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 / Colonel Richard Burke
Fenian photograph, c.1867. Colonel Richard Burke. One of eighteen photographs of Fenian Leaders and others, about 1867. Half-length photograph of Colonel Burke. Ex-L.1435.8.
photograph / Thomas Baines
Fenian photograph, c.1867. Thomas Baines. One of eighteen photographs of Fenian Leaders and others, about 1867. Full-length photograph of Thomas Baines. Ex-L.1435.6.
illustration / Shooting of James Carey off Port Elizabeth
Illustration, the Shooting of James Carey off Port Elizabeth. 11 August 1883. One of a set of fourteen Irish political cartoons, December 1881, February, June, August and October 1882 and February, March, August, September, October, November, December 1883. Given away as supplements with the...
reproduction / Grand reception of James Stephens, the Fenian Chief, at Jones's Wood, April 15, 1866
Grand Reception of James Stephens, the Fenian Chief, at Jones's Wood, April 15, 1866. Photostat copy of an illustration from Harper's Weekly, June 2, 1866.
print / Fenian Congress, 1866
Fenian Congress 1866, photostat illustration from an American journal, probably Harper's Weekly, 1866. The Fenian Congress at the Assembly Building, Philadelphia, October 16.
photograph / Patrick O'Donnell
Patrick O'Donnell photographic portrait. O'Donnell shot James Carey, the Informer, on the SS. "Melrose Castle" off Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 1883. He was hanged in London on December 18, 1883. Photograph size: 3.5 inches x 2.25 inches, faded. By C.W. Smart, photographer, Donken Street, Port...
booklet / Ritual of the Fenian Circle, 1906
Fenians printed booklet. The Ritual of the Fenian (IRB) Circle, Portland, Oregon, U.S.A. "Ritual. Adopted 1906". Instructions regarding balloting for candidates, initiation, procedure at meetings, etc. No printer's name. 39 pages, 5.5 inches x 4 inches, in black cloth-on-paper cover. (4 copies of...booklet / Ritual of the Fenian Circle, 1906
Fenians printed booklet. The Ritual of the Fenian (IRB) Circle, Portland, Oregon, U.S.A. "Ritual. Adopted 1906". Instructions regarding balloting for candidates, initiation, procedure at meetings, etc. No printer's name. 39 pages, 5.5 inches x 4 inches, in black cloth-on-paper cover. (4 copies of...booklet / Ritual of the Fenian Circle, 1906
Fenians printed booklet. The Ritual of the Fenian (IRB) Circle, Portland, Oregon, U.S.A. "Ritual. Adopted 1906". Instructions regarding balloting for candidates, initiation, procedure at meetings, etc. No printer's name. 39 pages, 5.5 inches x 4 inches, in black cloth-on-paper cover. (4 copies of...booklet / Ritual of the Fenian Circle, 1906
Fenians printed booklet. The Ritual of the Fenian (IRB) Circle, Portland, Oregon, U.S.A. "Ritual. Adopted 1906". Instructions regarding balloting for candidates, initiation, procedure at meetings, etc. No printer's name. 39 pages, 5.5 inches x 4 inches, in black cloth-on-paper cover. (4 copies of...
booklet / Constitution of the Fenian (I.R.B.)
Fenians Printed Booklet. "Constitution" (of the Fenian (I.R.B.). Organization in the U.S.A. (referred to in the text as "the V.C."). Copy which belonged to donor as a member of the Fenian Circle, (The Robert Emmet Literary Society) in Portland, Oregon, early 20th century. No printer's name. 32...
Fenian bond / Irish National Bonds, 1865
Bond, Fenian Brotherhood. Printed document in black and green on white paper certifying that the party named is entitled to Irish National (Fenian) Bonds of stated value. Blank form No. 2307. On top left, engraving of a soldier holding horses reins over his arm and talking with a blacksmith while...
photograph / Irish Fenian Executive
Composite Photograph of the Irish Fenian Executive. Portraits of James Stephens, C.J. Kickham, J. O'Connor, J. O'Leary, T.C. Luby, D. Mulcahy, W.F. Roantree, and O'Donovan (Rossa). Below facsimlie of Fenian bond for one hundred dollars. Size 4 inches x 2.5 inches.
Fenian bond / $5, 1866
$5 Fenian bond, signed by John O'Mahony, dated 17th March 1866, numbered 2849 and 152.
photograph / Pasha O'Donovan
Photograph of Pasha O'Donovan (Edmund O'Donovan) 1844-1883. Irish War correspondant and member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood. 2 x 3.6 inches. Received in envelope endorsed. 'Photo of O'Donovan Pasha. (Taken from Dublin Castle Archives).
box / James Carey, 1882
Heart-shaped ornament, wood, said to have been carved by James Carey, the Informer, while in prison. In a heart shaped tin box, 2.5 inches long by 2 inches base. The ornament is carved from bog oak inlaid with mother of pearl which forms a radiate sun in the centre. In raised letters above, ERIN....
flag / $5, 1866
Fenian Five Dollar Bond. Signed by John O'Mahony, numbered 31 and 2970. Dated 17 March 1866. Pinned to a green, white and orange satin background, representing the Irish Tricolour. All mounted and glazed in frame 11.8 x 7.4 inches.
mask / John Boyle O'Reilly
Plaster head of John Boyle O`Reilly, Fenian, with legend embosed on either side `Death mask of John O Reilly` and '... red by AB. Dec 91.
document / Hue and Cry / James Stephens.,1866
Photostat of Hue and Cry proclamation by Wodehouse, for the arrest of James Stephens. Issued 26 January 1866, offering award of £1000 for his apprehension. The issue of the Gazette is dated 11th December 1866.