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.
circular / United Brotherhood, 1888
United Brotherhood circular, c. 1888. 6pp. no. 3 issued to officers and members re activities of Triangle.
circular / Jame Reynolds Memorial Fund, 1989
Jame Reynolds Memorial Fund. Circular dated 14.3.1898 from Waterbury, Conn. announcing the formation of (probably a United Brotherhood front).
circular / United Brotherhood, 1894
United Brotherhood circular to Members of U.I. Issued c. 1894 towards re-unificiation of the Republican Movement in the U.S.A.
photograph / Catalpa Flag
Photograph of the Catalpa Flag. 1.5 plate color print showing Margaret Phelan holding the U.S. flag in her garden. Flag was probably one of the ships stock of flags for the long rescue journey. Flag is in Rothe House, Kilkenny. Inscribed on the back of the photograph is 'Margaret M. Phelan and the...
teapot / William Smith O'Brien / M.P.J. Smyth, c. 1864
Teapot, silverplate. Engraved with details of the set's commissioning. Part of set of silver plate commissioned with the £100 bequest of William Smith O'Brien to M.P.J. Smyth on O'Brien's death in 1864. Set consisting of teapot, creamer, sugar bowl, coffee pot (or chocolatier) and warmer....
coffee pot / William Smith O'Brien / M.P.J. Smyth, c. 1864
Coffee pot, or chocolatier, silverplate. Part of set of silver plate commissioned with the £100 bequest of William Smith O'Brien to M.P.J. Smyth on O'Brien's death in 1864. Set consisting of teapot, creamer, sugar bowl, coffee pot (or chocolatier) and warmer. Commisioned to commemorate Smyth's two...
sugar bowl / William Smith O'Brien / M.P.J. Smyth, c. 1864
Sugar bowl, silverplate. Part of set of silver plate commissioned with the £100 bequest of William Smith O'Brien to M.P.J. Smyth on O'Brien's death in 1864. Set consisting of teapot, creamer, sugar bowl, coffee pot (or chocolatier) and warmer. Commisioned to commemorate Smyth's two journeys to...
milk jug / William Smith O'Brien / M.P.J. Smyth, c. 1864
Creamer or milk jug, silverplate. Part of set of silver plate commissioned with the £100 bequest of William Smith O'Brien to M.P.J. Smyth on O'Brien's death in 1864. Set consisting of teapot, creamer, sugar bowl, coffee pot (or chocolatier) and warmer. Commisioned to commemorate Smyth's two...
pot warmer / William Smith O'Brien / M.P.J. Smyth, c. 1864
Warmer for coffee pot or chocolatier, silverplate. Part of set of silver plate commissioned with the £100 bequest of William Smith O'Brien to M.P.J. Smyth on O'Brien's death in 1864. Set consisting of teapot, creamer, sugar bowl, coffee pot (or chocolatier) and warmer. Commisioned to commemorate...
testimonial / Erin's Hope, 1867
Contemporary copy of testimonial to Captain J. Kavanagh, Lieutenant William Sweetman and Ensign H. O'Neill, by members of the Fenian Brotherhood of America on board the ship Erin's Hope off Donegal Bay, May 24th 1867.
reproduction / Patrick O'Donnell, 1883
Letter (copy, handwritten) from S.J.O. Laddell, Office of the Home Secretary, Whitehall. In response to a request received from the Ladies' Committee of 56 Fleet Street, Dublin, seeking clemancy for Patrick O'Donnell, 14th December 1883. HH:1940.82.1-12. Collection of papers relating to 19th...
flag / Fenian, Tallaght 5 March 1867
Fenian Flag; captured from the Fenians at Tallaght, on 5th March, 1867. Green silk 4' by 3'; with four rows each with eight golden stars embroidered. The design, influenced by the American "Stars & Stripes", shows thirty-two stars in all, representing the thirty-two counties. A note in pen on the...
reproduction / Fenian Raid on Canada, 1866
Fenian raid on Canada 1866. Depicts (A) Portion of the village of Fort Erie, Canada and ruins of old fort. (B) Battle at Waterloo Ferry, between a Fenian Force and a Company of Canadian Volunteers landed from the tug. Photostat illustrations from an American journal, probably Harper's Weekly or...
reproduction / Fenian Raid on Canada, 1866
Fenian raid on Canada, 1866 - Field of operations on the Niagara frontier. Fenian raid on Canada, 1866. One of three photostats of maps from an article Troublous Times in Canada, 1866. Showing (1) Fenian raid on Canada, 1866 - Field of operations on the Niagara frontier. (2) Ditto - Battle of Lime...
reproduction / Fenian Raid on Canada, 1866
Fenian raid on Canada, 1866 - Battle of Lime Ridge, first stage. Fenian raid on Canada, 1866. One of three photostats of maps from an article Troublous Times in Canada, 1866. Showing (1) Fenian raid on Canada, 1866 - Field of operations on the Niagara frontier. (2) Ditto - Battle of Lime Ridge,...
illustration / Fenian Raid on Canada, 1866
Fenian raid on Canada, 1866. Battle of Lime Ridge, second stage. Photostat of one of three maps from an article troublous times in Canada, 1866. Showing (1) Fenian raid on Canada, 1866 - Field of operations on the Niagara frontier. (2) Ditto - Battle of Lime Ridge, first stage.
print / Fenian Raid on Canada, 1866
Fenian raid on Canada, 1866. Photostat of Map. Niagara Penninsula, 1866. Niagara Penninsula was the field of operations in the Fenian raid on Canada, 1866. Printed, but source and date unknown.
print / Fenian Raid on Canada, 1866
Fenian Raid on Canada, 1866. Photostat of map from an article troublous times in Canada. Fight at Fort Erie, June 2, 1866, Fenian raid on Canada.
print / Fenian Raid on Canada, 1866
Fenian raid on Canada, 1866. Aerial photograph of Fort Erie, Niagara Frontier. The old fort figured in fighting during the Fenian raid on Canada, 1866. it was rebuilt in 1939.