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.
photograph / GPO, 1916
Photograph of ruins of the General Post Office, 1916. "Daily Mail" photograph 5.9" by 4", taken from O'Connell Street, looking west.
souvenir / General Post Office, 1916
4 oz. weight, ex General Post Office, 1916. Bronze, recovered from the debris after the Rising.
stamp / General Post Office, 1916
Sorting Office stamp of the General Post Office, Dublin 1916. Metal die and spike (wooden handle missing) with a crown in the centre. Recovered from debris of the building after the Rising.
souvenir / G.P.O., 1916
Saucer, found at the General Post Office after the 1916 Rising. Small stained item, bearing the stamp of 'GPO' on a trefoil and the word CLUB underneath. Damaged caused by the fire at G.P.O.
souvenir / 1916 Rising
A burned watch from the ruins of Messrs. Hopkins & Hopkins, Jewellers, on the corner of O'Connell Street and Eden Quay, 1916. the face of watch is missing. The case and mechanism are present but severely burned.
photograph / G.P.O., 1916
A view in interior of G.P.O., Dublin after Rebellion, 1916. Showing a party of military amid the ruins.
ammunition / Magazine Fort, 1916
Clip of burnt and torn rifle ammunition from the fire at the Magazine Fort, Phoenix Park, Easter 1916. Four round clip, full. Bullets missing, cartridge cases burnt.
photograph / Irish Rebellion, 1916
Postcard photograph - Irish Rebellion, May 1916 series. Henry Street, Dublin, after the shelling of the Rebels. Printed by The Daily Sketch for Easons, Dublin.
photograph / Irish Rebellion, 1916
Postcard photograph - Irish Rebellion, May 1916 series. Sackville Street in ruins. Printed by The Daily Sketch for Easons, Dublin.
photograph / Irish Rebellion, 1916
Postcard photograph - Irish Rebellion, May 1916 series. Sackville Street in ruins. Printed by The Daily Sketch for Easons, Dublin.
photograph / Irish Rebellion, 1916
Postcard photograph - Irish Rebellion, May 1916 series. Wreckage in Church Street, Dublin. Printed by The Daily Sketch for Easons, Dublin.
photograph / Irish Rebellion, 1916
Postcard photograph - Irish Rebellion, May 1916 series. Liberty Hall after the storming. Printed by The Daily Sketch for Easons, Dublin.
notice / Important Announcement/by the/Lord Lieutenant, 1916
Printed proclamation issued from the Vice-Regal Lodge, 26 April 1916. Embossed design of Royal Arms at top. Headed: 'Important Announcement/by the/Lord Lieutenant'. Dated 26 April 1916. Announces the shelling and occupation by the British Forces of Liberty Hall. Printed at Headquarters Printing...
photograph / Hotel Metropole & G.P.O., 1916
Photograph of the ruins of the Hotel Metropole and the General Post Ofiice in 1916. Taken from street level looking north.
photograph / Upper O'Connell Street, 1916
Photograph of the destruction of buildings, including the Hibernian Bible Society, on Upper O'Connell Street after the 1916 Rising. By Independent Newspapers Ltd.
photograph / Hotel Metropole & G.P.O., 1916
Souvenir postcard photograph (one of two copies). Sinn Féin Rebellion 1916, the demolished Hotel Metropole and the General Post Office (G.P.O.), Dublin. Valentine's series printed in Scotland.
photograph / Burning ruins in Upper Sackville Street, 1916
Printed postcard photograph: After the Insurrection - Burning ruins in Upper Sackville Street.
flag / Liberty Hall, 1916 Rising
Remains of the flag from Liberty Hall, 1916. Charred remains of green flag with harp applied centrepiece. Taken by Colonel H. Carter, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, from Liberty Hall after the 1916 Rising. The Liberty Hall flag was raised on Easter Sunday by Molly O'Reilly, aged 15.
photograph / The O'Rahilly's motor car, Prince's Street, 1916
(Cashman 10) Photograph of the Remains of The O'Rahilly's motor car, Prince's St., Easter Week, 1916.