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.
field glasses / Battle of Ashbourne, 1916
Pair of field glasses used by the Fingal Volunteers at the Battle of Ashbourne, 1916. They were found hidden in a ditch after the action. The witness statement of Colonel Joseph V. Lawless, who fought with the Fingal Brigade at the Battle of Ashbourne, confirms that these field glasses belonged to...
apron / Red Cross, G.P.O., 1916
Top of a Red Cross apron worn in the General Post Office by nurse Eva Burke of the Cumann na mBan, 1916. Areas stained with blood, especially along the bottom of the apron.
rifle / Irish Citizen Army, 1916
One Italian magazine bolt action rifle of the pattern used by the Citizen Army in 1916. Found by the British in a dump. On butt "ARTICA FABA D'ARMI TERNI-1888-RIPARAZIONE", Italian arms and serial no. KB 772. KB 772 on breech end of barrel and Terni 1884. Note: This is a Vetterli rifle and should...
sword / O'Rahilly, Moore Street, 1916
The Sword of O'Rahilly. Picked up on Moore Street by Archie Short. With note reading 'This blade was picked up in Moore Lane by Archie Shortis who identified the body of his brother Paddy, who was killed in action with The O'Rahilly. Archie Shortis believed it was The O'Rahilly’s sword. He gave it...
souvenir / Belvedere Place, 1916
Bullet which passed through the wall and framed picture in No. 5 Belvedere Place, North Circular Road, 1916 Rising. It narrowly missed the occupant of the room - Miss Annie Mc Sweeney - Thursday, Easter Week, 1916.
armband / Georgious Rex Volunteers, 1916
Armlet of the Officer's Training Corps, T.C.D., 1916. This force defended Trinity College Dublin during the 1916 Rising. Red flannel armlet with letters 'G.R.' in black, sewn on. 'G.R.' denotes the Georgious Rex Volunteers. On the back, written in ink, is 'OTC, T.C.D. 1916' (Officer Training Coprs...
bullet / Battle of Mount Street Bridge, 1916
Mauser rifle bullet. Not fired. Brass case seems to be hand made. Found in Northumberland Road, from the battle at Mount Street Bridge, Easter Week 1916.
print / Northumberland Road
Northumberland Road picture. Mounted and glazed print of 'Among the Hills' by P. Graham 1893 in wooden frame 125 x 100 cm, the picture itself damaged, and the glass bearing a label stating that it was damaged during the battle of Mount Street Bridge in 1916. Picture removed by the donor from a...
ammunition / Magazine Fort Raid, 1916
1916 Magazine Fort Raid. Clips of rifle ammunition, the cartridges burst and the whole made to adhere together by molten lead. Said to have come from the fire in the Magazine Fort. Fused cartridge, one bullet separate within the whole.
photograph / Mount Street Bridge, 1916
Photos (5) - Clanwilliam House., Mount Street Bridge, and its defenders, Easter, 1916.
pole-arm / Royal College of Surgeons, 1916
Pike used by a Volunteer, pre 1916. This and the four items following are said by Professor W.N. Rae to have been left behind in the Royal College of Surgeons on the surrender. Long flat blade, swelling to centre, but with no midrib, with bridle-cutting attachment, hooked, projecting 4.52 and edged...
pole-arm / Royal College of Surgeons, 1916
Pike used by a Volunteer, pre 1916. Found at the Royal College of Surgeons, 1916, after the surrender. Poker shaped blade, quadilateral in section, sharply pointed, altering shape to cylindrical where it joins shaft; held to shaft by cylindrical collar. The pike-head proper is itself socketted, but...
pole-arm / Royal College of Surgeons, 1916
Pike, found at the Royal College of Surgeons, 1916, after the surrender. A second pike of the same type as EW.1200 - Poker shaped blade, quadilateral in section, sharply pointed, altering shape to cylindrical where it joins shaft; held to shaft by cylindrical collar. The pike-head proper is itself...
pole-arm / Royal College of Surgeons, 1916
Pike used by a Volunteer, pre 1916. Found at the Royal College of Surgeons, 1916, after the surrender. Long, flat blade, 12.75" long, 1.5" broad at the butt tapering to blunt point. Attached to shaft (4'1.5" long by 1.2" diam.) by a tang. The attachment strengthened by a brass cylindrical collar,...
pole-arm / Royal College of Surgeons, 1916
Pike used by a Volunteer, pre 1916. Found at the Royal College of Surgeons, 1916, after the surrender. A second pike of same type and dimensions as EW.1202 -Long, flat blade, 12.75" long, 1.5" broad at the butt tapering to blunt point. Attached to shaft (4'1.5" long by 1.2" diam.) by a tang. The...
ammunition / Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, 1916
One hundred and twenty one rounds of pistol and revolver ammunition for the weapons surrendered to the British military at the end of Easter week, 1916. Ammunition for Patrick Pearse's Browning Fabrique Nationale automatic pistol, Countess Markievicz's Browning Fabrique Nationale automatic pistol,...
shotgun bayonet / 1916 Rising, Mount Street
Shotgun bayonet with wing nuts to attach to gun barrel. Made in Dublin, 1916, and used in Mount Street area. The blade is about 11 1/2 inches in length and ground to an edge on both sides. The holder to which it is rivetted is made specially so that it may be attached to a single barrel shot gun....
relic / Michael Malone, 1916
Sleeve of an Irish Volunteer uniform jacket, with a shamrock embroidered to the end, attached to a ribbon. Belonging to Michael Malone. Personal belongings of Lieutenant Michael Malone, 3rd Battalion, who was shot on the Wednesday of Easter Week, 1916, at 25 Northumberland Road during the Battle...
lance / 1916 Rising
Wooden lance with metal head. Inscribed along the shaft in paint is 'Left behind by rebels in No.5 Upper Castle Yard, 1916, Dublin'.