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.
portrait / female, possible Fitzgerald connection
Print, reproduction of a portrait, in colour. Of a female, seated, half length portrait. Possibly Pamela Fitzgerald, wife of Lord Edward Fitzgerald, or a sister.
seal / Lord Edward Fitzgerland
Seal impression, red wax, on paper card stating that it is the impression from the seal of Lord Edward Fitzgerald.
seal / Lord Edward Fitzgerland
Lord Edward Fitzgerland wax impression. Red wax impression. In recessed centre, winged figure standing to right writing on book which rests on pillar. To right, cockerel; to left, fasces surmounted by cap of Liberty. Above, HEUREUX QUI LES SERT.
painting / Lord Edward Fitzgerald
Framed miniature painting of Lord Edward Fitzgerald. No details visible.
newsheet / Dublin Castle, 22 June 1798
Rebellion of 1798. Dublin Castle Government Bulletin on the progress of the fighting, insurrection of 1798. Printed by Grierson of Dublin, dated June 22, 1798. Battle of Vinegar Hill. Actions near Borris and near Bandon and at Prosperous. Titled 'Irish War Bulletin of 1798', possibly a reprint of...
newspaper / Morning Post or Dublin Courant, 18 January 1798
Newspaper, The Morning Post or Dublin Courant, 18 January 1798.
pamphlet / The Speech of the Right Honourable John, Earl of Clare, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, February 1798
The Speech of the Right Honourable John, Earl of Clare, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, in the House of Lords of Ireland on a motion made by the Earl of Moira, Monday February 19th 1798. 4th Edition. Printed in Dublin by J. Milliken, of 32 Grafton Street, 1798.
illustration / Search Night
Print, coloured, entitled ‘Search Night’, also ‘State Watchmen mistaking honest men for conspirators’. Depicting a group of men hiding documents and escaping as the door is being broken in. Relates to 1798 Rebellion and era.
illustration / Dispatching the Superabundant Population
Print, or engraving, entitled ‘Dispatching the Superabundant Population’. Relates to 1798 Rebellion and era.
illustration / Lord A___ going out in the morning
Print, or engraving, entitled ‘Lord A___ going out in the morning’. Relates to 1798 Rebellion and era.
illustration / Justice Knifeboard, Hanging a Piper for playing seditious tunes
Print, or engraving, entitled ‘Justice Knifeboard, Hanging a Piper for playing seditious tunes’. Relates to 1798 Rebellion and era.
illustration / Massacre at Emyvale
Print, or engraving, entitled ‘Massacre at Emyvale’. Subtitled ‘Dedicated to the Bible Society of Drogheda’. Relates to 1798 Rebellion and era.
book / The United Irishmen; Their Lives and Times
Two volumes of the book ‘The United Irishmen; Their Lives and Times’ by Richard R. Madden. Second edition. Published in London and Dublin, 1860. Museum bound in green. See object HH:1939.58.
order / la Touche, Nov 1796
Cheque or order, 24 November 1796, to pay a Mr McCan seventy two pounds. David la Touche. Signed by Henry Grattan. Framed back to back with HH:2013.94.
political cartoon / A Peep into the Retreat at Tinnehinch, 1799
Anti-Grattan cartoon ‘A Peep into the Retreat at Tinnehinch’. By T. Whittle, at Peterbro’ Court, Fleet Street, dated 1 May 1799. For the Anti-Jacobin Review. Reference the United Irishmen. Framed back to back with HH:2013.93.
letter / Viscount Dillon, April 1798
Letter from John Thomas to Viscount Dillon, mentioning James Lynch, A. Taaffe, Tom Dillon, Nick Ferris and Lord Edward Fitzgerald, 27 April 1798. Transcript - Loughlin House, 27 April 1798 My Lord I_______ the_____of your Lordship 24 Int. The Game Keeper has been______ this forthnight. I wish he...
hair / Michael Dwyer
Michael Dwyer. A locket containing his hair and that of his wife. Round gold locket with engraved picture of what is possibly a monastery and leaves on front and leaves and a scroll on the back. Within are two plaited pieces of fair and brown hair.
portrait / Richard McCormick
Framed painted portrait miniature of Richard McCormick of the United Irishmen, with his autograph on a piece of parchment attached.
