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.
pistol walking stick / Ypres, 1915
Pistol walking stick. Wood in imitation of cane. Black knob at top. The lower end for 24.1cm (9 1/2") is iron and brass. The brass part forms the barrel of the pistol - it unscrews and at the base there is a nipple to hold a percussion cap. About 1850. Found at Ypres, Belgium, in 1915 (during World...
postcard / Ruines D'Ypres, WWI
Ruines D'Ypres. Souvenir booklet of photographs of the devastation there during the 1914 - 1918 war.
postcard / Souvenir D'Ypres, WWI
Souvenir D'Ypres. Souvenir booklet of photographs of Ypres before the destruction of World War I. Souvenir de la Belgique - cartes-vues choisies. Edition: Hotel Splendide et Britannique, Grand 'Place, Ypres.
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
photograph / Royal Irish Rifles, WWI
Portrait photograph of man in dress uniform. By J. Robinson and Sons Ltd, Dublin. One of a collection of 23 photographs relating to the Royal Irish Rifles 1913 to 1916, World War I period. Related to the name Fitzmaurice of Carlow. Collection includes eight newsheets on the 'Amalgamation of the...
photograph / Royal Irish Rifles, WWI
Portrait photograph of man in dress uniform. By J. Robinson and Sons Ltd, Dublin. One of a collection of 23 photographs relating to the Royal Irish Rifles 1913 to 1916, World War I period. Related to the name Fitzmaurice of Carlow. Collection includes eight newsheets on the 'Amalgamation of the...
photograph / Royal Irish Rifles, WWI
Portrait photograph of man in uniform. By Lafayette. On the reverse is written the name and address Mrs Harper, The Rectory, Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland. One of a collection of 23 photographs relating to the Royal Irish Rifles 1913 to 1916, World War I period. Related to the name...
photograph / Royal Irish Rifles, WWI
Portrait photograph of J.B.E. Miller, died of wounds May 1915. In uniform. By Abernathy of 29 High Street, Belfast. One of a collection of 23 photographs relating to the Royal Irish Rifles 1913 to 1916, World War I period. Related to the name Fitzmaurice of Carlow. Collection includes eight...
photograph / Royal Irish Rifles, WWI
Portrait photograph of man in uniform. By Schmidt of Cliftonville. One of a collection of 23 photographs relating to the Royal Irish Rifles 1913 to 1916, World War I period. Related to the name Fitzmaurice of Carlow. Collection includes eight newsheets on the 'Amalgamation of the Parishes of...
photograph / Royal Irish Rifles, WWI
Four postcard photographs of A Company, 5th Royal Irish Rifles at Ballykinlar, Co. Down, 1913. By Harding of Banbridge. One of a collection of 23 photographs relating to the Royal Irish Rifles 1913 to 1916, World War I period. Related to the name Fitzmaurice of Carlow. Collection includes eight...
photograph / Royal Irish Rifles, WWI
Postcard photograph of a sports team of the 5th Royal Irish Rifles at Palace Barracks, Holywood, March 1916. One of a collection of 23 photographs relating to the Royal Irish Rifles 1913 to 1916, World War I period. Related to the name Fitzmaurice of Carlow. Collection includes eight newsheets on...
photograph / Royal Irish Rifles, WWI
Photograph of a man in civilian clothing with two men in uniform, at a training camp. One of a collection of 23 photographs relating to the Royal Irish Rifles 1913 to 1916, World War I period. Related to the name Fitzmaurice of Carlow. Collection includes eight newsheets on the 'Amalgamation of the...
photograph / Royal Irish Rifles, WWI
Postcard photograph of a parade of uniformed men, led by a drum and fife section, down an urban street. Hibernian Bank and Fitzsimons' grocer shop visible in background. 'Entering Wicklow'. One of a collection of 23 photographs relating to the Royal Irish Rifles 1913 to 1916, World War I period....
photograph / Royal Irish Rifles, WWI
Snapshot photograph of man in uniform. One of a collection of 23 photographs relating to the Royal Irish Rifles 1913 to 1916, World War I period. Related to the name Fitzmaurice of Carlow. Collection includes eight newsheets on the 'Amalgamation of the Parishes of Carlow and Killeshin.
photograph / Royal Irish Rifles, WWI
Snapshot photograph of man in uniform with woman. 'At 57, August 1918' written on reverse. One of a collection of 23 photographs relating to the Royal Irish Rifles 1913 to 1916, World War I period. Related to the name Fitzmaurice of Carlow. Collection includes eight newsheets on the 'Amalgamation...
photograph / Royal Irish Rifles, WWI
Portrait photograph of man in uniform. One of a collection of 23 photographs relating to the Royal Irish Rifles 1913 to 1916, World War I period. Related to the name Fitzmaurice of Carlow. Collection includes eight newsheets on the 'Amalgamation of the Parishes of Carlow and Killeshin.
photograph / Royal Irish Rifles, WWI
Portrait photograph of man in uniform. By S. Langfier of Glasgow and London. One of a collection of 23 photographs relating to the Royal Irish Rifles 1913 to 1916, World War I period. Related to the name Fitzmaurice of Carlow. Collection includes eight newsheets on the 'Amalgamation of the...
photograph / Royal Irish Rifles, WWI
Portrait photograph of man in civilian clothing, head and shoulders. By Fox Greenhough & Co. of Kilkenny and Carlow. One of a collection of 23 photographs relating to the Royal Irish Rifles 1913 to 1916, World War I period. Related to the name Fitzmaurice of Carlow. Collection includes eight...
postcard / Royal Irish Rifles, WWI
Postcard, sending greetings for 1923 from R.H.S (?) to J. Fitzmaurice of Laurel Grove, Carlow. Dated 29 December 1922. Tuck's Postcard (Oilette Series, Postcard No.3282 Sweet Nature). One of a collection of 23 photographs relating to the Royal Irish Rifles 1913 to 1916, World War I period....