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.
certificate / John MacBride, 1916
Certificate of Death of John MacBride, which states the place (Detention Barracks, Kilmainham), cause (Shooting by order of Field General Court Martial) and date of death (5.5.1916) of the above. Certificate dated 2 June 1916. MacBride was executed for his involvement in the 1916 Rising. Once the...
cross / Kilmainham executions, 1916
Small indulgence crucifix used at the executions of the leaders of the Easter Rising at Kilmainham Jail, May 1916.
tunic / Alice Cashel, Cumann na mBan, 1916-1921
Uniform jacket or tunic, Cumann na mBan, 1916 period. As worn by the donor Miss Alice Cashel. Alice Cashel was a member of the Cork Branch of Sinn Fein and a founding member, with Annie McSwiney, of the Cork Cumann na mBan, before the Irish Volunteers were established there.
surrender order / Enniscorthy Volunteers, 30 April 1916
The order to surrender given to the Enniscorthy Volunteers by Commandant General Patrick Pearse in Arbour Hill, on Sunday 30 April, 1916, the day after the official surrender. This copy was brought from Pearse to the garrison at Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford, who had not yet surrendered to the British...
flag / Helga
Centre-piece ensign of TSS. 'Helga', British gunship, 1916 Rising. White hop-sack cloth (wool), diameter 22'. In the centre a yellow harp with eight white strings, on background on blue circle, surrounded by interweaving branches of shamrock, in green, which in turn are encircled by thin blue line.
1916 Proclamation / 1916 Rising
1916 Rising Proclamation. An original copy of the Easter Week Proclamation, 1916. An inscription on the back reads 'Picked up opposite the GPO, Dublin, between 11 and 12am on Easter Monday, 24th April, 1916. It had been pinned on the M +L...
automatic pistol / Countess Markievicz, 1916
Countess Markievicz's Mauser automatic pistol. With detachable carbine stock which acts as a holster or case. Calibre .30. 5'' rifled barrel. Rear-sight 50 - 1,000 metres. Barrel marked with manufacturer's marks as above. Serial number 162742. With a contemporary note, written by Major Harry de...
walking stick / Patrick Pearse, 1916
Sword-stick which belonged to Commandant General Patrick Pearse. Blade of diamond section, 26'' long, with rough hued and gilt decoration towards the hilt, mounted in brown lacquered cane. The cane has a horn handle extending at right angles to its main axis and there is a silver band 1' wide at...
holster / Con Colbert, 1916
Captain Con Colbert's Webley & Scott automatic pistol. It was given by him to a friend, a short time before Easter Week, 1916. Serial No. 115555.