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 / Edward Daly
Postcard photograph; Edward Daly (Ned Daly). Studio portrait, full length, seated, in Irish Volunteer uniform. Photograph by Keogh Brother, Dublin. Published by Curran of Dublin.
Easter card / Thomas MacDonagh, Easter
Postcard photograph; commemorative postcard or Easter card, with coloured photographic image of Thomas MacDonagh in frame, with verse and the words 'Easter Greetings. Published in Dublin by Fergus O'Connor. These were published regularly from 1917 on.
photograph / Joseph Plunkett
Postcard photograph; Joseph Plunkett, issued as commemoration. Published by Curran of Dublin.
photograph / Thomas MacDonagh
Postcard photograph; Thomas MacDonagh, issued as commemoration. Photograph by E. Brook Smith of Dublin. Published by Curran of Dublin.
photograph / Count George Noble Plunkett, 1916
Postcard photograph; 1916 Rising Commemoration postcard photograph. Titles Irish Rebellion May 1916. 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 1 May 1916, and detained in Richmond...
photograph / Captain Thomas Hunter, 1916
Postcard photograph; 1916 Rising Commemoration postcard photograph. Titled Irish Rebellion May 1916. Captain Thomas Hunter, sentenced to death, communted to penal servitude for life. Printed and published by the Powell Press, 22 Parliament Street, Dublin.
photograph / Dr. Richard F. Hayes, 1916
Postcard photograph; 1916 Rising Commemoration postcard photograph. Titled Irish Rebellion May 1916. Dr. Richard F. Hayes, Medical Officer, Lusk, Co. Dublin. Sentenced to 20 years penal servitude. Printed and published by the Powell Press, 22 Parliament Street, Dublin.
photograph / Eamon de Valera, 1916
Postcard photograph; 1916 Rising Commemoration postcard photograph. Titled Irish Rebellion May 1916. Ed. de Valera (Edmond de Valera, Eamon de Valera), Commandant of the Ringsend area. Sentenced to death, commuted to penal servitude for life. Printed and published by the Powell Press, 22...
photograph / Sean Costello, 1916
Postcard photograph; 1916 Rising Commemoration postcard photograph. Titled Irish Rebellion May 1916. Sean Costello (Athlone), 2nd Lieutenant Irish Volunteers. Died from wound received in action while on despatch duty at Bolands Mills. Printed and published by the Powell Press, 22 Parliament...
photograph / Finian Lynch, 1916
Postcard photograph; 1916 Rising Commemoration postcard photograph. Titled Irish Rebellion May 1916. Finian Lynch, B.A., Captain, Irish Volunteers. Sentenced to death, sentence commuted to 10 years penal servitude. Printed and published by the Powell Press, 22 Parliament Street, Dublin.
photograph / Peter Clancy, 1916
Postcard photograph; 1916 Rising Commemoration postcard photograph. Titled Irish Rebellion May 1916. Peter Clancy (Co. Clare). Sentenced to death, sentence commuted to 10 years penal servitude. Printed and published by the Powell Press, 22 Parliament Street, Dublin.
photograph / James V. Lawless
Postcard photograph; James V. Lawless, commander of Saint Margarets Company, Irish Volunteers. Participated in the Battle of Ashbourne, 1916. Son of Frank Lawless, brother of Joseph Lawless. Published by Curran of Dublin.
photograph / Con Colbert, 1916
Postcard photograph; Con Colbert , Cornelius Colbert, issued in commemoration of his execution, 1916. Dressed in kilt and vest, with jacket. With copy of his signature underneath. Published by Curran of Dublin.
illustration / Leabhar na hAiséirghe, The Plunkett Page
Illustration, Leabhar na hAiséirghe, by Art Ó Murnaghan. The Plunkett Page. One of the original pages.
illustration / Leabhar na hÁiséirghe, The Page of the Waves
Illustration, Leabhar na hAiséirghe, by Art Ó Murnaghan. The Page of the Waves from Leabhar na hÁiséirghe by Art O Murnaghan, Dublin, 1924 to 1951.One of the original pages.
bust / Sean MacDiarmada
Plaster figure of Sean MacDiarmada, by Albert Power. Head and shoulders, with arms in a very poor condition. Undraped. Right arm held above head and with flame in palm of hand.illustration / Leabhar na hAiseirghe, The Éire Page
Illustration, Leabhar na hAiseirghe, by Art O'Murnaghan. The Éire Page. A page of illuminated work 14" x 10" by Art O'Murnaghan called "The Éire Page", in black and touches of red on white paper setting out the ancient names of Ireland and the wording of "The Vision of Brigid". Not part of the...
illustration / Leabhar na hAiséirghe, The Emblem Page
Illustration, Leabhar na hAiséirghe, by Art Ó Murnaghan. The Emblem Page.
illustration / Leabhar na hAiséirghe, The Saint Brigid Page
Illustration, Leabhar na hAiséirghe, by Art Ó Murnaghan. The Saint Brigid Page. On the reverse is another illustration - The Destiny Page.