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.
hand-grenade / Dolphin's Barn, 1920
Hand grenade of period 1920 of type made by the I.R.A. Found by Mr M. Boyle in Dolphin's Barn in which area there was an I.R.A. munitions factory. Overall length 3.2 ins. egg shaped. 7" D. screwed opening near top. 1.1" x .7" section broken off and missing from bottom.
weapon / Irish Volunteers, 1918
Pikehead made in Belmullet in 1918 by Charles Cawley blacksmith on the order of Michael MacHenry and Martin Moran, Irish Volunteers. One of 144 made by him. Said to have been mounted on scythe or shovel handles. Overall length 11". Plug type with 3.4 ins. shovel handles. Overall length 11". Plug...
postcard photograph / Irish Peace Delegates, 1921
Postcard photograph of the Irish Peace Delegates. The five plenipotentiaries, Eamonn Duggan, Michale Collins, Arthur Griffith, Robert Barton, and George Gavin Duffy. Individual portrait photographs in composite form.
photograph / Mansion House Conference, July 1921
Photograph of Eamon de Valera arriving at the Mansion House Conference, July 1921. Showing de Valera surrounded by a group of people.
photograph / Cathal Brugha, Mansion House Conference, July 1921
Photograph of Cathal Brugha arriving at the Mansion House Conference, July 1921.
photograph / Liam Mellows, U.S.A.
Photograph of Liam Mellows in U.S.A. wearing a hat and holding a rifle or shotgun. Mellows spent time in America from December 1916 to 1920.
photograph / Liam Mellows, U.S.A., c. 1919
Photograph of Liam Mellows, marked with an x, with three other men taken in the U.S.A., about 1919.
photograph / Liam Mellows & Pa Murray, U.S.A., c. 1920
Photograph of Liam Mellows, marked with an x, with Pa Murray and two other men between them. Probably taken in U.S.A., about 1920.
photograph / Liam Mellows, U.S.A., 1920
Photograph of Liam Mellows, marked with an x, with a family group of nine people in the U.S.A. He is shown wearing pince nez. Taken about 1920.
postcard photograph / American Commission on Irish Independence, U.S.A., c. 1920
Postcard photograph of the Head Quarters of the American Commission on Irish Independence and Friends of Irish Freedom, c. 1920. Part of a collection of photograph relating to Liam Mellows and the Mellows family.
photograph / Liam Mellows, U.S.A., c. 1920
Photograph of Liam Mellows, shown lying on his front in shooting position and holding a rifle to his shoulder. Taken in America c. 1920, with a message from him in pencil on the back.
photograph / Liam Mellows, U.S.A., c. 1920
Photograph of Liam Mellows, shown standing behind a man seated in a chair. Taken in the U.S.A., about 1920.
photograph / Liam Mellows, U.S.A., 1920
Photograph of Liam Mellows and lady, unidentified. Taken in the U.S.A., about 1920.
photograph / Murray Family, U.S.A.
Photograph of the Murray Family in Los Angeles. Showing Mr. John Murray seated with (from left) Peter Murray, Patrick Fleming and George Murray. Standing behind. The family befriended Liam Mellows in the U.S.A., c. 1916 to 1920.
photograph / Liam Mellows, James O'Mara, U.S.A., 1919
Photograph of Liam Mellows, James O'Mara and another man, taken in the U.S.A., about 1919. Full plate size photograph.
mortar grenade / Experimental, Limerick, 1920
Experimental grenade for trench mortar made at Keelogues, Co. Limerick in 1920. The mortar had been captured in North Cork and was brought to Keelogues to see if suitable ammunition could be made for it. The fuse on the grenades as made were to be ignited, the grenade then dropped into the mortar...
poetry / P.J. Little, South Africa, 1921
Poetry book, South Africa diplomatic mission, 1921. Manuscript note reading 'Greetings from the Irish Republic 24 April 1921' signed Pádraig Ua Caoilte (P.J. Little) on a Mannsel 1918 edition of Poems by P.H. Pearse.
book / Lost on Du-Corrig / P.J. Little
Book, 'Lost on Du-Corrig' by Standish O'Grady. Diplomatic mission to South Africa, presentation label made out to Miss. Sheila O'Byrne and signed by Padraic Ua Caoilte (P.J. Little), Johannesburg, 10th July, 1921.
landmine / 9th Brigade, 1st Eastern Division, I.R.A, 1920
Concrete land mine case, c. 1920. Made by H. Fairtlough. This was the early type of mine used for blowing up Military Lorries and was used during the "Black and Tan War". It usually had 2 feet of road surface over it. This type of mine could be left buried in the ground for about a year. The reason...