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.
commemorative medal / Charles Stewart Parnell, 1891
Parnell medal with a green ribbon and a badge IRELAND A NATION. Obverse - Bust of Parnell surrounded by shamrocks and the inscription IRELAND’S ARMY OF INDEPENDENCE 1891, Reverse - LET MY LOVE BE CONVEYED TO MY COLLEAGUES AND THE IRISH PEOPLE and the maker’s name: JOHNSON RD 201505
lapel badge / John Redmond, 1914
John Redmond lapel badge, 1914 given by Redmond to donor's father, Frederick Herbert George of Grahamstown, South Africa who travelled with W.J. Walsh to attend a Home Rule meeting in Waterford on 25/1/1914. Green fringed silk ribbon 2 1/4 by 3 3/4 with a portrait of Redmond and the legend...
stick / Charles Stewart Parnell
Walking stick of Charles Stewart Parnell. 35 inches overall. Carved oak - the carving depicting a serpent pointing upwards through the vines and grapes towards the rose, thistle and shamrock intertwined. At junction with the black handle and the stick is a silver band bearing the letters "C.S.P."...
photograph / Parnell, c. 1890
Snapshot taken in Cork, c.1890 allegedly of Charles Stewart Parnell with some others. Donors father was with the R.I.C. in Cork at the period.
newspaper / United Ireland, May 1882
Copy of 'United Ireland' newspaper, 20 May 1882.
political cartoon / No!, 1891
Parnellite Cartoon ex United Ireland, 17 October 1891, depicting a bust of Parnell on a pillar with a weeping Hibernia to left and a smug Gladstone to right. Titled 'No!'. Illustration by D. Reigh.
political cartoon / Let my love be conveyed to my colleagues and the Irish People, 1892
Parnellite cartoon ex United Ireland, 9 July 1892. Head of Parnell to left under his last message 'Let my love be conveyed to my colleagues and the Irish People', with other cartoons as vinguettes in the corners. An extract from his Newcastle-on-Tyne speech below.
political cartoon / Nailing the Colours to the Mast, 1891
Parnellite cartoon, ex United Ireland, 24 October 1891. Entitled "Nailing the Colours to the Mast", depicting "Young Ireland" doing same.
banner / Armagh Nationalist Banner
Armagh Nationalist Banner, c. 1900. Painted green cloth banner 6 inches wide by 7 feet 6 inches long (including fringe) depending by six cloth straps from a cylindrical metal poll. On one side within a border of shamrocks St. Patrick with Celtic cross and monastic ruins in the background,...resource / T.M. Healy
T.M. Healy. Article about, by Gerard Harrington, Southern Star, 5.3.1977
bust / Charles Stewart Parnell, 1891
Portrait Plaque of Parnell. Bronze, uniface, 12 cm. d. Head (to left) and shoulder of Parnell separating the dates 1846 and 1891. Around above, CHARLES STEWART PARNELL. Artist's name beneath the shoulder, ELINOR HALLÉ.resource / Charles Stewart Parnell
Meeting with Charles Stewart Parnell. Note ex Evening Herald, 22.4.1980 re 104 year old lady's recollection of meeting with Parnell in Aughavanagh.
almanac / The Gladstone Almanac, 1885
The Gladstone Almanac, 1885. Tory booklet published by Blackwoods in Edinburgh.resource / Charles Stewart Parnell
Charles Stewart Parnell. Articles re ex East Antrim Times, 28.11.1980 and Irish Weekly, 29.11.1980.
membership card / Irish Home Rule League, 1874
Irish Home Rule League 1874. Membership card on the National Role made out to Robert O'Sullivan.resource / Home Rule Debate
Home Rule Debate. Photocopy of "Programme of the Parliamentary Debate to be held in the Ancient Concert Rooms" with the Solicitors' Apprentices Debating Society taking the roles of government and opposition.
political cartoon / Truth Prevails, 1887
Political cartoon, supplement to the United Ireland, 14 May 1887. Titled 'Truth Prevails'. The Irish Bayard lifts the gauntlet . The Tory Craven turns and flees. Colour print in red, blue and black on newsprint depicting the 'Irish Bayard' and 'Tory Craven' - as two knights, typical of English...
book / Richard Croker, 1900
Illumninated address, book, to Richard Croker. A welcome message from the Parnell Statue Committee (Dublin) to Mr Richard Croker, 1 January 1900. Presented to Croker by Daniel Tallon, Lord Mayor of Dublin, and John Redmond, M.P. Leather bound with a silver plate with 'RC'. Address composed,...
political cartoon / How Balfour Makes War on the National Press, 1888
Political cartoon, supplement to the United Ireland, 14 January 1888. Titled ' How Balfour Makes War on the National Press'. Colour print in red, blue and green on newsprint. A policeman chases young newsboys and girls with his truncheon while they flee from the newsagents stand selling the...