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 photograph / Interior of the Coliseum Theatre, Dublin, after the bombardment, 1916
Postcard photograph, black and white, interior of the Coliseum Theatre, Henry Street, Dublin, after the bombardment. Published by Coleman's of Dublin. One of a collection of postcards relating to the 1916 Rising, leaders, aftermath, Kilmainham Jail and the executions. Produced in Ireland.
postcard photograph / After the Insurrection - Corner of Bachelor's Walk and Lower Sackville Street, 1916
Postcard photograph, black and white, After the Insurrection - Corner of Bachelor's Walk and Lower Sackville Street which commanded O'Connell Bridge. Published by Hely's Limited of Dublin. One of a collection of postcards relating to the 1916 Rising, leaders, aftermath, Kilmainham Jail and the...
postcard photograph / Section A Company, 4th Battalion Irish Volunteers, 1915
Postcard photograph, black and white, partial. Section A Company, 4th Battalion Irish Volunteers. Winners of ... Aeridheacht, Sunday 5 September 1915. One of a collection of postcards relating to the 1916 Rising, leaders, aftermath, Kilmainham Jail and the executions. Produced in Ireland.
postcard photograph / Countess Markievicz
Postcard photograph, black and white, Irish Rebellion, May 1916 Series. Countess Markievicz. Published and Printed by the Powell Press, 22 Parliament Street, Dublin. One of a collection of postcards relating to the 1916 Rising, leaders, aftermath, Kilmainham Jail and the executions. Produced in...
envelope / Sinn Fein Post Office
Envelope, used, addressed to Brigid Ni Leaghlobair(?) at 68 Heytesbury Street, South Circular Road, Dublin. Ink stamp ‘Sinn Fein Post Office’. No date.
notice / Cathal Brugha, funeral, 1922
Note, typescript, from Mrs Cathal Brugha, the Publicity Department at 23 Suffolk Street, dated 9th July 1922. Requesting that no members of the Free State Government attend Brugha’s funeral, in protest against the Civil War.
admittance ticket / Cathal Brugha, General Convention, April 1922
Admittance ticket to the Oglaigh na hEireann General Convention at the Mansion House, 9 April 1922. Made out to Cathal Brugha, 4th Battalion. Ticket numbered 200.
pass / Four Courts Barracks, May 1922
Pass, Oglaigh na hEireann General Headquarters at the Four Courts Barracks, for P. Ryan, Orderly, Publicity Unit, to leave barracks. Dated 4 May 1922. Permanent pass no. 87. Signed Captain Sean Lemass.
admittance ticket / Dail Eireann, 21 Jan 1919
Admittance ticket to Dail Eireann, An Cead Tionol, 21 January 1919, made out to Michael Ua Rynne. Signed by Seamus de Búrca.
admittance ticket / Dail Eireann, 10 April 1919
Admittance ticket to Dail Eireann, 10 April, made out to Michael Ua Rynne.
certificate of profiency / Ulster Volunteer Force
Ulster Volunteer Force Certificate of Profiency (drill and shooting). Printed by W. & G. Baird, Belfast. Blank example.
pamphlet / Spectacles for Ulstermen, 1916
Pamphlet, Sinn Fein Tract No.5 titled ‘Spectacles for Ulstermen’. By Herbert N. Pim. Dublin: The Irishman, 1916.
handbill / Heads Up!, 21 Feb. 1922
Leaflet or handbill, ‘Heads Up!’ no. 24. 21 February 1922. ‘The Irish Republic’. Anti-Treaty leaflet.
handbill / Heads Up!, 3 Feb. 1922
Leaflet or handbill, ‘Heads Up!’ no. 9. 3 February 1922. ‘The Freedom of the Press’. Re Freeman’s Journal. Anti-Treaty leaflet.
handbill / Heads Up!, 6 March 1922
Leaflet or handbill, ‘Heads Up!’ no. 30. 6 March 1922. ‘A Party Manouvre’. Re upcoming election and voting rights. Anti-Treaty leaflet.
handbill / Heads Up!, 13 Feb. 1922
Leaflet or handbill, ‘Heads Up!’ no. 17. 13 February 1922. ’50,000 Citizens of Dublin Passed this Resolution and Pledged Themselves to the Republic’. Anti-Treaty leaflet.
handbill / Men in Green! Cathal Brugha is Dead. Do You Stand for That?, 1922
Leaflet or handbill, ‘Men in Green! Cathal Brugha is Dead. Do You Stand for That? How do you like Shooting, Raiding, and Arresting the Soldiers of the I.R.A. at the bidding of Macready and Winston Churchill?’. Anti-Treaty leaflet.
pamphlet / The Invisible Sinn Fein “Tank”, 1916
Pamphlet, Sinn Fein Tract No.2 titled ‘The Invisible Sinn Fein “Tank”’. By Herbert N. Pim. Dublin: The Irishman, 1916.
handbill / Heads Up!, 22 Feb. 1922
Leaflet or handbill, ‘Heads Up!’ no. 25. 22 February 1922. ‘An Isolated Dominion’. Anti-Treaty leaflet.