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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.

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letter / The Child, 1921

Letter, written in pencil on lined paper regarding Merrion Square being held up. Signed and dated - "The Child". 26.3.21
 

photograph / British troops, 1921

Photograph of British troops in military truck, with searchlight and Lewis gun, after Easter week, 1916. Taken by W.D. Hogan, Press Photographer, 56 Henry Street, Dublin. Possibly taken during the aftermath of the attack and burning of the Customs House, Dublin, 25 May 1921, by the 2nd Battalion...

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