife and children. He made the brooches whilst a prisoner in No. 2 Camp Ballykinlar, 1921.
prison art / Ballykinlar Camp, 1921
One of three 'Harp' brooches made by Kit Mullen in Ballykinlar Internment Camp. Carved from meat bones, and bearing the initials of Kit Mullan's wife and children. He made the brooches whilst a prisoner in No. 2 Camp Ballykinlar, 1921.
handbill / Irish Tramway Men's Union, 1913
1913 Strike leaflet, headed 'Dublin Tramwaymen's Fight/For Freedom and Justice!'. Handbill, Irish Tramway Men's Union, 1913.
Fianna Jubilee medal / Fianna Éireann Golden Jubilee, 1959
Miniature Fianna Jubilee, medal with ribbon, 1959. The obverse depicts the Fianna Éireann device of a rayed sun divided horizontally within a circle. Around above, Fianna Éireann. The reverse reads, across, 1909-1959. Around above, 'Golden Jubilee'.
Christmas card / Markievicz, Clarke, Partridge, 1918
A Christmas card sent from Holloway Jail by Countess de Markievicz and (Senator) Mrs. Kathleen Clarke to Mrs. M. Partridge. Christmas 1918.
buttonhole badge / Peter Coates, 1916 Participants Commemoration, 1936
1916 participant's commemorative button-hole badge in enamelled silver, which was presented to Peter Coates of the Irish Citizen Army by the 1916 Easter Week Men's Association of Ireland in 1936. In outline a map of Ireland, showing 1916 in silver through the green enamel on top, an armed Volunteer...
prison art / Frongoch, 1916
Frongoch Prisoner's Work. Macramé bag made by Domhnall Ua Buachalla while a prisoner in Frongoch, 1916
card / Wood Quay, Connolly
Polling card, Wood Quay ward, and notice of public meeting, relating to James Connolly.
food card / Dublin Lockout, 1913
Second issue food card, 1913 Lockout. Blue. Dublin Lockout food cards, 1913. Envelope endorsed by William O'Brien ' Nineteen Thirteen Lockout./Dublin, August 1913/Food Cards/First and Second Issues/First for Union' and containing: (a) 5 cards (white) bearing the legend 'British Trade Union...
food card / Dublin Lockout, 1913
Food card, white, 1913 Lockout. Dublin Lockout food cards 1913. Envelope endorsed by William O'Brien ' Nineteen Thirteen Lockout./Dublin, August 1913/Food Cards/First and Second Issues/First for Union' and containing: (a) 5 cards (white) bearing the legend 'British Trade Union Fund./Give Bearer...
medal / Eamonn Ceannt, 1906
Eamonn Ceannt, gold medal. Awarded to Eamonn Ceannt for uilleann piping, 1906. 1.3 inchs in diameter, with small arched loop for suspension. Cast. the obverse bears ornate zoomorphic 'Celtic' design in centre within a narrow raised band bearing a design of recurring circles all within a border...
rifle / Cathal Brugha, pre-1916
Martini Rifle Action .22 (adapted) by Greener and Company, Birmingham, No. 024800. Used by Irish Volunteer members of the Banba Rifle Club. pre-1916, for practicing at 25, 50, 100 yards ranges and for teaching purposes. Cathal Brugha fired his first shot out of this rifle.
death certificate / Patrick Pearse, 1916
Certificate of Death of Pádraig Mac Piarais (Patrick Pearse) which states the place (Detention Barracks, Kilmainham), cause (Shooting by order of Field General Court Martial) and date of death (3.5.1916) of the above. Certificate dated 2 June 1916. Pearse was executed as a leader of the 1916...
certificate / Con Colbert, 1916
Certificate of Death of Cornelius Colbert, (Con Colbert) which states the place (Detention Barracks, Kilmainham), cause (Shooting by order of Field General Court Martial) and date of death (8.5.1916) of the above. Certificate dated 2 June 1916. Colbert was executed for his involvement in the 1916...
leaflet / The Murder Machine, 1912
Pamphlet, printed, titled 'The Murder Machine', by Patrick Pearse. Bodenstown Series, No.3, Dublin, Whelan & Son, 1916. 20 pages. Sold for 1d.
hat / Michael Fleming, Ashbourne, 1916
A hat worn by Irish Volunteer Michael Fleming of Drumcondra, at the Battle of Ashbourne, 1916.