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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.
card / Loyal National Repeal Association, 1843
Loyal National Repeal Association membership card, belonging to Mr Patrick Griffin, dated 4th July 1843. Signed Thomas Mathew Ray (print) as Secretary. Printed in Crow Street, Dublin, probably by Holbrooke.
card / Loyal National Repeal Association, 1844
Loyal National Repeal Association membership card, belonging to Mr Patrick Magee, having paid one shilling subscription. Dated 24 June 1844. Signed Thomas Mathew Ray (print) as Secretary.
card / National Association, 1840
National Association of Ireland, to Obtain Full and Prompt Justice, or Repeal. Membership card, belonging to Mr James Magee, dated 13th July 1840, with seal impression of Thomas M. Ray's monogram. Card numbered 247.
stick / Thomas Ray
Walking stick, wood with an ivory plate on the handle, of Thomas M. Ray. Engraved with the year '1842'.
button / Thomas Davis / Repeal of the Union
Repeal Button. Brass, about 1840. Incised around GOD SAVE THE QUEEN, REPEAL OF THE UNION.# In relief is a harp below a five-pointed crown; a shamrock on either side of it; below, AGITATE. No mark on back. Written in ink on the piece of paper in which button wrapped on receipt, and which had, in...
note / Thomas Davis
Note written on bottom of thin paper, written by his sister of Thomas Davis, authenticating his Repeal button. 'Poor Tom Davis' Repeal button, which he my darling brother used to wear, but soon put down the use of by most sensible persons'.
teapot / O'Connell Repeal Teapot
O'Connell Repeal teapot. Pottery, about 1845. Length 12 inches, height 7 inches. On either side, and on either side of the lid, a print of Daniel O'Connell holding a poster inscribed 'The Repeal of the Union' with a seascape in the background and Daniel O'Connell M.P. divided by his head. On a...
souvenir / Daniel O'Connell
Umbrella belonging to Daniel O'Connell. Eight ribbed, torn brown silk cloth and brass tip with bone handle engraved on white ivory disc 'D. O'Connell Esq. M.P.'. Wood and metal framed. Belonged to Daniel O'Connel.
propaganda / Anti-Union, 1819
Anti Union Propaganda Sheet. 1st January 1819 in form of a credit note undertaking to pay 'Rory O'Bogg' 2d. 'when the Union of the kingdoms shall have produced a union of Civil and Religious principles'. Signed by 'Pat Potatoe'.resource / Mitchel, Meagher, 1782 Club
Mitchel and Meagher and the 1782 Club. Article re by P Ó Mainín ex Waterford News and Star, 16 December 1980.
reproduction / Rules of the 1782 Club
1782 Club Rules. Photocopy of 1845 Institution's constitution. Notice or Reolution of the 1782 Club, 2nd January, 1845. Reproduction.
button / Repeal of the Union
One of a set of three Repeal Buttons. 'Repeal of the Union', surounding a harp with shamrock wreaths. 'Remember 30 May 1844' written on the card underneath.
button / Repeal of the Union
One of a set of three Repeal buttons. 'Repeal of the Union' and 'God Save the Queen' surrounding a bust of Daniel O'Connell in profile.
button / Repeal of the Union
One of a set of three Repeal Buttons. 'Repeal of the Union' and 'Daniel O'Connel Esq M.P.' with a front facing bust of Daniel O'Connell in the centre.
button / Daniel O'Connell / Repeal
Repeal of the Union rosette. Rosette of green and cream/white ribbon, with a button fixed to the centre. The button shows a side profile of Daniel O'Connell in bas-relief, with 'D. O'Connell M.P.' and 'Repeal of the Union' around.
presentation tray / Nicholas Boylan, 1843
Irish silver presentation tray, Dublin, c. 1759. Probably by Samuel Walker. Inscription in centre reads ‘Nicholas Boylan, Esq., of Hilltown House by 1100 Repealers of his district to record their disapprobation of the Arbitrary conduct of the Government in dismissing him from the commission of the...
letter / Daniel O'Connell, 1846
Letter to Daniel O’Connell, M.P., from the Cork Repeal Club, dated 18 November 1844. O’Connell addressed as the Liberator of Ireland. Signed by Thomas Lyons (President), George Mason and Andrew F. Roche (Secretaries).
letter / Daniel O'Connell cap
Letter of Thomas Steele regarding the Daniel O'Connell cap (HH:L.1538.1), which Steele received from O'Connell. Written between 1847 and 1848
letter / Daniel O'Connell cap
Letter of J. Duggan, June, 1848, regarding Daniel O'Connell's cap (HH:L.1538.1), given to him by Thomas Steele.