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.
recruitment poster / Join the People's Army / The Provisionals
Poster, recruitment, black figure of gunman on yellow background - 'Join the People's Army / The Provisionals'. One of five posters relating the Troubles, Northern Ireland, from the 1970’s ff.
recruitment poster / TV Interference / We apologise for the censorship in our programmes / do not adjust your set
Poster, 'TV Interference / We apologise for the censorship in our programmes / do not adjust your set'. Blue background, with a television set in red, the screen displaying the words 'Section 31'. Regarding Section 31 of the Broadcasting Authority Act, used in media news coverage of the Troubles...
recruitment poster / IRA 1983
Poster, recruitment, 'IRA 1983'. With verse by James Connolly. One of five posters relating the Troubles, Northern Ireland, from the 1970’s ff.
recruitment poster / Join the Volunteer Soldiers of the Belfast Brigade
Poster, recruitment,with image of Ireland in green, with the north coastline formed into a hand gripping an AK-47 rifle, with the words 'Join the Volunteer Soldiers of the Belfast Brigade'. One of five posters relating the Troubles, Northern Ireland, from the 1970’s ff.
recruitment poster / Join the People's Army / The Provisionals
Poster, recruitment, black figure of gunman on yellow background - 'Join the People's Army / The Provisionals'. One of five posters relating the Troubles, Northern Ireland, from the 1970’s ff.
poster / Ulster Says No
Poster, red background with the text, in white and blue, “Ulster Says No”.
recruitment poster / Smash English Rule in Ireland
Recruitment poster, with seven images of civil disturbances on the Falls Road, Belfast. 'Smash English Rule in Ireland / Support the Irish Republican Movement'. Issued by the Belfast Republican Publicity Bureau. Probably 1970s.
recruitment poster / Join the Volunteer Soldiers of the Belfast Brigade, 1975
Recruitment poster, with image of Ireland in green, with the north coastline formed into a hand gripping an AK-47 rifle, with the words 'Join the Volunteer Soldiers of the Belfast Brigade'. The notes on the reverse dates the poster from 14 April 1975, when it was bought for 10 pence from young...
recruitment poster / End Internment / Organise Against Repression, 1975
Poster, 'End Internment / Organise Against Repression'. With an image of R.U.C. riot police beating a man. Collected in the area of the Lower Falls, Ballymurphy, August 1975. Issued by the I.R.S.P.,(Irish Republican Socialist Party), I.A., Essex Gate, Dublin 8.
badge / Ulster
Badge, in the shape of the six counties comprising the political North of Ireland; white enamel background with a red cross through the centre, with the Red Hand of Ulster within a six-pointed star, crowned. Note attached - 'old badge, lost and found Bridge St. city centre'.
note / Belfast, 2 Oct. 1978
Diary memos, handwritten in ink on single sheet of paper, back and front. Dated 2 October 1978. Note with eyewitness account of the events in areas of Belfast, including Beechview park, Corporation Road, Westrock and Springfield Road, and British Army activities on that day.
coin / UVF
1968 Irish penny, stamped UVF. One of those so defaced in Belfast 1969.
semi-automatic rifle / Marita Ann, 1984
Armalite AR180 rifle, serial number 11270, taken from the Marita Ann. Made by HOW of Japan, calibre 5.56mm.prison art / Long Kesh, 1972
Handkerchief, drawing, Prisoner Art, Long Kesh 1972, with inscription "Henry Hughes, Internee, Long Kesh 1972" and "Oglaigh na hEireann".
sticker / Bobby Sands Free at Last
Sticker, “Bobby Sands Free at Last”. Green and orange lettering on white background. Northern Ireland, c. 1981.
prison art / Derry Brigade, Crumlin Road Jail, 1977
White handkerchief in frame inscribed 'Derry Brigade' With drawings of a Colt AR15 (by 2), 357 Magnum, STEN SGM, M1 Carbine (by 2), Colt 45 Auto. Dated 9th Feb 1977, by Brian McCool, Republican P.O.W., 'C' Wing, Crumlin Road Jail.
prison art / Long Kesh, 1972
Handkerchief, drawing, Prisoner Art, Long Kesh 1972, map of Ireland with tricolours and celtic cross. With inscription "To Pat, from Seamus, In Proud and Loving Memory of Ireland's Patriot Dead 1916-1972 Long Kesh" and "Eire Nua". Framed and glazed.
photograph / Catholic Murals, Belfast, 1988
Catholic Murals, Belfast, 1988. Collection of photographic slides, colour. Murals, Northern Ireland, 1980s. Depicting wall murals and various scenes in Belfast and Derry, 1981-1989. Photography by Ciaran McGolden, Belfast. Photography commissioned by Oliver Snoddy of the NMI in 1987.
photograph / Catholic Murals, Belfast, 1988
Catholic Murals, Belfast, 1988. Collection of photographic slides, colour. Murals, Northern Ireland, 1980s. Depicting wall murals and various scenes in Belfast and Derry, 1981-1989. Photography by Ciaran McGolden, Belfast. Photography commissioned by Oliver Snoddy of the NMI in 1987.