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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 handkerchief / 1798 Rebellion Centenary
1798 Centenary handkerchief. Linen, white, 21 inches square, printed black on white. Lord Edward Fitzgerald within a shamrock wreath, a harp over his head. Portrayed across above, Samuel Neilson, Theobeld Wolfe Tone, Robert Emmet, Henry Joy McCracken and James Hope; from Neilson down Tandy,...
badge / 1798 Commemoration
1798 Commemorative coin or disc, metal. Obverse depicts a high cross, wolfhound, round tower and Maid-of-Erin harp with ‘In Remembrance of 98’, ‘98’ being on a flag. Reverse shows the arms of the four provinces between sprays of shamrock. Of the period of the 1898 centenary celebrations.
badge / 1798 Commemoration
1798 Commemorative pin, silvered metal. Long pin with ‘98’. Probably of the 1898 centenary celebrations.
illustration / Capture of Lord Edward Fitzgerald
Print or illustration, depicting the capture of Lord Edward Fitzgerald May 19th 1798. One of two similar prints, mounted together.
illustration / Capture of Lord Edward Fitzgerald
Print or illustration, titled 'Capture of Lord Edward Fitzgerald May 19th 1798'. J. Hayes print. One of two similar prints, mounted together.
commemorative badge / 1798 Centenary, 1898
Badge, 1798 Centenary, 1898. Brass, with blue, red and green enamel. Centenary 1798 - 1898, with a cross with shamrockl in the centre, and crossed pikes.
commemorative medal / 1798 Centenary, 1898
Medal, pewter. 1798 Centenary. Obverse – bust of Theobald Wolfe Tone and “Cuimhnig ar ‘98”. Reverse – “Saoirseacht na h-Eireann”, harp, round tower, etc.
pitcher / James Kearney / Waterford Cavalry, c.1796-1807
Cream-colour jug, probably Liverpool, about 1800. Baluster-shape cream-colour earthenware jug; strap handle, pointed spout. Transfer-print, black, on front of roses; on one face with a map of Ireland under a ribbon 'Prosperity to Ireland', on the other face with colourful cartouches around a yeoman...
commemorative badge / 1798 Commemoration
Pin badge, metal, commemorating the centenary of 1798 uprising. Read 'Who fears to speak of '98 1798-1898 God Save Ireland'. With the American and Irish Republic (Maid-of-Erin harp on green background) flags, crossed.
commemorative badge / 1798 Commemoration
Pin badge, metal, commemorating the centenary of 1798 uprising. Read 'Who fears to speak of '98 1798-1898'. With the French and Irish Republic (Maid-of-Erin harp on green background) flags, crossed.
photograph / J.P. Dunne
Photograph of J.P. Ó Duinn, as President of the 1798 Centenary Committee, 1898. Photograph by C. & L. Walsh of 55 Lower Mount Street, Dublin.
membership certificate / Wolfe Tone Memorial Association
Wolfe Tone Memorial Association membership certificate. With signature of John O'Leary, President.
photograph / Grace Georgina Tone Maxwell
Photograph, of Grace Georgina Tone Maxwell, grandaughter of Theobald Wolfe Tone, who died in April 1900. HH:1941.19.1 - 28. Collection of papers and pictures relating to 1798, 1848, the Fenians and the 1798 Centenary. HH:1941.19.8 - photograph of Grace Georgina Tone Maxwell, grandaughter of T.W....
badge / 1798 Rebellion, centenary
Rebellion 1798, Centenary Badge, Metal. Centerpiece of a ring of metal within which covered by a disc of celluloid is a disc of white paper with the following printed in green: a shamrock, and above IRISH CENTENARY, and below, 1798-1898. Radiating from the disc are five leaflets of double sheets of...
stamp / 1798 Wolfe Tone
One of a set of Republican Seals. Possibly issued in 1956 by Coiste Foillseacháin Náisiúnta Corcaigh. Represented are: (1) 1867 Allen Larkin and O'Brien; (2) 1916 Padraig Pearse; (3) 1920 Kevin Barry; (4) 1956 An Easter Lily; (5) 1848 Fintan Lalor; (6) 1848 Thomas Davis; (7) 1803 Robert Emmet; (8)...
badge / 1798 Commemoration
1798 Commemoration badge, Arklow Commemoration Association, Co. Wicklow, 1948.
badge / 1798 Commemoration
1798 Commemoration badge, Arklow Commemoration Association, Co. Wicklow, 1948.programme / 1798 Commemoration, 1938
Booklet, ‘Historical Exhibition of ’98 Relics in The Athenaeum, Enniscorthy, June 1938’. Published by The Echo, Enniscorthy. Price 3p.
certificate / 1798 Centenary Association
Illuminated certificate of membership of the Wexford 1798 Centenary Association. Made out to Sit Thomas Grattan Esmonde. Framed. HH:1937.156.6.1-22. Framed Photographic Prints and Coloured Engravings. HH:1937.156.6.17 - illuminated certificate of membership of the 1798 Centenary Association. Framed.