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.
photograph / Thomas Mac Donagh
Thomas Mac Donagh; commemorative postcard photograph of.
photograph / Joseph Plunkett
Postcard photograph, commemorative, half length, of Joseph Plunkett.
photograph / Captain Frank Fahy
Postcard photograph of Frank Fahy, who was a commandant in the Four Courts, 1916. Part of the Irish Rebellion 1916 postcard series.
photograph / Eoin MacNeill
Postcard photograph of Eoin MacNeill, President of the Irish Volunteers, Sentenced by Courtmartial to Penal Servitude for Life. Part of the Irish Rebellion 1916 postcard series.
photograph / Count Plunkett
Postcard photograph of Count George Noble Plunkett, F.S.A. Father of Joseph Plunkett, who was executed, and of George and John Plunkett, sentenced to Penal Servitude. Arrested in May 1st 1916, and detained in Richmond Barracks till June 5th, and now deported to Oxford. Part of the Irish...
photograph / Desmond Fitzgerald
Postcard photograph of Desmond Fitzgerald. Sentenced to 20 years. Sentence commuted to 10 years. Part of the Irish Rebellion 1916 postcard series.
photograph / Con Colbert
Postcard photograph of Con Colbert in kilt uniform, seated.
photograph / Sean Costello
Postcard photograph of Sean Costello, Athlone. Second Lieutenent of the Irish Volunteers, killed in action while on despatch duty at Boland's Mills, 1916. Part of the Irish Rebellion 1916 postcard series.
1916 Medal / Liam Mellows, 1916
Liam Mellows' 1916 Medal. Name of recipient and number 281 stamped on reverse.
commemorative medal / 1916 50th Aniversary, silver
1916 50th Anniversary medal in silver, 1966. The obverse depicts the GPO facade in flames, with a rising sun behind the portico, all in low relief. In raised letters above is 'AISÉIRI NA CÁSCA' and in raised numbers in exerque, '1916-1966'. The reverse bears, in raised letters, a facsimile of the...
commemorative medal / 1916 50th Anniversary, gold
1916 50th Anniversary medal in gold. 1.4 ins. D. OBV. The GPO facade in flames with a rising sun behind the portico, all in low relief. In raised letters above AISÉIRI NA CÁSCA and in raised numbers in exerque, 1916-1966. REV: In raised letters facsimile of signatures of 7 signatoires of...
photograph / Presentation of service medals, 1941
Photograph of the presentation of service medals in 1941. Full plate, mounted, glazed and framed showing Eamon de Valera presenting the medal box to Seán Ó Maidin.
medal / John Madden / Seán Ó Maidin
1916 Service Medal, which was presented with three ribbon bars in a presentation box. As awarded to John Madden / Seán Ó Maidin.
commemorative medal / Patrick Pearse, 1966
Patrick Pearse commemorative medal, issued in 1966. Silver, 2 inches in diameter, diestruck with the number 1051 incised on the edge. With raised rim. OBVERSE: Pearse in profile looking to right. Around above, PADRAIG H. PEARSE with a shamrock spray at each end. Around below, 1879 - 1916. Across...
photograph book / Dublin and the Sinn Féin Rising, 1916
'Dublin and the Sinn Féin Rising'. An illustrated booklet depicting the aftermath of the 1916 Rising. Published in 1916 by Wilson, Hartnell and Co., Ltd., Dublin.
badge / Cumann na mBan
Cumann na mBan badge, silver. C na mB entwined about a rifle with pin attachment on back (which is stamped SILVER). 'TATTOO MILEATA 1935' stamped along barrel. Possibly a later addition during commemorative events.
pin badge / Irish Volunteer
Irish Volunteer silver lapel pinbadge. Flat, depicting crossed muskets separating IV with a harp in the angle above. Birmingham 1918 hallmarks on back.
badge / 1916 souvenir
1916 Rising souvenir badge, c.1917. Circular celluloid pin badge embodying photographs of seven signatories of the Proclamation, 3cm. diam.
concert programme / Easter Week Commemoration, 1924
Easter Week Commemoration booklet, 1924. A souvenir programme of the Dublin concert. Cover artwork by J.M. Published by Wood Printing Works, Fleet Street, Dublin.