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.
newspaper / The Freeman's Journal, 18th April 1922
The Freeman's Journal, 18 April 1922, 6 pages. Includes articles discussing the Anglo-Irish Treaty, and an article entitled Ballot or Bullet" concerning the possibility of civil war. An illustration on the front page depicts worker and employer, with the words, "Trade, worker and employer, where do...
pamphlet / To The Organised Workers of England, Scotland and Wales, 1918
Irish Trade Union Congress and Labour Party 1918. re Conscription. 4 page brochure soliciting support and resolutions "To The Organised Workers of England, Scotland and Wales".
notice / Socialist Rally, 1917
1917 Socialist Rally. Handbill giving notice of meeting on 12 January at Trades Hall, Capel Street, Dublin, to be addressed by W. Regan of Glasgow I.L.P.
leaflet / Tipperary Election / Lilly Connolly / O'Brien
Handbill - 'Tipperary's Labour Candidate / Remarkable Tribute from the Late James Connolly'. Printed reproduction of a letter from Lily Connolly to William O'Brien. Handbill citing her and James' (Connolly) endorsement of O'Brien in the Tipperary Election. Probably 1927.
indenture / Edward Gibson, 1908
Indenture of apprenticeship. Boy's indenture of apprenticeship, apprenticing Edward Gibson to Nicholas Alexander of the Dublin Silk Trade. The indenture was signed by Michael Mallin, who was Secretary of the Society. Nicholas Alexander subsequently fought in the St Stephen's Green area under...
pass / Limerick Strike, April 1919
Pass issued to workers during Limerick Strike, April 1919. The British Military, during a certain period in April 1919, closed all the entrances to Limerick City. The Limerick Workers then refused to use the official Passes of the British. As a compromise, the workers eventually consented to use...