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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.
statue / Lord Cloncurry
Bust of Lord Cloncurry (Valentine Lawless) (1770 - 1853). Head and shoulders figure. Unpainted. 'Cloncurry' inscribed on the pedestal. By John Hogan (1800 - 1858).
portrait / General Joseph Holt
Print. Joseph Holt, Irish Rebel commender, 1798. Copy of a picture, made by on the orders of Sir William Beetham, during Holt's imprisonment in Dublin Castle in 1798. Original artist unknown. Text - General Holt, Commander of the Wicklow rebels, 1798 Patience and peace were all the words our...
bill of exchange / la Touche, Jan 1771
Bill of exchange (cheque or order) for £55 payable to the Widow and Peter Puget, signed by Henry Grattan, January 1771, drawn on David la Touche & Sons, London and Dublin.
book / The Orations of Demosthenes
Copy of a book - THE ORATIONS OF DEMOSTHENES, by Thomas Leyland, Volume II, Dublin, 1777. This book was awarded to Thomas Addis Emmet at Trinity College, Dublin, 1781. From the library of T.A. Emmet, New York.
plaque / Theobald Wolfe Tone
Carved wooden plaque. Portrait bust, possibly of Theobald Wolfe Tone. Wood cut in outline of bust and carved in low relief. 16" x 8".
freedom box / John Philpott Curran, 1795
Freedom box, silver, by Edward Rice, Dublin 1795. Presented to John Philpott Curran in 1795. In the form of a book. Engraved on front: RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY THAT THIS CORPORATION BEING ESSENTIALLY INTERESTED IN THE LIBERTY OF THE PRESS DO PRESENT ITS FREEDOM TO JNO PHILPOT CURRAN ESQ. IN TESTIMONY...
reproduction / Kilkishen Yeomanry Cavalry, 1798
Photostat reproduction of a Yeomanry Cavalry Muster Order, 1798. A copy of the letter written by Major W. Thompson, under the orders of Major-General Hutchinson to Captain Studdert, Kilkishen Yeomanry Cavalry ordering him, to come to Ennis, 23 August 1798 for a muster before the advance of the...
lithograph / A Gentleman of the Irish Volunteer Infantry, 1796
Lithograph: A Gentleman of the Irish Volunteer Infantry, 1796. Drawn by T. Cassidy, lithographed by C. Henecy at 18 Suffolk Street and published by William Allen at 32 Dame Street, Dublin. Depicts a standing figure, holding a musket. Uniform consists of a red coat, white waistcoat and breeches,...
statue / Archibald Rowan-Hamilton
Plaster bust of Archibald Rowan Hamilton, United Irishman 1751 - 1834. Unsigned and with no name of subject. Head and shoulders, undraped. Formerly Loan No. 1521. Height 20.4 inches.
newsheet / Dublin Castle, 8 June 1798
Rebellion of 1798. Dublin Castle Government Bulletin on the progress of the fighting , insurrection of 1798. Printed by Grierson of Dublin on one page of foolscap dated June 8, 1798. Battle of New Ross. Activities in Co. Wicklow.
newsheet / Dublin Castle, 9 June 1798
Rebellion of 1798. Dublin Castle Government Bulletin on the progress of the fighting , insurrection of 1798. Printed by Grierson of Dublin on two pages of foolscap dated June 9, 1798. List of casualties at New Ross. Battle of Antrim.
newsheet / Dublin Castle, 10 June 1798
Rebellion of 1798. Dublin Castle Government Bulletin on the progress of the fighting , insurrection of 1798. Printed by Grierson of Dublin on one foolscap dated June 10, 1798. Battle of Arklow. progress of hostilities in Ulster.
newsheet / Dublin Castle, 13 June 1798
Rebellion of 1798. Dublin Castle Government Bulletin on the progress of the fighting , insurrection of 1798. Printed by Grierson of Dublin on one page, 9 inches x 7.5 inches dated June 13, 1798. Progress of hostilities in Ulster and Kilkenny.
newsheet / Dublin Castle, 14 June 1798
Rebellion of 1798. Dublin Castle Government Bulletin on the progress of the fighting , insurrection of 1798. Printed by Grierson of Dublin on 1.5 pages of foolscap dated June 14, 1798, 11am. Battle of Ballynahinch. Attack on Portaferry. Attack on Borris. Rebel boats burnt near New Ross.
newsheet / Dublin Castle, 14 June 1798
Rebellion of 1798. Dublin Castle Government Bulletin on the progress of the fighting , insurrection of 1798. Printed by Grierson of Dublin on 1.5 pages of foolscap dated June 14, 1798, 11am. Battle of Ballynahinch. Attack on Portaferry. Attack on Borris. Rebel boats burnt near New Ross.
newsheet / Dublin Castle, 16 June 1798
Rebellion of 1798. Dublin Castle Government Bulletin on the progress of the fighting , insurrection of 1798. Printed by Grierson of Dublin on 1.5 pages of foolscap dated June 16, 1798. Further particulars of Battle of Ballynahinch. Further particulars of Battle of Arklow.
newsheet / Dublin Castle, 22 June 1798
Rebellion of 1798. One of three copies of Dublin Castle Government Bulletin on the progress of the fighting, insurrection of 1798. Printed by Grierson of Dublin on 3.75 pages, foolscap dated June 22, 1798. Battle of Vinegar HIll. Actions near Borris and near Bandon and at Prosperous.
newsheet / Dublin Castle, 22 June 1798
Rebellion of 1798. One of three copies of Dublin Castle Government Bulletin on the progress of the fighting, insurrection of 1798. Printed by Grierson of Dublin on 3.75 pages, foolscap dated June 22, 1798. Battle of Vinegar HIll. Actions near Borris and near Bandon and at Prosperous.
newsheet / Dublin Castle, 22 June 1798
Rebellion of 1798. One of three copies of Dublin Castle Government Bulletin on the progress of the fighting, insurrection of 1798. Printed by Grierson of Dublin on 3.75 pages, foolscap dated June 22, 1798. Battle of Vinegar HIll. Actions near Borris and near Bandon and at Prosperous.