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.
photograph / Dr O'Dwyer, Bishop of Limerick, 1917
Postcard photograph; Most Reverend Dr O'Dwyer, Lord Bishop of Limerick. Photograph by Lafayette of Dublin. Postcard photograph, issued in commemoration, c. 1917.
cartoon / What! Do you really mean to give Ireland freedom as you did to Cuba and the Philippines?
Postcard cartoon. John Bull character - 'What! Do you really mean to give Ireland freedom as you did to Cuba and the Philippines? Victory Groan - It has come to this, and I so much in debt.
cartoon / Gentle D.O.R.A.
Postcard cartoon. Gentle D.O.R.A. depicting British Forces and RIC, tanks, airships and planes spying on a farm.
pin badge / Rainbow Chasers
Paper lapel or pin badge. Rainbow Chasers - Roscommon, Longford, Clare, Kilkenny. Copyright Gaelic Press, Dublin.
cartoon / All communications for this lady must be made through me, 1921
Postcard cartoon; I.R.A. man to John Bull - All communications for this lady (Eire) must be made through me. By Art Cavanagh, 1921. Irish made card.
leaflet / To Some Women in Dublin, 1921
1921 I.R.A. Leaflet. Heading: "To Some Women in Dublin". Issued by I.R.A. Re intercourse with British forces. 1920 or 1921. Handed to lender outside St. Catherine's Church, Meath Street, (he says c. 1920) Lender asserts one of men engaged in distributing leaflets was captured by Black & Tans. 1...
flare gun / Verey light pistol
Verey light pistol. British Army pattern, brass barrel, lock case and mounts, bell mouth. The maker's details "Coswell & Harrison Ltd. London" on lock case, with other proof marks. Serial number 72514. Loaded with one empty cartridge.
death mask / Kevin O'Higgins
Death mask of Kevin O'Higgins, in plaster.
rubber stamp / Censored by I.R.A.
Rubber stamp, 'Censored by I.R.A.', on wooden handle as used during War of Independence by the grandfather of Mr A. Lambert.
photograph / Brisith Army, 1920-1921
(Cashman 131) War of Independence. Photograph of group of 'Tommies' mounted on a tank named 'The Rebel'.
photograph / Kevin Barry arrest, 1920
(Cashman 242) Kevin Barry. Photograph. The scene in Church Street, Dublin immediately after the arrest of Kevin Barry, 20 September 1920. He was executed in Mountjoy Jail, 1 November 1920.
photograph / American Commission, Atrocities of the Black-and-Tans in Ireland, 1920
(Cashman 243) Black and Tans Inquiry. Photograph. Left to right - standing - Mr. William T. Cosgrave, Mr. Eamon de Valera, Mr. M.J. Ryan. Sitting: Governor Dunne of Philadelphia (....) and the late Mr. J. Ryan, New York, formed the American Commission which inquired into the Atrocities of the...photograph / American Commission, Atrocities of the Black-and-Tans in Ireland
(Cashman 243) Black and Tans Inquiry. Photograph. Left to right - standing - Mr. William T. Cosgrave, Mr. Eamon de Valera, Mr. M.J. Ryan. Sitting: Governor Dunne of Philadelphia (....) and the late Mr. J. Ryan, New York, formed the American Commission which inquired into the Atrocities of the...
photograph / Group, Dublin, 1919
(256) War of Independence. Photograph. Group taken in Dublin, 1919. Left to right, back row: David Cotter, Sean Murphy, Donal Barrett, Terence MacSwiney (Lord Mayor of Cork) and Paddy Trahy. Seated: Tadhg Barry (well-known Cork Gael, shot dead in Ballykinlar Camp, Co. Down where he was interned...
portrait / Fr. Michael O'Flanagan
Portrait of Fr. Michael O'Flanagan in oils. By Seán Keating.
painting / Study for the Auxiliaries, 1921
Painting, 'Study for the Auxiliaries 1921'. Oil painting, 58 inches by 48 inches approximately in frame, entitled 'Study for the Auxiliaries 1921'. By Maurice MacGonigal R.H.A.
photograph / British Military, 1921
(Cashman 116) War of Independence. Photograph of motor car being searched by the British Military in 1921.
photograph / British Military search, 1921
(Cashman 117) War of Independence. Photograph of pedestrian being searched by the British Military in 1921.
photograph / British Military, 1921
(Cashman 118) War of Independence. Photograph of cyclists being searched by the British Military, 1921.