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 cutting / Lieutenant Colonel S.U.L. Clements, WWI
Newspaper cutting with photograph of Lieutenant Colonel S.U.L. Clements, missing son of the late Mr. T.E.L. Clements, D.L., Rathkenny, Co Cavan. World War I. Clements was of the Royal Irish Fusiliers. Later found to be alive in a German POW Camp. c. 1918. Part of a collection relating to the...
 


letter / Burrows Sisters, Nursing Service, WWI
Typed Letter, dated 28th April 1918, from the War Office at Whitehall, London, informing Mrs Clements that her son Lieutenant Colonel S.U.L. Clements of the Royal Irish Fusiliers is a POW in a German camp. Part of a collection relating to the Burrowes Sisters of Co. Cavan, Anna and Rosamund, nurses...
 


agreement / Burrows Sisters, Nursing Service, WWI
Document aggreement relating to training at the Ulster Volunteer Hospital ‘Form of Agreement for Volunteer Aid Nurses’. Typed form signed by Rosamund C.C. Burrows, aged 23, with an address at Lismore, Crossclooney, Co. Cavan. Reference listed as the Right Honourable Mrs Burrowes of the same...
 


leaflet / Burrows Sisters, Nursing Service, WWI
Peace Celebrations, printed leaflet; What to do on arrival in Belfast. Listing the Dos and Don't of the celebrations. Signed by Captain A.K.D. Hall, General Staff, Northern District. Printed by R. Carswell and Son Ltd., Belfast. World War I. Part of a collection relating to the Burrowes Sisters...
 


letter / Burrows Sisters, Nursing Service, WWI
Letter in envelope to Mrs Burrows at Lismore, Crossclooney, Co. Cavan. Postmarked Malta on 13 September 1915. Two pages on the headed paper of the Royal Mail Steam Package Company. Addressed to Dearest Auntie Anna, discussing the route to St. Patrick's Camp Hospital, Malta. Signed (illegible),...
 


letter / Burrows Sisters, Nursing Service, WWI
Letter addressed to Dear Madam, from Private G.A. West, no. 114260, on 11 August 1916. Thanking her for the recently received parcel. Part of a collection relating to the Burrowes Sisters of Co. Cavan, Anna and Rosamund, nurses in the service during the period, serving in Northern France at the...
 


photocopy / Bernard Reid, WWI
Letter to Bernard Reid from George Moore at 4 Upper Ely Place, Dublin, dated 10 November 1910 re books 'Impressions and Opinions' and 'The Untilled Field'. Copy. Bernard Reid, the second son of Michael and Sarah Reid, was born in Dublin on December 1st 1886. He grew up in 11/12 Chatam Street in...
 


photograph / Bernard Reid, WWI
Photograph of Bernard Reid in civilian clothes. Bernard Reid, the second son of Michael and Sarah Reid, was born in Dublin on December 1st 1886. He grew up in 11/12 Chatam Street in Dublin living over the family butchers business. McDonagh and Company were the biggest butchers in Ireland with a...
 


photograph / Bernard Reid, WWI
Photograph of Bernard Reid in uniform. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 1914 to 1916. Bernard Reid, the second son of Michael and Sarah Reid, was born in Dublin on December 1st 1886. He grew up in 11/12 Chatam Street in Dublin living over the family butchers business. McDonagh and Company were the biggest...
 


photograph / Bernard Reid, WWI
Photograph of Bernard Reid in uniform with four friends in civilian clothing. Printed by H.L. Lloyd (Mr Stickyback), 30 Grafton Street, Dublin. Bernard Reid, the second son of Michael and Sarah Reid, was born in Dublin on December 1st 1886. He grew up in 11/12 Chatam Street in Dublin living over...
 


postcard / Bernard Reid, WWI / Mary, 1914
Postcard from Bernard Reid to sister Mary from Blackdown Camp. References Generals Parsons and Hickie. dated 1 December 1915. Bernard Reid, the second son of Michael and Sarah Reid, was born in Dublin on December 1st 1886. He grew up in 11/12 Chatam Street in Dublin living over the family butchers...
 


postcard / Bernard Reid, WWI / Mother, 1915
Postcard from Bernard Reid to Mother, dated 2 December 1915 from Blackdown Camp. Bernard Reid, the second son of Michael and Sarah Reid, was born in Dublin on December 1st 1886. He grew up in 11/12 Chatam Street in Dublin living over the family butchers business. McDonagh and Company were the...
 


postcard / Bernard Reid, WWI / 1915
Postcard from Bernard Reid to Sister Josie, dated 1 December 1915 from Blackdown Camp. Bernard Reid, the second son of Michael and Sarah Reid, was born in Dublin on December 1st 1886. He grew up in 11/12 Chatam Street in Dublin living over the family butchers business. McDonagh and Company were...
 


letter / Bernard Reid, WWI / The Irish Soldier, 1918
Copy of the booklet 'The Irish Soldier', No. 6, December 1918. Printed in Dublin by Brindely & Son, Eustace Street. With a reprinted letter from Bernard Reid tohis mother, pages 11/13. The letter is dated 26 January 1916. Bernard Reid, the second son of Michael and Sarah Reid, was born in Dublin...
 


card / Bernard Reid, WWI / 1916
Postcard from Bernard Reid to Mary, 1 June 1916. One of seven postcards written by Bernard Reid to family members from near the Front Line at the Somme where he served with the 16th Irish Division. Cards dated 1 and 2 June 1916 reference the Easter Rising. Others dated 8th, 11th, 14th and 18th...
 


card / Bernard Reid, WWI / 1916
Postcard from Bernard Reid to Josie, 2 June 1916. One of seven postcards written by Bernard Reid to family members from near the Front Line at the Somme where he served with the 16th Irish Division. Cards dated 1 and 2 June 1916 reference the Easter Rising. Others dated 8th, 11th, 14th and 18th...
 


card / Bernard Reid, WWI / 1916
Postcard from Bernard Reid to Mother, 2 June 1916. One of seven postcards written by Bernard Reid to family members from near the Front Line at the Somme where he served with the 16th Irish Division. Cards dated 1 and 2 June 1916 reference the Easter Rising. Others dated 8th, 11th, 14th and 18th...
 


card / Bernard Reid, WWI / 1916
Postcard from Bernard Reid to Teresa, 8 June 1916. One of seven postcards written by Bernard Reid to family members from near the Front Line at the Somme where he served with the 16th Irish Division. Cards dated 1 and 2 June 1916 reference the Easter Rising. Others dated 8th, 11th, 14th and 18th...
 


card / Bernard Reid, WWI / 1916
Postcard from Bernard Reid to Mother, 11 June 1916. One of seven postcards written by Bernard Reid to family members from near the Front Line at the Somme where he served with the 16th Irish Division. Cards dated 1 and 2 June 1916 reference the Easter Rising. Others dated 8th, 11th, 14th and...
 

