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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.
 

coatee / 1782 Club, Daly, 1845-6
Coatee or jacket of the 1782 Club. Green cloth with dark green velvet collar and cuffs. Six gilt buttons down the front with '1782', and silver shamrocks embroidered on the collar, cuffs and pocket flaps on tails. Worn by John or William Daly, Dublin, 1845 - 1846.
 

trousers / 1782 Club, Daly, 1845-6
Uniform trousers of the 1782 Club. Long trousers: green with gold stripes. Leather foot straps with brass button closure. Worn by John or William Daly, 1845 - 1846.
 

cap / 1782 Club, Daly, 1845-6
1782 Club uniform cap or hat, green with black peak. Worn by John or William Daly, Dublin, 1845 - 1846.
 


letter / House of Commons, 1869
Letter, addressed from the House of Commons, London, dated 13 May 1869. Addressed to 'My Dear Ray' (?) from 'your fellow prisoner of 1844', illegible signature.
 


stamp / Repeal / Daniel O'Connell
Set of 12 seals or stamps, relating to Daniel O'Connell and the Repeal Movement. 'Peace and Perserverance / Repeal', 'Remember the 30th May 1844 / Repeal', 'Ireland for the Irish / Repeal', 'God Save the Queen / Repeal', 'Repeal of the Union', O'Connell Family crest, 'Erin go Bragh / Repeal', 'No...
 


stamp / Volunteers of 1782 Revived, 1841
Membership card of the Volunteers of 1782 Revived, 1841. Blank example, signed Thomas Mathew Ray. From Scrapbook volume of documents relating to Daniel O'Connell compiled by T.M. Ray.
 

parliamentary card / Loyal National Repeal Association
Parliamentary Elector card of the Loyal National Repeal Association of Ireland, of the type issued 30 December 1844. Rare version. The first design was subsequently changed to a front view of Parliament House - only a few with this vignette were printed. Information provided by Thomas Matthew Ray. ...
 

certificate / Loyal National Repeal Association, 1843
Loyal National Repeal Association certificate awarded to a Repeal Warden, Patrick Bray, 28th May 1843. Signed by Thomas Matthew Ray as Secretary. From a scrapbook volume of documents relating to Daniel O'Connell compiled by T.M. Ray.
 

certificate / Loyal National Repeal Association, 1841
Notice of appointment of a Repeal Warden, 1841. Loyal National Repeal Association certificate. Corn Exchange Rooms. Blank copy. Signed by Thomas Matthew Ray as Secretary.
 

collection card / Loyal National Repeal Association, 1840s
Collection card used by a Repeal Warden, 1840s. Loyal National Repeal Association. Blank copy.
 


text / Daniel O'Connell
Text document in mirror image. Inscription for monument, Daniel O'Connell lay the first stone, 30th March 1843.
 

coatee / 1782 Club, James Spring, c. 1846
Uniform coatee of the 1782 Club, worn by James Spring, circa 1846. Green cloth with fifteen gold coloured buttons, '1782' on each of them. Dark green velvet cuffs and collar, embroidered with shamrocks.
 

trousers / 1782 Club, James Spring, c. 1846
Uniform trousers of the 1782 Club, worn by James Spring, circa 1846. Green cloth with a gold stripe / braid.
 

cap / 1782 Club, James Spring, 1846
Uniform hat or cap of the 1782 Club, worn by James Spring, circa 1846.
 

membership card / James Spring, 1840
Membership card of The Loyal National Repeal Association of Ireland. Made out to James Spring of Eccles Street, Dublin. Dated 22 December 1840, signed T.M. Ray as Secretary, numbered 2259. Red wax seal bottom left of centre.
 

membership card / Loyal National Repeal Association of Ireland, 1843
Membership card of The Loyal National Repeal Association of Ireland, 1843. Made out to James Spring of Eccles Street, Dublin. Renewal of subscription, paid £1 on 13 March 1843, for 1842. Joined 19 December 1840. Signed T.M. Ray as Secretary. Red wax seal bottom left centre.
 

membership card / James Spring, 1844
Membership card of The Loyal National Repeal Association of Ireland, 1844. Made out to James Spring of Eccles Street, Dublin. Renewal of subscription, paid £1. Dated 5 February 1844, signed T.M. Ray as Secretary.
 

membership card / James Spring, 1846
Membership card of The Loyal National Repeal Association of Ireland, 1846. Made out to James Spring of Eccles Street, Dublin. Renewal of subscription, paid £1. Dated 13 April 1846, signed T.M. Ray as Secretary.
 

receipt / 1782 Club
A receipt for James Spring's subscription to the 1782 Club, written in manuscript on an envelope. Dated 15 April 1845.
 

