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.
 


print / Reverend William Jackson
Print from the Weekly Freeman, c.1898. Reverend William Jackson. HH:1940.44.1-41. Collection of pictures etc. taken of Irish History 1798 - 1905. HH:1940.44.22 - Picture from the Weekly Freeman - Reverend W. Jackson.
 


print / James Hope
Print from the Weekly Freeman, c. 1898. James Hope. HH:1940.44.1-41. Collection of pictures etc. taken of Irish History 1798 - 1905. HH:1940.44.25 - Picture from the Weekly Freeman - J. Hope.
 


print / James O'Brien
Print from the Weekly Freeman. James O'Brien / Jemmy O'Brien. Photograph of his death mask, 'The Informer of '98'. HH:1940.44.1-41. Collection of pictures etc. taken of Irish History 1798 - 1905. HH:1940.44.26 - Picture from the Weekly Freeman - J. O'Brien.
 


print / James Hope
Print photograph from the Weekly Freeman. Death mask of James Hope, 'The Celebrated United Irishman, and confidant of Robert Emmet. HH:1940.44.1-41. Collection of pictures etc. taken of Irish History 1798 - 1905. HH:1940.44.27 - Picture from the Weekly Freeman - death of J. Hope.
 


print / Reverend Dr James Warren Doyle
Print photograph from the Weekly Freeman. Death mask of Reverend Dr James Warren Doyle (J.K.L.) HH:1940.44.1-41. Collection of pictures etc. taken of Irish History 1798 - 1905. HH:1940.44.28 - Picture from the Weekly Freeman - Reverend Dr Doyle (J.K.L.)
 


print / Thomas Muir
Print from the Weekly Freeman, c. 1898. Thomas Muir, the Scotch United Irishman. HH:1940.44.1-41. Collection of pictures etc. taken of Irish History 1798 - 1905. HH:1940.44.30 - Picture from the Weekly Freeman - Thomas Muir.
 


print / General Joseph Holt
Print from the Weekly Freeman, 1913. General Joseph Holt. HH:1940.44.1-41. Collection of pictures etc. taken of Irish History 1798 - 1905. HH:1940.44.31 - Picture from the Weekly Freeman - General Holt.
 


print / Arthur O'Connor
Print from the Weekly Freeman, c.1898. Arthur O'Connor. HH:1940.44.1-41. Collection of pictures etc. taken of Irish History 1798 - 1905. HH:1940.44.32 - Picture from the Weekly Freeman - A. O'Connor.
 


print / William Samson
Print from the Weekly Freeman, c.1898. William Samson. HH:1940.44.1-41. Collection of pictures etc. taken of Irish History 1798 - 1905. HH:1940.44.33 - Picture from the Weekly Freeman - W. Samson.
 

picture / Michael O'Dwyer
Print of a picture of Michael O'Dwyer. HH:1941.19.1 - 28. Collection of papers and pictures relating to 1798, 1848, the Fenians and the 1798 Centenary. HH:1941.19.11 - Print of a picture of Michael O'Dwyer.
 

portrait / Pamela Fitzgerald
Print of a picture of Pamela Fitzgerald, wife of Lord Edward Fitzgerald, circa 1798. A supplement to the 'Irish Fireside', 19 August 1885.
 


article / Margaret Tone, 1776
Print or text article with information on the dress of Margaret Tone, the mother of Theobald Wolfe Tone. Portion of dress bodice, manufactured in Dublin, and worn by her at a Mayoral Ball in Dublin Mansion House about the year 1776. By J.P. Dunne, July 1935. HH:1941.19.1 - 28. Collection of papers...
 


photograph / William Francis Roantree
Sepia print of head and shoulders portrait photograph of William Francis Roantree, Fenian. Signed by himself 'fraternally'. HH:1941.19.1 - 28. Collection of papers and pictures relating to 1798, 1848, the Fenians and the 1798 Centenary. HH:1941.19.3 - photograph of W.F. Roantree, Fenian.
 

/ Michael Bermingham, Cork to Dublin, August 1798
Pass for a journey from Cork to Dublin, dated 22 August 1798. Permit issued to Michael Bermingham for passage from Cork to Dublin, for his lawful business, for one week. Restrictions on travel due to the rising of 1798 were then in force. Signed by Robert Harding, Sheriff of Cork.
 


Fenian bond / $50, 1862
Fenian bond, $50. No. 1490 and 11A. Dated 1862, signed by John O'Mahony as agent for the Irish Republic. Issued in the United States of America c. 1860.
 


reproduction / 1798 Rebellion
Full plate print of atrocities in 1798, from the Sept. 1811 issue of the "Irish Magazine" depicting one Irishman being shot by a mounted soldier through the mouth and another having his head cleaved by a second mounted soldier. NMI print.
 

engraving / James Napper Tandy
Engraving, James Napper Tandy. From an Original Portrait Drawn and Engraved by Petrie. Published in Dublin by James Duffy of 7 Wellington Quay.
 

illustration / The Unfortunate Theobald Wolfe Tone Esq.
Print, The Unfortunate Theobald Wolfe Tone Esq.
 

reproduction / The Unfortunate Theobald Wolfe Tone Esq.
Print, 'The Unfortunate Theobald Wolfe Tone Esq.' Reproduction.
 
