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.
cross / Amiens Street, 1916
Crucifix with shrapnel damage from an explosion which damaged the room at 59 Amiens Street, Dublin, during the Easter Rising.
photograph / Royal Hibernian Academy, 1916
Photograph of ruins of Royal Hibernian Academy, 1916.
photograph / Irish Rebellion, 1916
Postcard photograph - Irish Rebellion, May 1916 series. The interior of the ballroom, Imperial Hotel, after the siege. Printed by The Daily Sketch for Easons, Dublin.
photograph / Ruins in Eden Quay, 1916
Printed postcard photograph: After the Insurrection - Ruins in Eden Quay. The fall of a dangerous building.
souvenir / Metropole Hotel, 1916
Hotel Metropole 1916 Relic. Five sugar bowls, fused together by action of the fire, salvaged from the Hotel Metropole, Dublin, after the burning, Easter 1916. Blackened from fire. A contemporary label has been affixed to one side, reading "Souvenier of Rising 1916. Metropole Hotel".
photograph / Smith Album, 1916
A mounted print, snapshot size, of the General Post Office after the Rising, 1916 1916 photograph album, with photographs showing various scenes of destruction and activity in the immediate aftermath of the Rising.
flag / General Post Office, 1916 Rising
Fragment of woollen textile, originally from the white coloured portion of the tricolour flag that flew over the General Post Office during the 1916 Rising.
photograph / Smith Album, 1916
A mounted print, snapshot size, of British troops resting at the corner of Grafton Street, north Trinity College Dublin, at Yeates and Son Opticians, 29th April. 1916 photograph album, with photographs showing various scenes of destruction and activity in the immediate aftermath of the Rising.
photograph / Smith Album, 1916
A mounted print, snapshot size, of shellmarks on the Chancery Place side of the Four Courts. 1916 photograph album, with photographs showing various scenes of destruction and activity in the immediate aftermath of the Rising.
photograph / Smith Album, 1916
A mounted print, snapshot size, of the gunfire damage to the White House, off Moore Lane. 1916 photograph album, with photographs taken to show various scenes of destruction and activity in the immediate aftermath of the Rising and later of the executions of the leaders.
photograph / Smith Album, 1916
A mounted print, snapshot size, of Irish rebel prisoners being escorted by the British Military towards Kingsbridge Terminal (Heuston Station), G.S.&W. Railway. 1916 photograph album, with photographs showing various scenes of destruction and activity in the immediate aftermath of the Rising.
photograph / Manfield's corner, 1916
(Cashman 17) 1916 Rising. Photograph of taking down buildings after Easter Week, 1916. Manfield's corner, O'Connell Street.
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.