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.
seal / Guild Charter
Seal of a charter - one of the following - Charter of the Guild of Cutlers, Paynters, Stayners and Stationers; Guild of St. Luke the Evangelist, 1670, with imperfect seal.
charter / Charter of the Guild of Cutlers
Charter of the Guild of Cutlers, on vellum.
charter / Charter of the Guild of Paynters, Stayners and Stationers
Charter of the Guild of Paynters, Stayners and Stationers.
charter / Charter of the Guild of St. Luke the Evangelist, 1670
Charter of the Guild of St. Luke the Evangelist, 1670, with imperfect seal.
newspaper / 'A Prospect of the City of Dublin circa 1859', 1959
Copy of the Irish Times Centenary Supplement, 8th June 1959, with pictorial representation of Dublin City centre, entitles "A Prospect of the City of Dublin circa 1859" The Customs House, Houses of Parliament and Trinity College are clearly visible.
book / An Claidheamh Soluis, 1910-1912
Bound set of the newspaper An Claidheamh Soluis, run from 29 October 1910 to 2 March 1912.
photograph / 'Victoria', Dublin to Drogheda Railway, 1845
Photograph, steam engine 'Victoria', Dublin to Drogheda Railway, 1845.
mail coach blunderbuss / Dublin Mail, c. 1790
Dublin Mail blunderbuss. c. 1790 by Bryan (Cork). Brass barrelled flintlock type. BRYAN on lockplate. Engraved on the barrel is 'Cork No. 2 Dublin Mail'. Stamped on barrel is 'E C-1242' - the police registration mark of 1843. One of a pair.
newspaper / The Spark, 26 March 1916
Newspaper, The Spark, Vol. 3, No. 60, Sunday 26 March 1916, with article "Souls and Swords" edited by Ed Dalton.
pin flag / Manchester Martyrs
Pin badge or pin flag, republican, tricolour with images or Larkin, O'Brien and Dillon, the Manchester Martyrs. Paper.
minutes / Stamp Office, Dublin, 1801
Manuscript minutes of a meeting, Stamp Office, Dublin. Two sheets of manuscript connected with 1798 Rebellion, dated January 15th and 17th, 1801.
minutes / Stamp Office, Dublin, 1801
Manuscript minutes of a meeting, Stamp Office, Dublin. Two sheets of manuscript connected with 1798 Rebellion, dated January 15th and 17th, 1801.
/ Michael Bermingham, Dublin to Cork, July 1798
Rebellion of 1798. Pass for a passage by sea from Dublin to Cork, issued to Michael Bermingham. Dated 24 July, 1798. Issued by Alderman William James, Dublin; authorised by Viscount Castlereagh. Printed form, particulars written on form intended for a Holyhead passage. Endorsed by James Green,...
photograph / Liffey Dockyard Munitions Factory, c. 1916
Munitions factory in Dublin, c. 1916. Copy of four snapshot photographs of female workers, including Florence May Lea, at Liffey Dockyard Munitions Factory, posed in front of stacked shell cases. Two sheets
diary / Sherwood Foresters, 1916 Rising
Diary of a member of the Sherwood Foresters, a H.H. Phillips of Stanton Hill, Mansfield. Describing landing in Dublin (Kingstown / Dun Laoghaire) and being fired on by the rebels. Diary discusses training in England before the Rising, and being stationed in Athlone area afterwards.
permit / D.M.P., May 1916
Police permit issued to civilian, a priest, to pass through streets of Dublin. Issued by the D.M.P. on the 3rd May 1916. Typescript, particulars written. Signed (stamp) W. Edgeworth-Johnstone. Endorsed as valid for district outside D.M.P. area, endorsement signed (stamp) Neville Chamberlaine,...
photograph / Irish Rebellion, 1916
Postcard photograph - Irish Rebellion, May 1916 series. Holding a Dublin Street against the Rebels. Printed by The Daily Sketch for Easons, Dublin.
photograph / Irish Rebellion, 1916
Postcard photograph - Irish Rebellion, May 1916 series. Soldiers holding a Dublin Street. Printed by The Daily Sketch for Easons, Dublin.
photograph / J. Lynch, Irish Volunteer, 1919
Full length portrait photograph of the donor J. Lynch in Irish Volunteer uniform with rifle, taken in 1919. Lynch was a member of the C.O., 3rd Batt., Dublin Brigade. Jacket was British Army tunic which Lynch had dyed in 1918, and adding the green facing on the cuffs and shoulder straps. This...