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 / Michael Collins, 14 August 1922
Snapshot of Michael Collins in the uniform of the Irish Free State Army. Profile; taken in street of a town; other men in uniform shown and an armoured car said by Louis Switt to have been named 'Ballinalee'. Said to have been taken on the 14 August 1922.
photograph / Dublin guards under fire, Cork, 1922
Photograph of Dublin guards under fire in Cork in 1922. Showing two soldiers on the roadway shooting towards the house on a hill.
photograph / Irish Free State Army, Cork, 1922
Photograph of car commandeered by the Irish Free State Army in Co. Cork in 1922. Taken by the local doctor, it shows three men in uniform in the car.
badge / Anti Partition
Anti Partition badge. 1" Diameter. Bronze with button hole fastener at back. On mottled field Ireland outlined in raised bronze the 26 county area in green enamel, the 6 in red. Around above, on a band in bronze letters set in white enamel PARTITION MUST GO, and below COME WHAT MAY.
admittance ticket / Cathal Brugha, General Convention, April 1922
Admittance ticket to the Oglaigh na hEireann General Convention at the Mansion House, 9 April 1922. Made out to Cathal Brugha, 4th Battalion. Ticket numbered 200.photograph / War of Independence or Civil War
Photograph, black and white. Irish countryside scene, possibly during War of Independence or Civil War. One of a collection of 70 photographs from the early 20th century. All copies 8 by 6 inches. These can be grouped into: Destruction of Dublin after 1916 (6). Funeral of Michael Collins at St....photograph / War of Independence or Civil War
Photograph, black and white. Irish countryside scene, possibly during War of Independence or Civil War. One of a collection of 70 photographs from the early 20th century. All copies 8 by 6 inches. These can be grouped into: Destruction of Dublin after 1916 (6). Funeral of Michael Collins at St....photograph / War of Independence or Civil War
Photograph, black and white. Irish countryside scene, possibly during War of Independence or Civil War. One of a collection of 70 photographs from the early 20th century. All copies 8 by 6 inches. These can be grouped into: Destruction of Dublin after 1916 (6). Funeral of Michael Collins at St....photograph / War of Independence or Civil War
Photograph, black and white. Irish countryside scene, possibly during War of Independence or Civil War. Photograph depicting cows and sheep. One of a collection of 70 photographs from the early 20th century. All copies 8 by 6 inches. These can be grouped into: Destruction of Dublin after 1916 (6)....
poster / Irish Government, 1920-22
Poster / picture Irish Government. President De Valera, Richard Mulcahy, Arthur Griffith, Michael Collins, Seán MacKeon. With photographic images of each. Circa 1920 to 1922 and following.
speech / Padraig O'Ruitleis, 1923
Seven page typescript of a speech delivered by Padraig O'Ruitleis to the Dáil in October 1923, which outlines events of the previous 15 months.
memorial card / Fleming Family
Memorial card for Cathal Brugha, 1922. In Irish, with photograph. Found within a copy of a prayer book, in Irish, 'Torsaidheacht air Lorg Chriosta', belonging to Michael Fleming, and containing a number of letters, obituaries and other mementoes of the 1916 to the 1930s. Part of a collection of...
letter / Fleming Family
Envelope, postmarked Galway 1922 and addressed to Joseph Fleming, prisoner at the Galway Jail. 'Refused' written at top. Two one penny stamps, George V overstamped with 'Rialtas Sealatach na hEireann 1922'. Found within a copy of a prayer book, in Irish, 'Torsaidheacht air Lorg Chriosta', belonging...
letter / Fleming Family
Latter and envelope, with black mourning border, addressed to Mchael Fleming at Clarenbridge, Co. Galway, 'ex convict q214'. From William R. Kent at Castlelyons, 1 December 1930. Thanking Fleming for his letter regarding the death of David. Found within a copy of a prayer book, in Irish,...
letter / Fleming Family
Letter, typescript copy, headed 'On the hills of Sligo', dated 30 January 1923. Copy of a letter written by a member of the Fleming family, presumably whilst on the run during the Civil War. Found within a copy of a prayer book, in Irish, 'Torsaidheacht air Lorg Chriosta', belonging to Michael...poster / God Save the King!, 1922
Poster headed ‘God Save the King!’ Republican election propaganda, outlining the previous standpoints of two Free State candidates, Mr. Mooney and Mr. Leonard. 1922.poster / 'This is Where He Was in 1921', 1922
Poster, 1922. Large poster, monochrome, in two divisions. Free State propaganda. The upper section contains a cartoon of a man hiding under a bed, with three Crossley Tender trucks visible through an open window. The words ‘THIS IS WHERE HE WAS IN 1921’ are above, while beneath are the words...newspaper / The Irish World and American Industrial Liberator, 10 Feb 1923
Newspaper, The Irish World and American Industrial Liberator. New York, Saturday, February 10, 1923. Newspaper headed ‘PRESIDENT DE VALERA’S MESSAGE’. Front page gives both summary and text of de Valera’s position on the Treaty and the ensuing Civil War. Internal articles include ‘Irish...
terrestrial globe / Liam Mellows
Terrestrial globe, which was at one time the property of Liam Mellows; and was left by him in John Reynolds' office during his absence in Autumn 1921, without any intimation of it's ultimate destination. On black wooden stand.