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.
jacket / Irish National Volunteers, c. 1914
Tunic of the Irish National Volunteers, circa 1914 and following. Pattern as the early Irish Volunteers pattern of 1914, with a white braid rope attached through left shoulder strap to left breast pocket. Dark green cuffs and shoulder straps, each with brass insignia - '3 I N V '. Harp on...
photograph / Sgt Jim Kelly, Australian Machine Gun Squadron, 1914/5
Postcard photograph of Sergeant Jim Kelly. Australian Machine Gun Squadron, 1914/5.
helmet / British Army, WWI
British Army helmet, World War I, 1914 - 1918. This helmet is of the type used by the British Army at the time of the 1916 Rising.
cartoon / A Seditious Tail
Postcard cartoon; anti-recruitment propaganda. Depicting DMP constables chasing a dog, titled 'A Seditious Tail'. Signed Rookey.
cartoon / Put these on, like a good little boy
Postcard cartoon; Cartoon, Britannia: Put these on, like a good little boy, and I'll promise you a nice cake of land. Anti-recruitment propaganda postcard. On the reverse is a drawing, probably by Cathal MacDowell, titled 'Conscription 1926: The Tables Turned.
cartoon / Third Irish Conscript (in the coffin)
Postcard cartoon; Cartoon, Third Irish Conscript (in the coffin). Hearse arriving at Maple's Hotel Conscription Headquarters, Sergeant saying 'Only four of my section left Sir, but I brought the conscript alright'. A young boy passing shouts 'Up the Rebels'. Anti-recruitment propaganda postcard.
cartoon / Third Irish Conscript (in the coffin)
Postcard cartoon; Cartoon, Third Irish Conscript (in the coffin). Hearse arriving at Maple's Hotel Conscription Headquarters, Sergeant saying 'Only four of my section left Sir, but I brought the conscript alright'. A young boy passing shouts 'Up the Rebels'. Anti-recruitment propaganda postcard.
cartoon / The Sinn Fein Anti-Enlistment Car
Postcard cartoon; Cartoon, The Sinn Fein Anti-Enlistment Car. Undated, circa 1914 to 1916. Cart with panels reading 'Before joining the British Army - enquire why so many deserters? Why so many ex-soldiers die in workhouses? Why so many suicides? Before enlisting write for accurate information...
photograph / Irish troops, World War I
One of a set of four photographs of British Army troops, probably Irish, leaving for World War I on transport ships, circa 1916. Troops pictured marching into the docks (probably Dublin docks) to the transport ships.
photograph / Irish troops, World War I
One of a set of four photographs of British Army troops, probably Irish, leaving for World War I on transport ships, circa 1916. Troops pictured on ships awaiting departure.
photograph / Irish troops, World War I
One of a set of four photographs of British Army troops, probably Irish, leaving for World War I on transport ships, circa 1916. Troops pictured on ships awaiting departure.
photograph / Irish troops, World War I
One of a set of four photographs of British Army troops, probably Irish, leaving for World War I on transport ships, circa 1916. Troops pictured on board departing ship.
photograph / Dublin Brigade, Irish Volunteers, c. 1914
Group photograph of the Dublin Brigade, Irish Volunteers c. 1914. Photograph taken by Keogh Brothers of 75 Lower Dorset Street, Dublin.
photograph / Dublin Brigade, Irish Volunteers, c. 1914
Photograph of the Dublin Brigade, Irish Volunteers c. 1914. On parade in a yard. Photograph taken by Keogh Brothers of 75 Lower Dorset Street, Dublin.
reproduction / Captain Richard Burke & Royal Irish Regiment, 1916 Rising
Mounted reproduction of a photograph of the Royal Irish Regiment Group photograph, the regiment posing with the captured Irish Republic flag in front of the O'Connell Monumnet, O'Connell Street, Dublin, in the days after the 1916 Rising. Includes Captain Richard E.W. Burke.
postcard photograph / Michael John Carney, RIC / Royal Irish Regiment
Photograph, postcard, of Michael Carney, District Inspector, Gort, in uniform, with his men. Royal Irish Constabulary, Gort, Co. Galway, August 1921. Part of a collection of artefacts relating to Michael John Carney, a member of the Royal Irish Constabulary, later of the Royal Irish Regiment during...
letter / Mary Nally, 1915-16
Letter written by John MacBride to Mary Nally, from the address of 4 Sir Rogerson's Quay, Dublin. Dated March, either 1915 or 1916. Refers to the war and recruitment. Asks if she ever sees 'that rebel John Devoy'. Found in the private papers of Mary Nally in 1946 along with two photographs; John...
photograph / John MacBride, 1901
Studio portrait photograph, head and shoulders, of John MacBride, taken by J.E. Purdy of 146 Tremont Street, Boston, U.S.A. Dated 1901. Signed 'With best wished to John Devoy from his friend John MacBride, Major, Irish Brigade. Found in the private papers of Mary Nally in 1946 along with a...
photograph / Maud Gonne, 1897
Studio portrait photograph, half length, of Maud Gonne. Taken by Prince Studio with addresses at New York, Washington D.C. and Old Point Comfort, Virginia. Signed 'To Miss Murphy with kindest regards from Maud Gonne, Onward always till Liberty is won! 19th Nov 97'. On the back are the names...