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.
resource / D. Cantwell, Tipperary, 1922
Photocopy of a pass issued to D. Cantwell, to drive puch bicycle from Cashel to ?, signed M. Scallen(?). I.R.A. H.Q. 2 Battalion, 3rd Tipperary Brigade, 18 July 1922.
document / Barry / Cahill
Courtmartial charge sheet and summary of evidence. Served on James Barry, Senior "Jas Barry" Jr; Brendan Barry and Edward Cahill.
photograph / Auxiliaries on Parade, Phoenix Park, c.1921
(Cashman 145) Auxiliaries on Parade. Photograph of General Tudor, Chief of Police in Ireland, 1921-1922, standing to attention with a company of Auxiliaries at the Depot, Phoenix Park, Dublin.
photograph / Sir Hamar Greenwood inspection of R.I.C., 1921
(Cashman 147) Royal Irish Constabulary, photograph of Sir Hamar Greenwood, Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant, inspecting fully-armed Royal Irish Constabulary at the Depot, Phoenix Park 1921.
photograph / Margaret Pearse, Bodenstown, 1921
(Cashman 204) Mrs. Pearse. Photograph. Mrs. Margaret Pearse (mother of Patrick H. Pearse) speaking at Wolfe Tone's Grave, Bodenstown, Co. Kildare 1921.
photograph / Anglo-Irish Treaty, 1921
(Cashman 234) The Anglo-Irish Treaty, 1921. Photograph. The men who signed the Treaty snapped at Holyhead on their way to London. Left to right: Arthur Griffith, Eamonn Duggan, Robert Barton and George Gavan Duffy.
photograph / Four Courts, 1919-21
(Cashman 238) War of Independence. Photograph. British soldiers, fully armed on the roof of the Four Courts, doing guard duty.
photograph / Kingsbridge Station, Dublin, 1921
(Cashman 283) War of Independence. Photograph. Wagon loads of Military Stores, including guns and ammunition held up in the Goods Department at Kingsbridge Station, Dublin, as a result of a Railway Strike, 1921. Armed British Soldiers and Auxiliaries guard the wagons.
drawing / Mountjoy Executions, 1921
F. Flood & T. Bryan. Pencil sketch in water colours - "Scene at 11:45 p.m. in the condemned cell on the Eve of the Execution of T. Bryan and F. Flood", made by J. Kavanagh, 1921.
photograph / O'Connell Street, 1921
(Cashman 123) War of Independence. Photograph of a British armoured car dispersing a crowd in O'Connell Street during a search in 1921.
photograph / O'Connell Street, 1920-1921
(Cashman 129) War of Independence. Photograph of an armoured car in O'Connell Street during the search for arms.
gun / Experimental, 1920
Experimental mortar or Big Gun, 1920. Made by Peadar Clancy and Dick McKee of the Headquarters Staff, Dublin Brigade, I.R.A. A metal tube mounted on a trestle. Described as the only piece of artillery used during the War of Independence. It was tried out by Captain Mat Furlong of the Dublin...
photograph / Dáil Eireann, 1919
Framed photograph of first Dáil delegates, including Michael Collins, Eamon de Valera, Arthur Griffith, Cathal Bruga, William Cosgrave, 1919.
lapel badge / Welcome President Irish Republic, 1920
Badge, silk. Cream with text in green. ‘Welcome President Irish Republic Reception Committee January 3 1920 Hartford Conn.’. Relating to de Valera's visit to the United States of America.
photograph / Templemore, August 1920
Photograph of the square in Templemore, with damaged building being inspected by three British soldiers. August 1920, War of Independence. Taken by W.D. Hogan, Press Photographer, 56 Henry Street, Dublin.
photograph / Templemore, August 1920
Photograph of British soldiers searching the debris of a building, Templemore town. August 1920, War of Independence. Taken by W.D. Hogan, Press Photographer, 56 Henry Street, Dublin.
plaque / City of San Francisco / de Valera, 1919
Rectangular presentation plaque, gold. Engraved 'Presented to Eamon de Valera, President of the Irish Republic. The Mayor and the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco and by the Citizens thereof, as an expression of our esteem of his service in the cause of Irish Freedom....
souvenir / de Valera, 1919
Match stick, used. Reported to be the actual match used by President Eamon de Valera to light the Christmas Candle when he visited his Mother in America, Christmas, 1919. He lit it at his mother's request.
autograph album / Kilworth Camp, 1921
Prison autograph album. Soft back book, black cover. Gilt lettering "Autographs". Kilworth Prison autograph album, containing the names of most of the 21 men who escaped from Kilworth Camp, 1921.