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.
uilleann pipes / Lord Edward Fitzgerald
Bellows of bagpipes which belonged to Lord Edward Fitzgerald, and having his name (and family crest) inscribed on one of the silver ferrules.
purse / Lord Edward Fitzgerald / Leinster Family
Wallet which belonged to or related to Lord Edward Fitzgerald. Green leather purse/wallet with two interior compartments lined in green silk and with a small silvered metal lock; small printed paper label stuck to the inside reads 'N. Middleton, Manufacturer, Retail and for Exportation, 162,...
ribbon / Lord Edward Fitzgerald / Leinster Family
A length of Irish silk ribbon woven in a vibrant shade of green, probably bought by patriots c.1798 for cockades, ribbons, etc; badly split but unfaded. Part of the contents of the green leather purse/wallet belonging to or relating to Lord Edward Fitzgerald.
sample / Lord Edward Fitzgerald / Leinster Family
A small paper package containing a tiny scrap of buff coloured felt like fabric; handwritten on the package is 'a bit of lining of his great coat, Oct 22nd 1797'. Refers to Lord Edward Fitzgerald. Part of the contents of the green leather purse/wallet belonging to or relating to Lord Edward...
sample / Lord Edward Fitzgerald / Leinster Family
A small packet containing a fragment of Irish velveteen style woven fabric, blue stripes on a cream ground; with a similar sized fragment of calico lining; handwritten on the packet the words 'a bit of the waistcoat he wore the day he was wounded, June 4th 1798'; June the 4th has a line through...
purse / Lord Edward Fitzgerald / Leinster Family
A small purse of cream silk, with a drawstring of grey ribbon, hand stitched with green thread; originally containing a lock of Lord Edward's hair when he was a boy. Lock retained by the National Library, November 2001. Part of the contents of a small green purse of wallet belonging to or relating...
pikehead / 1798
One of a collection of Irish pikeheads. Being made mostly by local blacksmiths, they were not of standard shapes or sizes. In general it is not possible to date a pikehead by it's appearance. But one can over the whole distinguish three main types and four distinct methods of attaching them to the...reproduction / David Bates Military Academy, 1798
David Bates/Military Academy. Rocque's map endorsed to show properties of Bates in Summerhill, Dublin in 1798 when he was in financial difficulties.
sheath / Lord Edward Fitzgerald
Dagger and leather scabbard, owned by Lord Edward Fitzgerald. Steel blade with dark coloured wooden handle, brown leather scabbard, tooled decoratively on one side. Both dagger and sheath with brass alloy fittings.
badge / United Irishmen / Lord Edward Fitzgerald
Badge of the United Irishmen, taken from the body of Lord Edward Fitzgerald. Dark green ribbon badge, with embroidered with gold thread with lettering 'United by Friendship', within an oval suspended by a riband and with wreath underneath. A piece of paper adherred to the front reads 'Taken from...
miniature / Lord Edward Fitzgerald, 1777
Miniature in watercolours of Lord Edward Fitzgerald, at the age of 11; bust, head to the left, dressed in a red coat. Written label on back says: "Sketched by his sister Lady Sophia Fitzgerald May 1777 - just 21 years before his death."
miniature frame / Lord Edward Fitzgerald
Miniature in watercolours of Lord Edward Fitzgerald, at the age of 11; bust, head to the left, dressed in a red coat. Written label on back says: "Sketched by his sister Lady Sophia Fitzgerald May 1777 - just 21 years before his death."
illustration / 1798 Rebellion
Engraved print, depicting a peasant being flogged by soldiers. Signed P.D. in corner (etched by).
lithograph / Earl of Charlemont
Stipple engraving - "The Earl of Charlemont, By T. Nugent after H. Hone, A.R.A., etc.(London, Published Feb. 1st 1790, by T. Nugent for H. Hone in Dublin). Framed.
engraving / Archibald Hamilton Rowan
Engraving of Archibald Hamilton Rowan. Drawn by J. Comerford and engraved by R. Cooper. Published by J. Robins & Co., London and Dublin, December 1825.
receipt / Henry Grattan, June 1783
Note or receipt, manuscript on paper. The sum of four thousand and twenty five pounds received by (signed by) Thomas Kemmis from Charles Walker via David la Touche & Sons, 12th June 1783. For the purchase of land in Queen's County. For the use of Henry Grattan. With Henry Grattan's signature in...
bracelet / Sheares Family
White hair bracelet, with chased gold ornaments, one being inscribed 'From Aunt Jackson'. Belonged to Mrs Jackson, sister of Mr Percy, who married Alicia Sheares, the daughter of Henry Sheares. Irish, late 18th century.
Address / Archibald Hamilton Rowan
Printed address. Address to Archibald Hamilton Rowan by the Working Manufacturers and the reply by A.H. Rowan. Dated Newgate, 28th February 1794.
pocket book / Wolfe Tone
Pocket-book of Theobald Wolfe Tone. Red leather, inscribed in ink "T.W. Tone" inside flap, and "T.W. Tone, Nov. 11th 1798, Te nunc habit ista secundium" inside the pocketbook.