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.
medal / For Labour and Ireland, 1916
War Medal; I.R.A. Active Service. Lieutenent M. Kelly, 1916. (seemingly Irish Citizen Army). Obverse 'For Labour and Ireland'. Reverse 'Irish Republican Army' and 'Lieut. M. Kelly 1916'.
newspaper / The Workers' Republic, 22 April 1916
Copy of 'The Workers' Republic'. Dublin, April 22nd, 1916.
relic / Thomas Clarke, Portland Prison, 1898
Thomas Clarke's razor and hone. the razor and hone which belonged to Thomas Clarke, First President of the Irish Republic. The razor is one which he got on leaving Portland Prison in 1898 and used every day until Easter Monday 1916. The hone was acquired at a later period. Mrs. Kathleen Clarke...
vest / James Connolly, 1916
Vest belonging to James Connolly, worn during the week of the 1916 Rising. Bloodstained.
pin flag / Manchester Martyrs
Pin badge or pin flag, republican, tricolour with images or Larkin, O'Brien and Dillon, the Manchester Martyrs. Paper.
brief case / Thomas J. Clarke
Bag or briefcase, belonging to Thomas J. Clarke. Brown leather in snakeskin pattern with a brass alloy metal clasp. The remains of an adhesive sticker on the outide bodu with the number '...02'. On the base are pieces of red sealing or candle wax attached. Single handle. Clasp fixed in locked...
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Cycling cup (with stand). This cup was won outright by Mr. Michael Walker (Snr) in 1914 for winning the Irish Roadclub 50 mile race (3rd year in succession). Michael Walker represented Ireland (under the British umbrella) in the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm. He also joined the Irish Volunteers at...stand /
Stand for Cycling cup. This cup was won outright by Mr. Michael Walker (Snr) in 1914 for winning the Irish Roadclub 50 mile race (3rd year in succession). Michael Walker represented Ireland (under the British umbrella) in the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm. He also joined the Irish Volunteers at its...
magazine / Illustrated War News, 3 May 1916
Illustrated War News 3rd May 1916. Pages 41-45 contain interesting photographs of the 1916 Rising.
newspaper / The Weekly Irish Times, 29 April, 6 & 13 May 1916
Newspaper, The Weekly Irish Times, main story being the ‘Sinn Fein Rebellion in Ireland’. With photographs of the leaders. Dated 29 April, 6 & 13 May 1916.
certificate / Clarisse Maude Crawfurth Smith, 1916
Certificate, awarded to Clarisse Maude Crawfurth Smith as an honorary life member of the British Red Cross Society, 16 January 1918. Part of a collection of items relating to Clarisse Maude Crawfurth Smith of Voluntary Aid Detachment / St. John Ambulance Brigade, who turned her house in Ailesbury...
badge / Clarisse Maude Crawfurth Smith, 1916
Badge of the British Red Cross Society, of Clarisse Maude Crawfurth Smith as an honorary life member of the British Red Cross Society. January 1918. Made by J.R. Gaunt of London. Part of a collection of items relating to Clarisse Maude Crawfurth Smith of Voluntary Aid Detachment / St. John...
badge / Clarisse Maude Crawfurth Smith, 1916
Badge of the British Red Cross Society, County of Dublin, of Clarisse Maude Crawfurth Smith. Inscribed '5847 Maude Crawfurth Smith' on the reverse. Made by J.R. Gaunt of London. World War I period. Part of a collection of items relating to Clarisse Maude Crawfurth Smith of Voluntary Aid...
armband / Clarisse Maude Crawfurth Smith, 1916
Armband of the British Red Cross Society, City & County of Dublin / St. John Ambulance Brigade, of Clarisse Maude Crawfurth Smith. With 'For the Wounded', in red text. World War I period. Part of a collection of items relating to Clarisse Maude Crawfurth Smith of Voluntary Aid Detachment / St....
badge / Clarisse Maude Crawfurth Smith, 1916
Textile badge of the British Red Cross Society, Dublin / St. John Ambulance Brigade, of Clarisse Maude Crawfurth Smith. Red Cross on a white background. World War I period. Part of a collection of items relating to Clarisse Maude Crawfurth Smith of Voluntary Aid Detachment / St. John Ambulance...
tea cup / Pearse Brothers, 1916
One of two cups saucers from St Enda's College, from which Pádraig and Willie Pearse had a hurried tea on Easter Sunday afternoon 1916 when leaving the college for the last time. White with maroon borders.tea saucer / Pearse Brothers, 1916
One of two cups saucers from St Enda's College, from which Pádraig and Willie Pearse had a hurried tea on Easter Sunday afternoon 1916 when leaving the college for the last time. White with maroon borders.tea cup / Pearse Brothers, 1916
One of two cups saucers from St Enda's College, from which Pádraig and Willie Pearse had a hurried tea on Easter Sunday afternoon 1916 when leaving the college for the last time. White with maroon borders.tea saucer / Pearse Brothers, 1916
One of two cups saucers from St Enda's College, from which Pádraig and Willie Pearse had a hurried tea on Easter Sunday afternoon 1916 when leaving the college for the last time. White with maroon borders.