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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.
Address / Ireland to Queen Victoria, 1844
Daniel O'Connell, printed address to Queen Victoria to be signed by the people of Ireland protesting against the imprisonment of Daniel O'Connell in 1844. Printed black on white.
/ Daniel O'Connell
Sash, green textile, with green and gold tassles. No decoration or text. Connected to Daniel O’Connell or the Repeal Movement.
buttonhole badge / New York / Repeal Association
Buttonhold badge, of gold and green shamrock and foliage spray. Caption above spray reads "Worn in buttonhole by Irishmen in America, on Patrick's Day. Sent from New York to Repeal Association".
box / Thomas Davis, 1836
Davis, Thomas, Osborne, Prize Medal, Silver, Hand Engraved. Awarded to in 1836. Obv: Two laurel wreaths extending around from knot of ribbon below; and the hand engraved inscription TRIN COLL DUB PROPTER ARTES LIBERALES FELICITER EXCULTAS. Rev: In centre hand engraved Davis, Thomas, around,...
print / Reminiscences of the Liberator, 1882
Daniel O'Connell. Printed illustration, titled 'Reminiscences of the Liberator'. Printed as supplement to the Weekly Freeman, August, 19, 1882. A sheet of pictures of Daniel O'Connell, the leaders of the Repeal Party and scenes from O'Connell's life. Republished from Weekly Freeman of August 7,...
dinner ticket / O'Connell Dinner, 1841
O'Connell Dinner Ticket, 1841. Printed, signed Edward O'Rorke, for the reception on 18 January 1841 at Chichester Street, Belfast. Wax seal in corner. Mounted and framed with trade label of W.J. Irvine, Ann Street, Belfast on back.
membership card / 1782 Volunteers of Ireland, John Dillon, 1843
Volunteers of 1782 Revived (1782 Club, Ireland), dated 10 October 1843. Membership card made out to John Blake Dillon. Signed by hand by Thomas Matthew Ray. Numbered 2405. Drawn and engraved by Holbrooke, 4 Crow Street, Dublin, 1843.
document / Key, Richmond Bridewell Paintings, O'Neill
Key to the Richmond Bridewell Paintings of Prison life fo the 'Traversers', 1844, as set out by the artist Henry O'Neill, R.H.A. - Views of the Apartments of the Repeal State Prisoners in Richmond Bridewell and of the Gardens Adjoining.
print / The State Trial Portraits, 1844
Print or engraving. ‘The State Trial Portraits, 1844’. Framed engraving depicting Daniel O’Connell and son John O’Connell, The Reverand Mr Tyrell, Thomas Matthew Ray, The Reverand Thomas Tierney, Thomas Steele, Richard Barrett, Doctor Gray and Charles Gavan Duffy. Drawn on wood by H. Anelay and...
writing set / Thomas M. Ray, State Trials, 1844
Writing case or desk, which belonged to and was used by Thomas M. Ray as a portfolio to store papers and also as a writing desk to take notes and write letters in the Court room during the State Trials in 1844, a handwritten note on the back of the box states this. Ray writes a further note written...
cap / Daniel O'Connell 'Repeal' Cap
O'Connell's 'Repeal' Cap, green velvet embroidered with gold-lace shamrocks; gold lace tassel; button on top with crowned harp and motto: 'God Save the Queen. Repeal of the Union'. This is the cap with which Daniel O'Connell was crowned at Mullaghmast in 1843, by it's designer John Hogan. It is...
hat box / Daniel O'Connell, Repeal Cap, 1843
Hat box of Daniel O'Connell's Repeal cap. An octagonal wooden box with impressed name of ''O'Connell' on lid. Also contains a label reading 'Jas. Haybyrne, Hairdresser' and verse referring to O'Connell as the 'Liberator'. A poem dedicated to O'Connell the Liberator handwritten in ink on paper...
ceremonial trowel / Daniel O'Connell, Conciliation Hall, 1843
Trowel, steel. Black oak carved handle, and harp shamrocks. The blade engraved 'This trowel was used by Daniel O'Connell Esq. M.P. when laying the first stone of the Great Repeal Hall, Corn Exchange, Dublin, on Thursday 30th Day of March 1843'. Below written 'This is the actual trowel used by The...
illustration / A Tribute to the Memory of Ireland's Illustrious Liberator Daniel O'Connell Esq., M.P.
Printed paper sheet. Poem dedicated to the memory of Daniel O'Connell. Printed within lithographed border of Pillars. Hand coloured.
cover / William Smith O'Brien, 1854
Gold presentation cup and cover, gold. Presented to William Smith O'Brien on his release from confinement in Van Diemen's Land. Made by emigrant Irish silversmiths, the Hackett brothers in Melbourne, 1854. Financed by Irish Australians, including miners. This cup, made from Australian gold, was...
print / The Irish State Trials, 1844
Illustration or print, possibly from the Weekly Freeman or similar, titled The Irish State Trials, Opening of the Special Commission at Clonmel. Depicting Daniel O'Connell in the dock.
jug / Daniel O'Connell, 1844
Colourless mould-blown glass jug with eight ribs, wide mouth, arch and angle rim with broad lip and handle. Inscribed "This jug was used at the table of O'Connell and his fellow prisoners during our unjust captivity in Richmond Bridewell in 1844. Thos. Matt. Ray - one of the state prisoners."
commemorative medal / Daniel O'Connell, Birth Centenary, 1875
Daniel O'Connell, medal commemorating the centenary of his birth, 1875. Medal, White Medal, Obverse only by William Woodhouse, 1847. Obv: Head of Daniel O'Connelll in profile, looking to right; signed W W below. Around Daniel O'Connell, M.P. Born August 6th 1775, Died May 1847. Rev: Greyhound and...
medal / Daniel O'Connell, 1841
Daniel O'Connell medal. By William Woodhouse after Peter Turnerelli. White Metal. Obv. Bust of O’Connell, R., shoulders draped. Around, DANIEL O CONNELL ESQ MP Signed, P. TURNERELLI DEL. W WOODHOUSE.F. Rev. O’Connell as Lord Mayor, standing before Hibernia, as draped seated female figure, arms...