Historical Collections Online

 

note / Christopher Ennis, 1916-21

Notes on timeline of events, including internment, for Christopher Ennis, Irish Volunteers, F. Company, 2nd battalion, 1916 to 1921. One of a collection of material relating to the service of Christopher Ennis, or Kit Ennis, Irish Volunteers, F. Company, 2nd battalion, 1916 to 1921. With...

 

service certificate / Christopher Ennis, 1916-21

Service certificate, Christopher Ennis, Irish Volunteers, F. Company, 2nd battalion, 1916 to 1921. Military Service Pensions Act 1934 certificate. One of a collection of material relating to the service of Christopher Ennis, or Kit Ennis, Irish Volunteers, F. Company, 2nd battalion, 1916 to 1921....

 

letter / Christopher Ennis, 1916-21

Letter, Military Service Pensions office, 2 November 1935. One of a collection of material relating to the service of Christopher Ennis, or Kit Ennis, Irish Volunteers, F. Company, 2nd battalion, 1916 to 1921. With additional material relating to a Christopher Ennis in the Emergency Period,...

 

letter / Christopher Ennis, 1916-21

Letter, dated 6 November 193? (probably 1935), to the Military Service Pensions office, signed by Oscar Traynor to verify the service of Christopher Ennis. One of a collection of material relating to the service of Christopher Ennis, or Kit Ennis, Irish Volunteers, F. Company, 2nd battalion, 1916...

 

internment order / Christopher Ennis, 1916-21

Order of internment in Ballykinlar for Christopher Ennis, of 83 Ballybough Road, Dublin, 3 December 1920. One of a collection of material relating to the service of Christopher Ennis, or Kit Ennis, Irish Volunteers, F. Company, 2nd battalion, 1916 to 1921. With additional material relating to a...

 

trousers / Irish Citizen Army

Irish Citizen Army uniform of the pattern worn after Easter Week 1916 (more service-like). Jacket or tunic, trousers, hat and boots with puttees.

 

ammunition / Mills, British Army

Hand grenade, Mills Pattern, British Army. This has no Irish connections and was added to the collection for comparison with Irish examples.

 

photograph / J. Lynch, Irish Volunteer, 1919

Full length portrait photograph of the donor J. Lynch in Irish Volunteer uniform with rifle, taken in 1919. Lynch was a member of the C.O., 3rd Batt., Dublin Brigade. Jacket was British Army tunic which Lynch had dyed in 1918, and adding the green facing on the cuffs and shoulder straps. This...

 

photograph / Martin Savage

Photograph of Martin Savage. Head to waist in Irish Volunteer uniform. Savage fought at the Four Courts in 1916, and was killed in the War of Independence. Photograph measures roughly 3.3 by 3.2 inches" and is apparantly portion cut from a larger photograph. Written on back in pencil "Savage" and...

 

photograph / Dan Breen & Maurice Crowe, 1918

Photograph, 5.625 inches by 3.375 inches. Taken on occasion of first military funeral of I.R.A., October 1918. Shows (left) Dan Breen, Q.M., 3 Tipperary Brigade, and (right) Maurice Crowe, Adjutant.

 

photograph / Irish Self-Determination League, 1920

Mounted photograph of a meeting of the Irish Self-Determination League in Albert Hall, London, on 20 January 1920. Included in photograph are: Front row platform from left to right - standing in centre - Art O'Briain (Chariman), Sean McGrath, Dr. Mark Ryan, J. Kelly, Desmond Fitzgerald, Arthur...

 

photograph / Burial, Glasnevin, 1921

Photograph taken at Glasnevin, 1921, at a burial. Titled 'A Funeral in Ireland' by the photographer.

 

photograph / North Longford Flying Column, 1920

Photograph of the North Longford Flying Column, about 1920. Two rows of men, nine at rear five in front.

 

letter / Michael O'Callaghan, 1920

Threatening letter received by Michael O'Callaghan, Mayor of Limerick, 1920. Letter, manuscript, directed to "the Mayor of Limerick Town", May 31, 1920, signed with a hieroglyph and "By deed of the Brothers of the Faithful Circle". Threatening Mayor if he does not cause "atrocities being committed...

 

painting / Bulmer Hobson, 1963-64

Framed portrait of Bulmer Hobson, by Maurice MacGonigal, painted when subject was in his 80th year. Signed by the artist with some notes by him also on the rear frame; Bulmer Hobson in his house near Connemara, in his 80th year. Signed by MacGonigal at Gortin, Cloc na Ron. Large magnifying glass in...

 

pocket watch / Seaghan Ó Lorcáin

Seaghan Ó Lorcáin's watch, inscribed by him on the back, in stipple work, "Seaghan Ó Lorcain/A Co/8th (?)/Battalion/East Tipp./I.R.A.

 

map / Dublin, War of Independence

Map of Dublin connected with War of Independence. Ordnance Survey 25 inch 1911 map (1920 printing) Sheet XVIII II. In this which vendor's husband, Goulden, alleged to have had a War of Independence connection in and about Clonturk House and Richmond Road (scene of the Battle of Fernside involving...

 

document / Ireland's Address to the Free Nations of the World, 1919

Ireland's Address to the Free Nations of the World. The 21 January 1919 address as published by Fergus O'Connor in Dublin.

 

photograph / Running the Blockade, 22 June 1921

Photograph of the "Better Hope" taken in Glasgow Docks in 1921. This was the ship which broke the blockade which was put on West Donegal by the Military Authorities in 1921. Fishing boat "Better Hope" BF1047, probably a drifter, with motor. Crew shown on board. Entitled 'Running the Blockade, 22...

 

photograph / Seamus Robinson, Sean Treacy, Dan Breen and Major General M. Brennan, 1920

Photograph of Seamus Robinson, Sean Treacy, Dan Breen and Major General M. Brennan. Taken in Dublin in early 1920. A copy of this photograph was subsequently captured and the individual photographs were used by the authorities of Dublin Castle for publication in the "Hue and Cry" with the...