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.
engraving / General Joseph Holt
Engraving, framed, of General Joseph Holt. HH:1937.156.6.1-22. Framed Photographic Prints and Coloured Engravings. HH:1937.156.6.10 - General Joseph Holt.
portrait / John Henry Colclough
Print, silhouette of John Henry Colclough. HH:1937.156.6.1-22. Framed Photographic Prints and Coloured Engravings. HH:1937.156.6.6 - John Henry Colclough.
engraving / Father Currin
Print, Father Currin. HH:1937.156.6.1-22. Framed Photographic Prints and Coloured Engravings. HH:1937.156.6.9 - Father Currin.
minutes / Stamp Office, Dublin, 1801
Manuscript minutes of a meeting, Stamp Office, Dublin. Two sheets of manuscript connected with 1798 Rebellion, dated January 15th and 17th, 1801.
minutes / Stamp Office, Dublin, 1801
Manuscript minutes of a meeting, Stamp Office, Dublin. Two sheets of manuscript connected with 1798 Rebellion, dated January 15th and 17th, 1801.
newsheet / Wexford, 5th June 1798
Printed notice by the British Government - military skirmishes in Wexford, 5th June 1798, 5pm. Dublin Castle Government issued bulletin, printed by George Grierson, Dublin. HH:1940.93a -h Eight printed notices referring to 1798 Rebellion. HH:1940.93d Newspaper article/notice by the British...
newsheet / Dublin Castle, 12th June, 1798
Printed notice re Military skirmishes in Wexford, 12th June 1798. Dublin Castle Government issued bulletin, printed by George Grierson, Dublin. HH:1940.93a - h Eight printed notices referring to 1798 Rebellion. HH:1940.93f Newspaper article/notice - Military skirmishes in Wexford, 12th June 1798.
photocopy / John Sheares / Julia Sheares
Photostatic copy of : Letter written by John Sheares, dated Kilmainham Prison July 10th 1798, addresed to 'my ever dear Julia' and 'a beloved and affectionate Family', mentions his brothers, Robert, Richard and Christopher whom he will shortly join. The trial is stated to be the day after the next....
reproduction / 1798 Rebellion
Reprint of "The Times", London, 3 October 1798, by Collins & Co. London 30 October 1862, with an account of operations against insurgents in Mayo in 1798. Mounted.
print / Miles Byrne, 1859
Copy of a photograph of Miles Byrne (1780 - 1862). The original was shot in Paris, 1859. Titled 'Irish Patriot, 1798'.
/ Michael Bermingham, Dublin to Cork, July 1798
Rebellion of 1798. Pass for a passage by sea from Dublin to Cork, issued to Michael Bermingham. Dated 24 July, 1798. Issued by Alderman William James, Dublin; authorised by Viscount Castlereagh. Printed form, particulars written on form intended for a Holyhead passage. Endorsed by James Green,...resource / Leitrim in 1798
Leitrim in 1798. Article from the Leitrim Observer 9.10.1976resource / 1798 In Kildare
1798 In Kildare. Book review re and article on John Doorly ex Leinster Leader, 26.8.1978.resource / 1798 in Kildare
1798 in Kildare. Letter re Ned Condon's role in ex Leinster Leader, 28.X.1978.resource / O'Connor Brothers, 1798
The O'Connor Brothers of '98. Article re ex Cork Holly Bough, Christmas 1980.resource / Co. Down, 1798
1798 in Co. Down. Printed poster, 'Notice' offering award of 50 gns, for apprehension of 23 named, United Irish Leaders, issued by Maj. Gen. G. Nugent in Belfast on 18 July 1798. Photocopy.
letter / John Sweetman / Sir Edward Cooke, Kilmainham
Copy of a letter to Sir Edward Cooke, Kilmainham. Written on the fly-leaves of a copy of Horace. It was apparently a copy made for record of the original sent to Sir Edward Cooke, Under-Secretary for Civil Affairs (Civil Department), by John Sweetman, a well known Dubliner in close touch with the...
moquette / 1798 Wexford Pikeman
Plaster statue, reduced size copy of Oliver Sheppard's bronze 1798 Wexford Pikeman which stands in the Bull Ring in Wexford town. Pike present but not attached due to break in hand.
miniature / James Napper Tandy
Miniature, colour portrait, of James Napper Tandy.