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 / Thomas MacDonagh
Postcard photograph, black and white. Thomas MacDonagh. Photograph by E. Brooke Smith of Dublin. Published and Printed by Curran, Dublin. One of a collection of postcards relating to the 1916 Rising, leaders, aftermath, Kilmainham Jail and the executions. Produced in Ireland.
postcard photograph / Joseph Plunkett
Postcard photograph, black and white. Joseph Plunkett. Photograph by E. Brooke Smith of Dublin. Published and Printed by Curran, Dublin. One of a collection of postcards relating to the 1916 Rising, leaders, aftermath, Kilmainham Jail and the executions. Produced in Ireland.
postcard photograph / Sean McGarry
Postcard photograph, black and white. Sean McGarry. Photograph by Keogh Brothers Limited, Dublin. Published and Printed by Curran, Dublin. One of a collection of postcards relating to the 1916 Rising, leaders, aftermath, Kilmainham Jail and the executions. Produced in Ireland.
postcard photograph / Thomas Clarke
Postcard photograph, black and white. Thomas Clarke. Photograph by Norman Dewar, Dublin. Published and Printed by Curran, 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 / 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...
rosary beads / Sean Heuston, 1916
Rosary beads of Sean Heuston. Included by the Governor of Kilmainham Jail among some small things sent to Mrs Maria Heuston after 8 May 1916. Held by Mary (Mother Bernard) of Taylor's Still until her death, and then sent by the nuns of the monastery to Theresa, who held it until she died in August...
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.
photograph / War of Independence
Set of four photographs, depicting the surrender of rebels after incident in War of Independence, armoured cars, British troops loading rebels into the back of an open car, Rebels coming out of a building to surrender, and a group of women, one wearing a mourning veil, talking to British troops...
report / Dublin Metropolitan Police, 1916
Report of occurrences in the Dublin Metropolitan Police area, by Sinn Féin, 26th April 1916, by J.Dunne, Chief Inspector.
photograph / Boland's Mills garrison, surrender, 1916
Photograph of surrender of Boland's Mills garrison, 1916, with de Valera visible in the front.print / Nelson's Pillar, 1966
Newspaper poster, Evening Herald 8 March 1966. With illustration by Liam C. Martin depicting the destruction of Nelson's Pillar - the aftermath of the bomb explosion at 2am that day.
regulation / Riaghlacha agus Orduighthe, British Army, 1806
Poster, Riaghlacha agus Orduighthe (Rules and Regulations) for the British Army, 7th October 1806. In Irish. Dated 1st November 1806 by the War Office, Dublin (Oifig an Chogaidh). Printed in Dame Street, Dublin. Relevant to the Napoleonic Wars, 1803–1815.letter / 1916 Rising
Letter documenting the events of the Easter Rising. 15 pages, handwritten, from Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin. Written by Nell Wilson to her daughter Norah who was at school at Cheltenham Ladies College. Nell Wilson was the wife of DM (Dan) Wilson KC, subsequently Solicitor General for Ireland prior to...
photograph / Funeral, Republican, 1922
Republican funeral scene November 1922. Full plate showing five of the hearses arriving at cemetry with large group of sympathisers all round.
book / Irish Volunteers, Dublin Brigade, 1917-21
Irish Volunteers 1917-21 Dublin Brigade Roll. Quartermaster's Roll Book of D. Comapny, 2nd Battalion, Dublin Brigade, Irish Volunteers, 1917-1921. Black covered note book. The front part of the book ruled for rolls of members of company, by sections. Entries give name, address, occupation etc.,...
coat-of-arms / Bakers's Trade Guild
Plaster slab with the arms of the Bakers's Trade Guild (Guild of Saints Clement and Anne), Dublin. Displayed on Bakers's Hall, 8 Upper Bridge Street, Dublin 1941. Iron bars to support the plaster. With the Arms of the Bakers's Trade Guild "Praise God for All" and "AD 1752" under the arms.
receipt / McDonagh, Ironmongery, Hardware, Brush and Leather, 1820-26
Shop bill, itemised, of McDonagh, Ironmongery, Hardware, Brush and Leather Warehouse, at Bray, Co. Wicklow. Not dated, but 1820 to 1826. One of a collection of documents relating to the Grattan Bellew Family, 1820-26, particularly James Grattan M.P. One of a collection of eighty shop and...
receipt / Hodgen's, Flax and Hemp Manufactury, 1820-26
Shop bill, itemised, of Hodgen's, Flax and Hemp Manufactury, at No. 9 Pill Lane, Dublin. Not dated, but 1820 to 1826. One of a collection of documents relating to the Grattan Bellew Family, 1820-26, particularly James Grattan M.P. One of a collection of eighty shop and tradesmen's bills of...