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.
political cartoon / Looking at his Work, 1888
Political cartoon, taken from the Weekly Freeman, 21 July 1888. Titled 'Looking at his Work'. Depicts Balfour looking into the coffin of John Mandeville, died July 1st of Savage Coercion. Suggested by a picture by Paul de la Roche of Cromwell gazing at the dead king. Regarding the death of John...
illustration / William Theodore Parkes, Parnell Trial, 1881
Photographic copy of illustration. The trial of Charles Stewart Parnell, 1881. Copy of a picture of William Theodore Parkes at the trial in the Courthouse, Green Street, Dublin, 1881. Signed W.T. Parkes.
badge / Mitchelstown, William O'Brien, 1888
William O'Brien badge. Bronzed metal. With bust of William O'Brien and 'Mitchelstown'. Worn on the coat buttonhole by Commercial Travellers in the South of Ireland, during the Land League agitation, 1888, as a passport for orders.
political cartoon / Taking the Landlords at Their Word, 1886
Political cartoon, supplement to the United Ireland, 3 April 1886. Titled 'Taking the Landlords at Their Word'. Depicting a belligerent Landlord Deputation confronting William Gladstone over the Land Purchase Scheme and Home Rule. By J.D. Reigh.
political cartoon / St. Patrick's Day, 1882
Political Cartoon, supplement to the Weekly Freeman, 18 March 1882. Titled 'St. Patrick's Day, 1882' - On his anniversary St. Patrick re-visits his well-beloved island, and finds that he has to do his work all over again.