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.
model boat / Helga
Half model of twin screw fishery cruiser, "Helga" (from which vessel, Liberty Hall was shelled on the Wednesday of Easter Week 1916). Speed 14.6 Knots, Dimensions 155' 0" x 24' 6" x 13' 5" Mld. Designed by Mr James Maxton, Belfast. Built by the Dublin Dockyard Company for the Department of...
stand / Helga / Mountjoy, 1916
Shell, unexploded, mounted in a bespoke wooden stand with plaque attached to the front reading 'Fired from the Helga Easter 1916 and penetrated roof of stores Mountjoy Prison'. It is unlikely that the range and trajectory of the Helga's gun could have propelled the shell as far as mountjoy, and it...
photograph / Ballroom, Imperial Hotel, 1916
Postcard photograph. Irish Rebellion, May 1916. Interior of the Ballroom, Imperial Hotel, Sackville Street, Dublin, after the Siege. Photograph by the Daily Sketch. Used, 1917, addressed to Cathal McDowell of Ranelagh. Message reads 'Had a stay of some hours here. Hope you had a good night'.
pane of glass /
Small, shattered pane of glass. Bullet hole through the centre.
lid / General Post Office, 1916
Metal top or lid of a glass inkwell, ex General Post Office, 1916. Brass lid stamped OS crowned. The glass fragments now in crystals, having been fused in the fire.
plan / Sackville Street Area Destroyed During the Disturbances April 1916
Dublin 1916 Street Map on 20 inch by 23 inch card, headed Plan of the Sackville Street Area Destroyed During the Disturbances April 1916. Issued by the Hibernian Fire and General Insurance Co. Ltd.
photograph / Freemans Journal destruction, 1916
Dublin Street Scene, aftermath of the 1916 Rising. Showing damaged buildings - The Ruins of the Freeman's Journal Offices. 13" x 19"
photograph / Liberty Hall, post 1916
Postcard photograph. Liberty Hall, with scaffolding, depicting the re-building after the 1916 shelling. Large white textile streamer across the front of the building reads 'James Connolly Murdered May 12th 1916'.
sign / G.P.O., 1916
Sign, reading 'Postal Telegraph Office', recovered from the ruins of the General Post Office after the 1916 Rising by Mrs Grace Gifford Plunkett. Iron plate, enamelled white inscribed black.
photograph / G.P.O. clock, 1916
(Cashman 9) Photograph of G.P.O. clock, showing the time it stopped, Easter Week, 1916.
photograph / Irish Rebellion, 1916
Postcard photograph - Irish Rebellion, May 1916 series. Sackville Street in flames. Printed by The Daily Sketch for Easons, Dublin.
notice / Lord Lieutenant, 26 April 1916
Printed notice by the Lord Lieutenant, 26/4/1916. A communique on the progress of the fighting in Dublin - announcing the shelling of Liberty Hall, etc. One sheet, c. 13" by 8". Printed at H.Q., Curragh.
photograph / Sackville Street, 1916
Postcard photograph. Sinn Fein Rebellion, 1916. Depicting the corner of Sackville Street, from the bridge, in ruins. Published by Valentie of Dublin, printed in Scotland.
photograph / Sackville Street, 1916
Postcard photograph. Sinn Fein Rebellion, 1916. Wrecked shops in Sackville Street, Dublin. Published by Valentie of Dublin, printed in Scotland.
photograph / Dublin Bread Company, Sackville Street
Postcard photograph. Sinn Fein Rebellion, 1916. D.B.C. (Dublin Bread Company), Sackville Street, Dublin. Before and after. Published by Valentine of Dublin, printed in Scotland.
photograph / Liberty Hall, 1916
Postcard photograph. Sinn Fein Rebellion, 1916. Depicting Liberty Hall in ruins.
photograph / TSS Helga, 1916
Photograph in sepia of TSS 'Helga', the Fisheries Patrol Vessel from which Liberty Hall was shelled on the Wednesday of Easter Week, 1916. Photograph taken c. 1916.
souvenir / G.P.O., 1916
A stone fragment of the British Royal Arms from the General Post Office, Dublin, 1916. Described by the donor Mr. E.F.N. Taylor - "When the front block of the G.P.O. was being reconstructed, it was found possible to preserve the greater portion of the original external walls, including the portico...
flag / Helga
Centre-piece ensign of TSS. 'Helga', British gunship, 1916 Rising. White hop-sack cloth (wool), diameter 22'. In the centre a yellow harp with eight white strings, on background on blue circle, surrounded by interweaving branches of shamrock, in green, which in turn are encircled by thin blue line.