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.
photograph / Field Marshall Sir John D.P. French
Postcard photograph, Field Marshall Sir John D.P. French, Inspector General of the Forces. Rotary Photographic Series. 79D. Printed in England. Connected to Charles William Sullivan.
photograph / Sailing ship, unidentified,
Postcard photograph, Sailing ship, unidentified, three masted. Printed in England. Connected to Charles William Sullivan.
photograph / King George V on the Royal Yacht inspecting the Fleet at the Coronation Review
Postcard photograph, His Majesty King George V on the Royal Yacht inspecting the Fleet at the Coronation Review. Photograph by J.W.S. Printed in England. Connected to Charles William Sullivan.
photograph / H.M.S. Dreadnouht, launched by the King on Saturday 10 February 1906
Postcard photograph, H.M.S. Dreadnouht, launched by the King on Saturday 10 February 1906. Printed in England. Used, Addressed to Miss E. Clancy at 84 Phibsboro Avenue, Fairview, Dublin. Posted from Portsmouth 11 February 1906. Connected to Charles William Sullivan.
photograph / British Infantry Practising an Attack
Postcard photograph, 'British Infantry Practising an Attack'. 'The training of the new army in infantry attack has been exceedingly thorough, and the picture shows a company being exercised in crossing a deep trench'. Daily Mail Battle Pictures. Official War Photographs Series. Crown copyright...
photograph / The Empire's Defenders
Postcard photograph, composite image - The Empire's Defenders. Rotary Photographic Series. 7121C. Printed in England. Connected to Charles William Sullivan.
photograph / Lord Kitchener's Counsel to Soldiers
Postcard photograph, Field Marshall Earl Kitchener. With text Lord Kitchener's Counsel to Soldiers. Rotary Photographic Series. 68D. Printed in England. Connected to Charles William Sullivan.
photograph / Highlanders Pipe Themselves Back from the Trenches
Postcard photograph, 'Highlanders Pipe Themselves Back from the Trenches'. 'Our gallant Highlanders, who love to chrage the enemy to the skirl of the pipes, are fond of playing their national music in lighter mood, as seen in the picture'. Daily Mail Battle Pictures. Official War Photographs...
photograph / The King's Message to his Army
Postcard photograph, H.M. King George V. With text The King's Message to his Army. Rotary Photographic Series. 9577U. Printed in England. Connected to Charles William Sullivan.
photograph / Ypres After Two Years of War
Postcard photograph, 'Ypres After Two Years of War'. 'Tourists who knew Ypres and its Rue de Lille in the days of peace can best appreciate the awfulness of its fate in the war'. Daily Mail Battle Pictures. Official War Photographs Series. Crown copyright reserved Series IX, no. 68. Passed by...
photograph / H.M.S Cochrane
Postcard photograph, steamship, H.M.S Cochrane. Used, addressed to Mother, dated 13 August 1911. The Melcombe Series. Photographed and published by Edwin H. Seward, 13 Turton Street, Weymouth, England. Printed in England. Possibly connected to Charles William Sullivan.
brace / Charles W. Sullivan, WWI
Metal leg brace, used by Lt. Charles William of the South Irish Horse and Royal Irish Fusiliers. Injured while in France during World War I. After the war he was given an army house at 27 Victoria Road Clontarf. Died 1954.
ticket / South Dublin Union Poor Law Officers Association Ball
South Dublin Union Poor Law Officers Association Ball Ticket
postcard / An Irish Home Sweet Home
Postcard ‘An Irish Home Sweet Home’ early design of c20 years earlier late print 1930’s/1940’s
map / Belgium, Sheet 36a
General Staff map Aire, Belgium. Sheet 36a.
photograph / Charles Sullivan Williams
Photograph, group of British Army soldiers, connected to Charles William Sullivan .
photograph / Charles Sullivan Williams
Photograph, studio portrait, Charles William Sullivan.
photograph / Corporal Michael Whelan, WWI
Photograph of Corporal Michael Whelan, with members of his family: two women and two men. WWI. Michael Whel no. 6576, of the Royal Irish Rifles, was killed in action in June 1916. At the time Corporal Whelan had been in the army for 12 months. His parents lived at 1 Lower Glengariffe Parade, Dublin.
Trench Art / Royal Irish Regiment, WWI
Base of a Briitish made 18 pounder shell fashioned into a cap bearing the badge of the Royal Irish Regiment.