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.
engraving / Dr Patrick Duigenan
Engravings, Dr Patrick Duigenan L.L.D. (1735 - c.1826). Advocate-General to the King, 1785, and Member of Parliament, 1790. Engraved by J. Heath from an original drawing by Comerford in possession of Sir Jonah Barrington. (Published by G. Robinson, Paternoster Row, London, 1 June 1810)....
engraving / Dr Patrick Duigenan
Engravings, Dr Patrick Duigenan L.L.D. (1735 - c.1826). Advocate-General to the King, 1785, and Member of Parliament, 1790. Engraved by J. Heath from an original drawing by Comerford in possession of Sir Jonah Barrington. Published by G. Robinson, Paternoster Row, London, 1 June 1810....
commemorative teapot / Daniel O'Connell, Repeal, 1840s
Teapot, delphware. Transfer printed, with an image of Daniel O'Connell with 'Repeal' above, regarding the Repeal Movement, 1840s. A female figure on each side. Image printed on both sides of pot.
button / Repeal of the Union
Repeal of the Union button. Munster crown. c.1830s. "God Save the Queen. Repeal of the Union". On back, "Rich Imperial Standard" (maker's mark).
coatee / 1782 Club, 1840s
1782 Club uniform coatee. Green with '1782' on gilt buttons. Collar, cuffs and back panels in dark green velvet with silver shamrock embroidery. 1840s. From Clongowes Wood College.
trousers / Eighty Two Club / Thomas Davis
Uniform trousers of the Eighty Two Club, belonging to Thomas Davis, 1782 Club, 1840s. Green with gold shamrock lace stripe down the side of each leg, leather foot straps with button closure.
coatee / 1782 Club, Thomas Davis
Uniform coatee of the Eighty Two Club, belonging to Thomas Davis, 1782 Club, 1840s. Green cloth with dark green velvet collar and cuffs, with gold embroidered shamrocks. Shamrock also embroidered on pocket flaps on tails. Seven gilt buttons down the front, each with '1782'.
membership card / Loyal National Repeal Association of Ireland / Thomas Davis
Loyal National Repeal Association of Ireland membership card, belonging to Thomas Davis. Dated 19th April 1841. Numbered 3923.
receipt / Loyal National Repeal Association of Ireland / Thomas Davis
Loyal National Repeal Association of Ireland membership card / subscription receipt, belonging to Thomas Davis. Dated 8th March 1843. Numbered 3919.
membership card / Loyal National Repeal Association, 1845
Card of membership for the Loyal National Repeal Association. Made out in the name of a Miss Quirke of Queen Street, Dublin, having paid a subscription of one shilling. Dated 14 April 1845. Signed Thomas Mathew Ray (print) as Secretary.
membership card / Loyal National Repeal Association
Loyal National Repeal Association membership card. Made out in the name of Mr Thomas Connor. Dated 19 January 1846. Signed Thomas Mathew Ray (print) as Secretary.
membership card / Loyal National Repeal Association of Ireland, 1844
Loyal National Repeal Association of Ireland card, dated 19th February 1844. Of Mr Peter Jordan.
jacket / 1782 Club, William Smith O'Brien
Uniform coatee of the Eighty Two Club, worn by William Smith O'Brien. Green cloth, double-breasted with tails. With shamrocks in gold braid embroidered onto the dark green velvet cuffs and upright collar, and also on the pocket flaps at the back tails. Gilt buttons bear '1782' within a wreath of...
trousers / 1782 Club, William Smith O'Brien
Uniform trousers of the Eighty Two Club, worn by William Smith O'Brien. Green cloth. The trousers have a band of gold braid. Inside the waistband is a small label with the name 'Desmond O'Brien'.
hat / 1782 Club, William Smith O'Brien
Cap of green velvet, with gold embroidered trim, button in the centre of the crown. Part of the uniform of the Eighty Two Club (1782 Club) worn by William Smith O'Brien.
subscription card / Loyal National Repeal Association of Ireland, 1840s
Loyal National Repeal Association of Ireland subscribers card, blank with spaces for 20 names, addresses and boxes for ticking off their 1d p.w. subscription for 12 weeks
button / Repeal of the Union
Repeal of the Union button, brass gilt. In the centre a harp with an Irish crown, shamrock on each side. Around: 'God Save the Queen/Repeal of the Union'. Maker's stamp on back: Clancy, Dublin. Circa 1830-40.
coatee / 1782 Club
Coatee or jacket of the 1782 Club. Green cloth, with gold embroidered shamrocks on the dark green velvet collar and cuffs, and also on the pocket flaps on the tails. Row of ten gilt buttons down front, with '1782' in centre.
engraving / Daniel O'Connell / Richard L. Sheil
Illustration, depicting Daniel O'Connell and Richard Lalor Sheil, O'Connell comforting Sheil. Refers to Sheil's accompanying O'Connell to London to protest against the suppression of the Catholic Association in 1825. Titled 'Daniel O'Connell Author of Agitation. Richard L Sheil Author of...