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.
commemorative jug / Fr. Michael Murphy of Wexford, 1798
Pottery jug, probably Staffordshire, Dublin decorated c. 1898. Coarse, white pottery, glazed. Cylinder body, wide mouth, short lip and broken handle which appears to have been rectangular. Both sides printed in light blue with representation of Fr. Michael Murphy of Wexford in 1798. Fr. Murphy in...
commemorative mug / 'Who fears to speak of '98', 1898
Mug, Glasgow. Late 19th century. White pottery mug. Transfer printed on either face with "Who fears to speak of '98" in ribbon above sprays of shamrock around a shield enclosing a harp. Trade mark 'Harp' belonging to R. Cochran and Co., Verreville pottery, Glasgow. Commemoration of the 1798...
badge / Wolfe Tone Commemoration, Fianna Fail
Badge, Wolfe Tone Commemoration. Brass disc, head of Tone in centre, and below it WOLFE TONE COMMEMORATION. Around:- FIANNA FAIL. BREAK THE CONNECTION. Undated, probably connected to commemorations held at Bodenstown, in the 1920s and 1930s.
badge / Wolfe Tone Commemoration Fianna Fáil
Brass disc badge, with bust of Wolfe Tone in centre. Below is 'Wolfe Tone Commemoration', around 'Fianna Fáil, Break the Connection'. Undated, but probably from a Bodenstown Commemoration, 1920s to 1930s.
photograph / 1798 Centenary Committee, 1898
Photograph of 1798 Centenary Committee outside Mansion House. Taken in 1898. On the back is written ‘Taken before the procession and the laying of the foundation stone of the memorial'.
/ Duke of Leinster
Jug. Transfer printed in Dublin. Glazed pottery; Staffordshire cream-ware; transfer printed in puce, bust of the Duke of Leinster & Leinster (& verse); inscribed. Straight neck and pear-shaped body. The neck painted with a floral wreath in reddish brown, on one side of the body a transfer-print in...
commemorative handkerchief / 1798 Commemoration, 1878
Memorial Handkerchief of 1798, for the centenary commemorations. 'Who Fears to Speak of '98 Centennary '98', with the image of Lord Edward Fitzgerald in the centre. Also images of Theobald Wolfe Tone, Henry Joy McCraken, Daniel O'Connell and Robert Emmet. Scenes of Wexford depicted.
engraving / Reverend P.F. Kavanagh
Engraving, framed, of Reverend P.F. Kavanagh, who wrote a history of 1798 in 1898. Inscribed and signed by Sir Thomas Grattan Esmonde. HH:1937.156.6.1-22. Framed Photographic Prints and Coloured Engravings. HH:1937.156.6.8 - Reverend P.F. Kavanagh.
badge / 1798 Commemoration
1798 Commemorative badge. Golden coloured metal disc with hole at top for pin, with '1798' surrounded by sprays of shamrock.
membership card / '98 Memorial Association
Membership card, Wolfe Tone and Ninety Eight Memorial Association, 1898. Blank example. John O'Leary as President.
reproduction / United Irishmen, 1798
Reproduction of the proclamation of the United Irishmen, 1798, found in house of John Sheares. Reproduction printed in Dublin by Doyle, about 1898.
political cartoon / The Death of Wolfe Tone
Illustration, ‘The Death of Wolfe Tone’. From a painting by Walter Mills, 1897. Free supplement with the Christmas number of the Irish Weekly Independent. Published by Cherry and Smalldridge Ltd., Colour Printers, Dublin.
print / The United Irish Patriots of 1798
Print by W.G. Rogers, of 'The United Irish Patriots of 1798'. Depicting the well -known figures of the era seated or standing together. Copyright by M.L. & S.D. In frame.
membership card / 1798 Centenary Committee
Membership card, 1798 Centenary Committee, printed. 'Centenary of Ireland's Gallant Struggle for Freedom'. With an image of Hibernia holding a scroll reading 'To the Memory of the United Irishmen'. Signed by John O'Leary. Blank. Constitution and Rules on the reverse side.
membership card / United Irishmen Memorial Committee
Subscription card, Wolfe Tone and United Irishmen Memorial Committee, 1898 - 1899, printed. With Rules. Blank. Green cover with text embossed in gold lettering.
pamphlet / Ninety Eight Club Notes
"Ninety Eight Club Notes" booklet, belonging to the donor. Compiled and edited by John Patrick Dunne, Vice-President of the Wolfe Tone (Dublin) 98 Club. Printed by the Irish Wheelman Company, Findlater Place, Dublin, 1898.
statue / General Humbert, 1798
Bust of General Jean Joseph Amable Humbert, French Commander during the 1798 Rebellion.
commemorative handkerchief / 'Who Fears to Speak of '98?', 1898
Handkerchief printed in 1898 for Centenary of 1798. White silk with printed design containing views of New Ross, Wexford, Enniscorthy, the old Irish House of Parliament, portraits of Theobald Wolfe Tone, Henry Joy McCracken, Daniel O'Connell, Robert Emmet, and Lord Edward Fitzgerald; also inscribed...
commemorative bowl / 1798 Rebellion
1798 Rebellion commemorative sugar bowl, white pottery glazed with decoration, 1898. Evidently produced and sold in 1898 to coincide with with the centenary celebrations. Transfer printed design of a harp on the strings of which appear the figure 98, crossed pikes behind the harp and sprays of...