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.
photograph / Michael Davitt's Reception, 1895
Michael Davitt's Reception at Maryborough, Victoria on 3 June 1895. Full plate black and white photograph; Davitt at top of steps at a building with a large crowd about. On reverse reads 'Thanking the Reception Committee'.resource / Bernard Bracken, Fenian
Bernard Bracken's Fenian Background. Article re by Nancy Murphy ex Tipperary Star on 19.1.1980.
souvenir / O'Donovan Rossa
Walking stick of O'Donovan Rossa. Presented to donor's uncle James Hegarty by Rossa, and bearing a silver strap with the legend "O.D.R. to S.O.H." engraved on it.resource / 'Catalpa' Rescue of Fenians
'Catalpa' Rescue of Fenians. 1876. One of two photographs of display at Western Australian Museum, Perth.resource / 'Catalpa' Rescue of Fenians
'Catalpa' Rescue of Fenians. 1876. One of two photographs of display at Western Australian Museum, Perth.resource / Peter O'Neill Crowley, 1867
Peter O'Neill Crowley and 1867. Article re ex Cork Evening Echo, 31.1.1981.resource / Fenian Invasion of Canada, 1870
Fenian Invasion of Canada 1870. Photocopy of illustrated article re by Frank Rowsom and Joan Steen ex Vermont Life.
portrait / Michael Davitt, 1885
Illustration, coloured, of Michael Davitt, head and shoulders, name underneath. By J.D. Reigh. For the United Ireland newspaper, 1885. Photocopy of.
portrait / Michael Davitt, 1885
Illustration, coloured, of Michael Davitt, head and shoulders, name underneath. By J.D. Reigh. For the United Ireland newspaper, 1885.
reproduction / Hue and Cry, 1866
Photographic copy of the cover of the Police Gazette newspaper Hue and Cry, 11th December 1866.
knife (weapon) / Liam Mellows
A dagger made to a design of Liam Mellows. It was made by James Lynam, a Fenian Blacksmith of Athlone. The idea was that it could be used as a "sgian dubh" which could be carried in the stocking of the Fianna Éireann uniform. Liam gave it to Mr C.G. Seavers, when the latter got the first pair of...
sketch / Meagher, Tasmania, 1850
Pencil sketch of cottage on Lake Sorell, Tasmania, circa 1850, in which Thomas Francis Meagher lived. Done by John Mitchell.
letter / Manchester Martyrs, Michael O'Brien, 1867
Letter, Manchester Martyrs, written by Michael O'Brien, alias W. Gould, Nov. 9th, 1867, New Bailey Prison, Salford, on prison paper, to an American friend, protesting his innocence, complaining of cruelty and unfairness, and the American attitude towards England.
memorial card / Manchester Martyrs, 1867
Card with portraits of Allen, Larkin, and O'Brien, the Manchester Martyrs, within the lobes of a large shamrock leaf. 'The Three Martyrs Executed at Manchester November 23 1867 God Save Ireland'. Designed and lithographed in Dublin by H. Burns (or Burns), 1 Sycamore Street (?). Memorial card,...
legal document / William Francis Roantree, Fenian trial, 1865
Portion of the document or legal brief of the Attorney General from the Trial of the Fenians, 1865. Belonging to William Francis Roantree. Nine pages in total, the first pages being an index (page torn). Three pages previously removed and framed for display.
legal document / William Francis Roantree, Fenian trial, 1865
Portion of the document or legal brief of the Attorney General from the Trial of the Fenians, 1865. Belonging to William Francis Roantree. Nine pages in total, the first pages being an index (page torn). Three pages previously removed and framed for display.
reproduction / Headquarters of the Fenian Brotherhood at New York , 1866
The head-quarters of the Fenian Brotherhood at New York, 17th Street, Union Square, New York. Fenian Brotherhood at New York, photostat of illustration from an American journal, probably Harper's Weekly, 1866 or 1867. See HH:1949.46.
print / Fenian Headquarters, 1856
Fenian headquarters, New York, 1856. Photostat of illustration from a book Everett House, Union Square, N.Y., 1856. The house shown next door to this building was, in 1866, Fenian Headquarters in New York. See HH:1949.41.
illustration / James Stephens reception, 1866
Photostat of James Stephens' reception New York, 1866, print or drawing. Jones's Wood, East River, New York, 1867. Here the reception was held for James Stephens, Fenian leader, April 15, 1866.