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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.
handbill / Heads Up!, 21 Feb. 1922
Leaflet or handbill, ‘Heads Up!’ no. 24. 21 February 1922. ‘The Irish Republic’. Anti-Treaty leaflet.
document / Oglaigh na hEireann
Document, typed. Oglaigh na hEireann instruction sheet or manual No. 4, on the handling of chemicals and explosives. On the back is hand written that this was found on the West Road, North Strand area of Dublin, on 30th July 1922 after the explosion at the Four Courts.
greatcoat / Michael Collins
Michael Collins' greatcoat. Worn at the time of his death as result of ambush near Bandon, County Cork, 22nd August, 1922. There are the remains of dried mud on the bottom flap of the coat. Some evidence of blood under the collar on the right hand side. The coat and cap came from President...
braces / Liam Lynch, 1923
Civilian clothing of Liam Lynch, worn at the time of his death. Short brown jacket, green breeches, waistcoat, shirt and collar. Blood stained at the rear left of the waistcoat. Worn by Lynch on the occasion of his death in action at Crohane, Newcastle, Clonmel, April 10th 1923. Prout was...
note / Michael Collins, 19 August 1922
Last known despatch of General Michael Collins, dated 19 August 1922 AT 8.45 P.M. Addressed to the NCO at Lisnacarny.
picture / Beal na mBlath, 1922
Print, colour, entitled 'The Death of General Michael Collins, killed in action at Beal na mBlath, Co. Cork, August 22nd, 1922.
ammunition / Dublin
Cast iron hand grenade case (empty), similar to No.9 grenade as made in Dublin, segmented, egg-shaped 4.7" long by 2.5" greatest diam.
photograph / Four Courts, 1922
(Cashman 100) Civil War. Photograph of Free State soldier seen behind a barricade at a corner in Mary's Lane, with their rifles pointing towards the Four Courts, during the Civil War, 1922.
reference / Nicholas Moroney, 3rd Tipperary Brigade
Notebook, black cover. property of Nicholas Moroney, of the 3rd Tipperary Brigade, 7th Battalion. Contains notes on meetings 1930s to 1940. Many letters of certification for members, particulary around the Drangan area of Tipperary, in support of their applications for military pensions. Includes...
prayer book / Fleming Family
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. Tóraidheacht air (sic?) Lorg Chríosda (a translation of the Imitatio Christi by Thomas a Kempis), owned by...
greeting card / Fleming Family
Postcard, St. Patrick's Day, handpainted with shamrock and round tower motif, with an Irish Tricolour flag flying from the tower. 'Poblacht na hEireann Abu' written below. Sent to Michael Fleming from Tessie Walsh. No date. Found within a copy of a prayer book, in Irish, 'Torsaidheacht air Lorg...
souvenir / Liam Mellows, 1922
Leather pouch which belonged to Liam Mellows. Brown leather pouch with flap from which extend two straps fastening by studs to front of pouch and with three straps and three brass buckles behind. A small pocket with one strap within. Incised with shallow lines on back of pouch: 'Liam Ó Maol Iosa....
brooch / Hare Park, 1923
Republican Prisoner's work, Hare Park Camp, 1923. White metal brooch, ornamented in the Celtic manner, modelled on the classic "Tara" type and bearing the legend "Hare Park/To Mother/From Dan/1923" picked out on the back. 2in. by 2.5in. overall.
prison art / Tintown, 1923
Republican Prisoner's Work, Tintown Internment Camp, 1923. White metal brooch ornamented in the Celtic manner except for letter K on front, with legend "1923 Tintown" picked out on the back, 2 inches by 11.5 inches overall.
newspaper / The Freeman's Journal, 18th April 1922
The Freeman's Journal, 18 April 1922, 6 pages. Includes articles discussing the Anglo-Irish Treaty, and an article entitled Ballot or Bullet" concerning the possibility of civil war. An illustration on the front page depicts worker and employer, with the words, "Trade, worker and employer, where do...
photograph / Keane Barracks, Curragh, 1922
Irish Army Group at the Curragh Camp,1922. C.O. and Staff, Keane Barracks, Curragh Camp, October 1922. Mounted full-plate photograph of, in two rows including Dr. Dodd, Commandant McGuire, Captain P. Garrett, Commanding Officer T.P.Waters, Lieutenent Commander MacFionn, Lieutenent Hoey,...
photograph / Gresham Hotel, 1922
Photograph of the Gresham Hotel, 1922. The ruins after the Civil War. By Joseph Cashman. 13" x 19".
reproduction / Gresham Hotel, 1922
Photograph of the Gresham Hotel, 1922. The ruins after the Civil War. By Joseph Cashman. 13" x 19".
reproduction / Four Courts Hotel
Photographic reproduction of an order issued by P. Ua Dálaigh, O.C. Guard, Four Courts Hotel. No date, but possibly the siege of the Four Courts, 1922. Order reads - "No Republican Soldier will interfere with any Clergyman, Doctor or Nurse during their duty".