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.
mace / Lord Chancellor of Ireland, 1760-70
The Lord Chancellor's mace, Dublin, c. 1765. Silver gilt. No date letter; mark of William Townsend; parcel gilt. An unusually large mace, and while made by William Townsend, it was supplied to the House of Lords by another goldsmith, Isaac D'Olier, in December 1766, at the price of £286 9s. 4Id....
photograph / Artillery Militia; 19thc
Photograph, with two Officers in British Army uniform shown. Housed in plush box or case. Brown leather exterior. Ornate brass clasps. Lined with rich red velvet. Decorative brass frame surrounding photograph frame.
portrait / Oliver Plunkett
Three portraits in silk of Blessed Oliver Plunkett. Hand-woven in silk from the picture, by G. Morphey, in the National Gallery of Ireland. Woven by Mr Patrick Walsh, the donor, on a Jacquard loom. Each picture 9.5cm by 5.7cm, mounted on cardbord and displayed within a frame. 1) coloured blue and...
epaulette / Constabulary of Ireland, c. 1836
Pair of Officer's epaulettes, of the Constabulary of Ireland, c. 1836.
epaulette / Constabulary of Ireland, c. 1836
Pair of Officer's epaulettes, of the Constabulary of Ireland, c. 1836.
photograph / Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 1911
Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Large mounted photograph of 'G' Company, 2nd Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers Aldershot in 1911. Photograph by Gale and Po? Ltd, at Aldershot and London.photograph / Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 1911
Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Large mounted photograph of Tug-of-War team winners at West Camp, Longmoor in 1911. Names beneath (paper missing). Photograph by A.W. Boucher, M.I. Studio.
tunic / Connaught Rangers, 1900
Officer's tunic of the Connaught Rangers, about 1900. Red faced white. Eight buttons showing the harp crowned within a shamrock wreath and over a scroll bearing the motto QUIS SEPARABIT. Buttons made by Pitt & Co., 31 Maddox Street, London W.1. On either side of the collar a silver elephant....sash / Connaught Rangers, 1900
Belt or sash of an officer's uniform of the Connaught Rangers, about 1900. Tunic is red faced white. Eight buttons showing the harp crowned within a shamrock wreath and over a scroll bearing the motto QUIS SEPARABIT. Buttons made by Pitt & Co., 31 Maddox Street, London W.1. On either side of the...
levee coatee / Yeomanry Cavalry Corps, Officer's, c. 1796
Officer's levée coatee of a Yeomanry Cavalry Corps, c. 1796. Officer's levée coatee of a Yeomanry Cavalry corps. Dark blue with scarlet facings. Silver braid loops in abundance on chest, silver braid on the...
flash / Irish Army Band Sergeant
Irish Army Band Sergeant's Flashes, a pair. Three red wavy bands with yellow outlines under a cloth FF badge on a navy background.flash / Irish Army Band Sergeant
Irish Army Band Sergeant's Flashes, a pair. Three red wavy bands with yellow outlines under a cloth FF badge on a navy background.
postcard photograph / Lt. John C. Maguire
Lt. John C. Maguire. Postcard studio photo of showing him ¾ length in uniform without cap. Maguire was the youngest officer then commissioned at 19 years of age.
postcard photograph / Lt. John C. Maguire
Lt. John C. Maguire. Postcard photo of showing him with another officer, full length, uniformed at a barrack wall.
invitation / Lt. John C. Maguire
Lt. John C. Maguire wedding invitation card 1926, with one newspaper notice re wedding and a later one recording his death (“ex-Lieut. National Army”) in 1941.
illustration / Fianna Warriors
Fianna Warriors. Photograph of drawing by F. Glenn Thompson of imaginative reconstruction based on Irish Antiquities weapons.
undershirt / Royal Dublin Fusiliers, vest, Soldier's, c. 1900
Soldier's vest of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, c.1900. Cream cotton vest. There is one small button on the collar, the other two are missing. On the left breast the cloth letters R.D.F. have been stitched two are missing. On the left breast the cloth letters R.D.F. have been stitched and between the...
field service cap / Officer’s Field Service Cap of the Londonderry Artillery c.1900
Officer’s dark blue cloth field service cap of the Londonderry Artillery c.1900. There is a row of tubular gold cord around the brim. The badge is in the form of a gold embroidered grenade with a scarlet scroll with the title Londonderry in gold wire. There is one small gilt domed button with a...
tunic / Other Rank’s Tunic of the Mounted Escort c.1932-1949
Other Rank's tunic of the Mounted Escort, Irish Defence Forces, c.1932-1949. Other rank's sapphire blue tunic of the Mounted Escort, popularly known as the Blue Hussars, with saffron yellow mohair braid. The white metal buttons on the tunic are not correct, originally there were five saffron...