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.
bayonet / 1916 Rising
Homemade bayonet, iron, engraved ‘27R 1770’, probably 1916 Rising period. Blade curved at base to hilt, welded.
hand-grenade / Frank Kirkpatrick, 1916
Lever and two pins, with rings of hand grenades used in 1916 by Frank Kirkpatrick (no information regarding him). On label attached - "Lever of Hand Grenade and pins / Used 1916 / by Frank Kirkpatrick.
tin can bomb / 1916 Rising
A home-made tin can bomb, 1916. An ordinary tin can, with lid, which was filled with explosive material and fragments of metal, nails etc. This particular type failed to function due to having the hole at the top in the lid.
hand-grenade / Rebel, 1916
Grenade, carried by insurgent forces, 1916. Home made hand grenade. Cylinder of iron, 3.5" by 1.25" diameter, roughly scored in segments for bursting on outside, sealed in at both ends: at one by piece of iron cast or hammered in flush with the outside of the cylinder, at the other by an iron...
ammunition / Dublin, 1916 Rising
Tablet box containing seventeen pieces of lead buckshot and fragments of charges. Found in Dublin after Rising, 1916. With label; Found at Beresford Place and neighbouring streets afte the Rebellion, 1916.
bottle / Eilís O'Connell , 1916
Bottle of smelling salts used by Eilís O'Connell (Mrs), as a member of Cumann na mBan in 1916. Green bottle, large spherical stopper (wedged in neck), still containing liquid. O'Connell served at Fr. Mathew Hall, Church Street, during Easter Week, 1916.
souvenir / Sinn Fein Rebellion Easter 1916
Wooden display frame containing a collection of different calibre bullets and cartridges associated with the 1916 Rising. 'Sinn Fein Rebellion Easter 1916' inscribed in the centre. Not glazed.
revolver / Cathal Brugha, 1916
Double action Smith and Wesson Revolver, about 1906. Used by Cathal Brugha, 1916. Fixed foresight with sighting ridge on strap of six chamber cylinder. Locking notches on side of cylinder. Checked collar on ejection rod head. Checked thumb grip on hammer. Timber checked grips at Lanyard swivel....
bayonet / 1916 Rising
Three foreign bayonets found by the British in a dump during Easter, 1916. The Volunteers used all kinds of foreign made bayonets during the Rising in addition to the home-made bayonets. A French sword bayonet was found, after great difficulty, to be suitable for attaching to the Mauser rifles...
bayonet / 1916 Rising
Three foreign bayonets found by the British in a dump during Easter, 1916. The Volunteers used all kinds of foreign made bayonets during the Rising in addition to the home-made bayonets. A French sword bayonet was found, after great difficulty, to be suitable for attaching to the Mauser rifles...
bayonet / 1916 Rising
Three foreign bayonets found by the British in a dump during Easter, 1916. The Volunteers used all kinds of foreign made bayonets during the Rising in addition to the home-made bayonets. A French sword bayonet was found, after great difficulty, to be suitable for attaching to the Mauser rifles...
automatic pistol / Patrick Pearse, 1916
The Mauser automatic pistol and case said to be have been used by Commandant General Patrick Pearse in the G.P.O., 1916. It was received from Colonel Moul who held a high position in 1916. Colonel Moul had nothing to do with the executions, he knew many of the leaders and went on sick-leave lest he...
scabbard / Enniscorthy, 1916
Bayonet, used at Enniscorthy, 1916. British Army long Lee Enfield type, beginning of the 20th century.
diary / Sherwood Foresters, 1916 Rising
Diary of a member of the Sherwood Foresters, a H.H. Phillips of Stanton Hill, Mansfield. Describing landing in Dublin (Kingstown / Dun Laoghaire) and being fired on by the rebels. Diary discusses training in England before the Rising, and being stationed in Athlone area afterwards.
bullet / Dublin, 1916 Rising
Eight rifle bullets - three rounds, five fired rounds. Found in Dublin after Rising, 1916.
bullet / Dublin, 1916 Rising
Two rifle cartride cases, one fired. Found in Dublin after Rising, 1916.
ammunition / Dublin, 1916 Rising
Four fragments of shells - two brass fragments of shell bases, and two iron fragments, possibly from grenades. Found in Dublin after Rising, 1916.
rifle / Dublin Castle, 1916 Rising
A Lee Enfield Rifle used by a member of a British Army regiment during the attack on Dublin Castle, Easter Monday, April 24, 1916. Note how the barrel of the rifle was shattered by an Irish Volunteer's bullet. Short Magazine Lee Enfield Rifle Mark III. Adopted by the British Army in 1907. It was...
report / Dublin Metropolitan Police, 1916
Report of occurrences in the Dublin Metropolitan Police area, by Sinn Féin, 26th April 1916, by J.Dunne, Chief Inspector.