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brooch / Brian Boru harp, 1850
Silver gilt replica Brian Boru brooch. Harp shaped with pin and hook clasp on back. Harp with nine metal strings, engraved with Celtic design. Stamped 'Waterhouse & Co. Dublin' With box with brown dome topped box lined with blue satin and velvet. With maker's crest 'Jewellers and Watchmakers to the...
bracelet / 'Brian Boru' harp, 1850
Bracelet. Thomas Bennett, Dublin, c.1850. Bangle bracelet made of Wicklow gold and set with bog oak shamrocks. The centrepiece is a representation of the 'Brian Boru' harp. In original presentation box of dark blue/green leather, stamped with the jeweller's name.
illustration / Leabhar na h-Aiséirghe, 'Men of the Harbours'
Illustration, Leabhar na h-Aiséirghe by Art Ó Murnaghan, Dublin, 1924 to 1951. Page nineteen of book. 'Men of the Harbours'.
illustration / Leabhar na hÁiséirghe, The Page of the Waves
Illustration, Leabhar na hAiséirghe, by Art Ó Murnaghan. The Page of the Waves from Leabhar na hÁiséirghe by Art O Murnaghan, Dublin, 1924 to 1951.One of the original pages.
illustration / Leabhar na hAiséirghe, The Sixteen Men page
Illustration, Leabhar na hAiséirghe, by Art Ó Murnaghan. The Page of the Sixteen Men. Easter Executions.
illustration / Leabhar na hAiséirghe, The Destiny Page
Illustration, Leabhar na hAiséirghe, by Art Ó Murnaghan. The Destiny Page. On the reverse is another illustration - The Saint Brigid Page
illustration / Leabhar na hAiséirghe, The Title Page
Illustration, Leabhar na hAiséirghe, by Art Ó Murnaghan. The Title Page.
prison art / Holloway Jail, 1918-1919
Illuminated page. Countess Markievicz, Holloway Jail, January 1919. Watercolour illumination of James Connolly's proclamation in calligraphy. Two creatures, inspired by those in Early Christian manuscripts, are shown devouring the Union Jack.
cap / Daniel O'Connell 'Repeal' Cap
O'Connell's 'Repeal' Cap, green velvet embroidered with gold-lace shamrocks; gold lace tassel; button on top with crowned harp and motto: 'God Save the Queen. Repeal of the Union'. This is the cap with which Daniel O'Connell was crowned at Mullaghmast in 1843, by it's designer John Hogan. It is...
hat box / Daniel O'Connell, Repeal Cap, 1843
Hat box of Daniel O'Connell's Repeal cap. An octagonal wooden box with impressed name of ''O'Connell' on lid. Also contains a label reading 'Jas. Haybyrne, Hairdresser' and verse referring to O'Connell as the 'Liberator'. A poem dedicated to O'Connell the Liberator handwritten in ink on paper...
coatee / 1782 Club, James Spring, c. 1846
Uniform coatee of the 1782 Club, worn by James Spring, circa 1846. Green cloth with fifteen gold coloured buttons, '1782' on each of them. Dark green velvet cuffs and collar, embroidered with shamrocks.
trousers / 1782 Club, James Spring, c. 1846
Uniform trousers of the 1782 Club, worn by James Spring, circa 1846. Green cloth with a gold stripe / braid.