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.
Christmas card / Charles Stewart Parnell Memorial, 1892
Charles Stewart Parnell Memorial Christmas card, 1892. With a photograph of Parnell, surrounded by shamrock and an ivy branch. Printed with 'Christmas 1892 Give my love to my Colleagues and the Irish People'.
photograph / The Last Photograph taken of Charles Stewart Parnell
Photograph of Charles Stewart Parnell, sitting on a chair in a room with a scales in his left hand. Photograph pasted onto card and printed below: THE LAST PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN OF CHARLES STEWART PARNELL. The donor had heard Parnell speaking in Kildare.
commemorative medal / Parnell / Gladstone
Medal, bronze, unsigned. Obverse - bust of Charles Stewart Parnell, born June 1846, Home Rule. Reverse - bust of William F. Gladstone, born December 29th 1805.
letter / Illiterate voters, 1889
Letter, dated the 3rd October 1889, regarding the issue of Irish illiterate voters. Headed Inberaray, Argyllshire.
pince-nez / Charles Stewart Parnell
Part of a pair of glasses; glass broken and part missing (pince-nez). Bridge of black metal, silver grip on the right side. Worn by Charles Stewart Parnell.
print / Hail to the Chief
Printed copy of a ballad - A New Song. Hail to the Chief. (C.S. Parnell.)
statue / Charles Stewart Parnell
A large plaster cast of a male bust; Charles Stewart Parnell. With dark coloured paint, to resemble bronze.
certificate / Isaac Butt, Trinity, 1830
Certificate given to Isaac Butt of Trinity College, Dublin, 1830, for examination in the Faculty of Arts. He graduated BA in 1835. Parchment, printed form with particulars printed in ink.
manuscript / Longford Election, 1870s
Longford Election manuscript, of an appeal on behalf of the National Committee (Irish Party) for the support of the electors said to be in the hand of Isaac Butt. Not signed, but in Isaac Butt's handwriting (G.Hayes McCoy). Rough draft with corrections, no date. 1870s. One page.
miniature / Charles Stewart Parnell
Miniature of Charles Stewart Parnell, photograph on paper, in a brass frame, oval.
political cartoon / Petty Larceny, 1887
Political cartoon, supplement with the Weekly Freeman, 19 November 1887. Titled 'Petty Larceny'. Depicting Balfour stealing William O'Brien's clothing, leaving prison clothes in their place. With verse. Collection of cartoons printed in book form - THE WEEKLY FREEMAN CARTOONS, FORMING THE...
political cartoon / The Union of Hearts, 1888
Political cartoon, supplement with the Weekly Freeman, 11 February 1888. Titled 'The Union of Hearts'. Depicting three men, representing England, Ireland and Scotland, shaking hands, behind them a plaque reading 'The Friendship of Two Peoples is the Safety of Both'. The Anti-Union Conspirators...
political cartoon / The Bone of Contention, 1888
Political cartoon, supplement with the Weekly Freeman, 24 March 1888. Titled 'The Bone of Contention'. Depicting two dogs battling over a bone named 'Office'. The Tory and Liberal Unionist dogs have a wrangle over the only bone they really care about. With verse. Collection of cartoons printed...
political cartoon / Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, 1887
Political cartoon, supplement with the Weekly Freeman, 26 November 1887. Titled 'Don Quixote and Sancho Panza'. Depicting Hartington as Don Quixote, blocked by a rock marked 'Irish National Sentiment'. With verse. Collection of cartoons printed in book form - THE WEEKLY FREEMAN CARTOONS, FORMING...
political cartoon / Edmund Dwyer Gray, 1888
Political cartoon, taken from the Weekly Freeman, 7 April 1888. Half length portrait In Loving Memory of Edmund Dwyer Gray Patriot and Friend. Newspaper propriotor, M.P. and Parnellite. Died 27 March 1888. With verse. Collection of cartoons printed in book form - THE WEEKLY FREEMAN CARTOONS,...
political cartoon / A General Invitation, 1888
Political cartoon, taken from the Weekly Freeman, 16 June 1888. Titled 'A General Invitation'. Depicting a female Erin - 'Shure you're always going to Scotland and the Continent - Why not give me a chance this year. I have as beautiful hills anmd lakes as any of them, and I'll take the best care of...
political cartoon / The Real Cabinet Question - How Long Will He Last, 1888
Political cartoon, taken from the Weekly Freeman, 7 July 1888. Titled 'The Real Cabinet Question - How Long Will He Last'. Depicts Balfour and cabinet members watching Gladstone courting the female figure of The Country. With verse. Collection of cartoons printed in book form - THE WEEKLY FREEMAN...
political cartoon / Balfour's Pic-Nic, 1888
Political cartoon, taken from the Weekly Freeman, 18 August 1888. Titled 'Balfour's Pic-Nic'. Depicting Balfour serving a picnic food, labelled 'slander' and 'lies' to four ladies. Balfour, finding no sensible people will listen to him, goes to a 'Primrose Pic-nic' and entertains the Dames. With...
political cartoon / Erin's Christmas Pudding, 1887
Political cartoon, supplement with the Weekly Freeman, 24 December 1887. Titled 'Erin's Christmas Pudding'. Depicting male bringing in supplies - Help from Scotland, Help from England, Sympathy and Help from Australia, Sympathy and Help from America, while the female Erin stirs the pudding, titled...