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.
writing case / Ned Daly
Commandant Ned Daly's writing case. A writing case given to Mrs L. O'Gorman of Cumann na mBan, by Commandant Ned Daly when he put her in charge of the Father Matthew Hall First Aid Station Easter Week 1916. The case is said to be stained with the blood of Volunteers Seán Hurley and Seán Howard who...
billy can / Jacob's Factory, 1916
Billy can, captured by British troops in Jacob's Factory, 1916.
rifle / Phibsborough, 1916
Rifle, Italian Vettereli type, dug up from a ditch at Phibsborough, Dublin. Italian Vetterelis were landed at Larne by the Ulster Volunteers in 1914. "1916" cut into the the wood of the butt. Very rusted and degraded from exposure to moisture in ditch. this was likely abandoned by the Volunteers...
rifle / Battle of Ashbourne, 1916
RIC carbine rifle. Captured from R.I.C. by Irish Volunteers at the Battle of Ashbourne, 1916. Captured from Royal Irish Constabulary by Irish Volunteer Joseph Lawless at the Battle of Ashbourne, 1916. Events detailed in his witness statement to the Bureau of Military History. A brass plaque added...
clip (arms equipment) / Magazine Fort, 1916
Burnt rifle ammunition from The Magazine Fort, Phoenix Park. The Fort was partially destroyed by fire as a result of an Irish attack in 1916. A block 6" by 6" by 1.5" composed of cartridges, bullets, clips, melted metal, wood. Received by Edward Mulcahy at the time as a souvenir.
armband / Cumann na mBan, G.P.O, 1916
Red Cross armlet worn in G.P.O., 1916, by Miss T. Simpson, a member of Fairview Cumann na mBan.
hat / Francis Macken, 1916
The bullet pierced green hat worn by Francis Macken as Lieutenent of E. Company, 4th Battalion, Dublin Brigade, in the General Post Office, 1916. Francis Macken was one of the advance guard who left the building with The O'Rahilly and their two bodies were found together. The dried mud on the hat...
souvenir / Battle of Mount Street, 1916
1916 Mount Street Bridge Battle memento. Two bullets (with splinters) fired into 21 Northumberland Road on the Wednesday of Easter Week, 1916. The British regiments suffered very heavy losses in this locality.
bullet / Mount Street Bridge, 1916 Rising
Set of seven lead bullets, or slugs, stated to have been fired from a shotgun, and found in brick wall near Mount Street Bridge after the battle which took place there during the 1916 Rising.
automatic pistol / de Valera / Michael Malone
Automatic Mauser pistol, about 1910. Owned by Eamon de Valera. Mauser pistol with wooden holster, owned by Eamon de Valera but used by Michael Malone in Haddington Raod, 1916. Fixed foresight and graduated rear sight. Milled grips to back of slide. Milled thumb grip on hammer. Milled timber grip...
duty roster / Royal College of Surgeons, 1916
Writing table which was used as a notice board by Republican Forces occupying The Royal College of Surgeons, St. Stephen's Green, Dublin during The Rising 1916. Consisting of a sheet of porcelain, white, framed in wood, 11.5" x 9" overall. It appears to have been the property of the College and was...
relic / Edward Daly, 1916 Rising
Commandant Edward Daly's Irish Volunteer tunic button, given by him to a nun in the North Dublin Union. The nun had it inscribed and later presented it to his sister, Madge Daly. Brass coloured Irish Volunteer button, one inch in diameter with a harp in the centre but no I or V letters on either...
hat / Michael Mallin
Hat of Commandant Michael Mallin, Officer in Command of St. Stephen's Green Area, Easter Rising, 1916. It was pierced by a bullet on the second or third day of the fighting. The hat was given to Mrs Mallin by a British Officer on the day following her husband's execution. Green felt material with a...