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.
resource / Royal Dublin Fusiliers, WWI
Lt. G. Hicks, Lt. M.J. Fitzgerald, Maj. R.S.M. Harrison, Lt. Kelly, Maj. C.H. Tippet, CSM Robinson, Capt. L.S.N. Palmer One of a set of 32 photographs, 12 of which were received, from the album of Sgt. A.J. England No. 14152 ‘D’ Coy. 7th Royal Dublin Fusiliers (Pals Battalion) taken at the...
resource / Royal Dublin Fusiliers, WWI
‘C’ Company with Maj. C.H. Tippet, Lt. E.L. Julian (back), Capt. Cunningham. One of a set of 32 photographs, 12 of which were received, from the album of Sgt. A.J. England No. 14152 ‘D’ Coy. 7th Royal Dublin Fusiliers (Pals Battalion) taken at the Royal Barracks, now Collins Barracks, Dublin,...
resource / Royal Dublin Fusiliers, WWI
‘C’ Coy. With Lt. Douglas, Lt. Julian, Maj. Tippet, Lt. Clover, Lt. Bell, Capt. Cunningham. One of a set of 32 photographs, 12 of which were received, from the album of Sgt. A.J. England No. 14152 ‘D’ Coy. 7th Royal Dublin Fusiliers (Pals Battalion) taken at the Royal Barracks, now Collins...
resource / Royal Dublin Fusiliers, WWI
7th RDF battalion mascot ‘Jack’. One of a set of 32 photographs, 12 of which were received, from the album of Sgt. A.J. England No. 14152 ‘D’ Coy. 7th Royal Dublin Fusiliers (Pals Battalion) taken at the Royal Barracks, now Collins Barracks, Dublin, on 30th April 1915 prior to the Battalion’s...
resource / Royal Dublin Fusiliers, WWI
‘C’ Coy. 7th RDF departing from the Royal Barracks, possibly ‘C’ Coy. with Lt. Julian. One of a set of 32 photographs, 12 of which were received, from the album of Sgt. A.J. England No. 14152 ‘D’ Coy. 7th Royal Dublin Fusiliers (Pals Battalion) taken at the Royal Barracks, now Collins Barracks,...
resource / Royal Dublin Fusiliers, WWI
‘D’ Coy 7th RDF departing the Royal Barracks. One of a set of 32 photographs, 12 of which were received, from the album of Sgt. A.J. England No. 14152 ‘D’ Coy. 7th Royal Dublin Fusiliers (Pals Battalion) taken at the Royal Barracks, now Collins Barracks, Dublin, on 30th April 1915 prior to the...
parole card / H.E.F. Hall, Connaught Rangers, 1918
Parole card of 2nd Lieutenant H.E.F. Hall, 6th Reserve Battalion, Connaught Rangers. Passport sized card (torn and now in two pieces), German on one side, English on the other. The printed card gives 2nd Lieutenant Hall's word of honour not to try and escape while temporarily paroled from his POW...
form / Lieutenant H.E.F. Hall, 1919
Official Correspondence to 2nd Lieutenant H.E.F. Hall, 6th Reserve Battalion, dated 10th May 1919. From the War Office stating that after an official enquiry his statement regarding his surrender was accepted, and no blame is attached to him. The names members of the Standing Committee of Enquiry...
letter / Lieutenant H.E.F. Hall, 1918
Framed letter from King George to 2nd Lieutenant H.E.F. Hall welcoming him back from prison camp. 1918. On Buckingham Palace paper. "The Queen joins me in welcoming you on your release from the miseries and hardships, which you have endured with so much patience and courage. During these many...
card case / Harry Mitchelson, 1915
Silver card case, ‘HM’ monogrammed on the front. On the inside is inscribed ‘Mr. Harry Mitchelson With best wishes. From the Proprietor & Staff of the Bohemian Picture Theatre, Dublin. Sept. 11th 1915’. Birmingham hallmarks. The Bohemian Picture Theatre was a cinema in Phibsborough. Harry...
certificate / War Service
A munitions factory certificate issued to Florence Lea for the satisfactory performance of her duties from 14 March 1917 to 20 December 1918 in the Dublin Dockyard (War Munitions) Co. Ltd., in the execution of urgent war work involving the manufacture of high explosive shells.
photograph / Harold Barton Mansfield, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, c. 1916
Mounted studio photograph of Harold Barton Mansfield, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, seated in uniform c. 1916. Killed in the Somme November 1916.
scarf / John McLoughlin, Royal Irish Rifles, 1918
Hand knitted brown woollen scarf worn in trenches in WWI by Private John McLoughlin 6680 Royal Irish Rifles. According to family research, John had been injured on 7th July 1916 at the Somme. He had received serious injuries to his spine and later died on 22nd September 1918. Officially aged 21 (he...
British War Medal / Muriel E. O’Sullivan, Voluntary Aid Detachment, WWI
The British War Medal 1914-20. Awarded to M. E. O’Sullivan (Muriel) who was Capt O’Sullivan’s sister who served in the VAD (Voluntary Aid Detachment). Stamped 'M E O’Sullivan VAD'. In addition is a smaller medal issued by the St Johns Ambulance Association and engraved at the rear 204848 Muriel...
Victory Medal / Muriel E. O’Sullivan, Voluntary Aid Detachment, WWI
The Victory Medal. Awarded to M. E. O’Sullivan (Muriel), who was Capt O’Sullivan’s sister who served in the VAD (Voluntary Aid Detachment). Stamped 'M E O’Sullivan VAD'. In addition is a smaller medal issued by the St Johns Ambulance Association and engraved at the rear 204848 Muriel E O’Sullivan...
1914-15 Star / Muriel E. O’Sullivan, Voluntary Aid Detachment, WWI
Medal, the 1914-1915 Star. Awarded to M. E. O’Sullivan (Muriel), who was Capt O’Sullivan’s sister who served in the VAD (Voluntary Aid Detachment). In addition is a smaller medal issued by the St Johns Ambulance Association and engraved at the rear 204848 Muriel E O’Sullivan together with a small...
commemorative medal / Muriel E. O’Sullivan, Voluntary Aid Detachment, WWI
Commemorative medal, awarded to M. E. O’Sullivan (Muriel), who was Capt O’Sullivan’s sister who served in the VAD (Voluntary Aid Detachment). Issued by the St Johns Ambulance Association and engraved at the rear 204848 Muriel E O’Sullivan together with a small bar bearing the date 1917. Items of...
British War Medal / Thomas Kettle, R.D.F., WWI
British War Medal, 1914 - 1918, of Tom Kettle. One of two World War I medals of Lt Thomas Michael Kettle, Royal Dublin Fusiliers (9th February 1880 to 9th September 1916) . Kettle attended college in UCD, became a barrister in 1905, was elected as a MP in 1906, and served till 1910. In 1908 he...
Victory Medal / Thomas Kettle, R.D.F., WWI
Victory Medal, 1914 - 1919, of Tom Kettle. One of two World War I medals of Lt Thomas Michael Kettle, Royal Dublin Fusiliers (9th February 1880 to 9th September 1916) . Kettle attended college in UCD, became a barrister in 1905, was elected as a MP in 1906, and served till 1910. In 1908 he...