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.
 
photograph / Beresford Place and Liberty Hall, 1916
Photograph, black and white. Destruction of Dublin after 1916 Rising. Beresford Place and Liberty Hall. One of a collection of 70 photographs from the early 20th century. All copies 8 by 6 inches. These can be grouped into: Destruction of Dublin after 1916 (6). Funeral of Michael Collins at St....
 
photograph / Dublin destruction, 1916
Photograph, black and white. Destruction of Dublin after 1916 Rising. A man inspecting damage to a building, facade destroyed. One of a collection of 70 photographs from the early 20th century. All copies 8 by 6 inches. These can be grouped into: Destruction of Dublin after 1916 (6). Funeral of...
 
photograph / Beresford Place and Liberty Hall, 1916
Photograph, black and white. Destruction of Dublin after 1916 Rising. Beresford Place and Liberty Hall. One of a collection of 70 photographs from the early 20th century. All copies 8 by 6 inches. These can be grouped into: Destruction of Dublin after 1916 (6). Funeral of Michael Collins at St....
 
photograph / Dublin Bread Company, 1916
Photograph, black and white. Destruction of Dublin after 1916 Rising. The Dublin Bread Company building. One of a collection of 70 photographs from the early 20th century. All copies 8 by 6 inches. These can be grouped into: Destruction of Dublin after 1916 (6). Funeral of Michael Collins at St....
 
photograph / O'Connell Street / Henry Street , 1916
Photograph, black and white. Destruction of Dublin after 1916 Rising. O'Connell Street / Henry Street area. One of a collection of 70 photographs from the early 20th century. All copies 8 by 6 inches. These can be grouped into: Destruction of Dublin after 1916 (6). Funeral of Michael Collins at St....
 
photograph / O'Connell Street / Henry Street , 1916
Photograph, black and white. Destruction of Dublin after 1916 Rising. O'Connell Street / Henry Street area. One of a collection of 70 photographs from the early 20th century. All copies 8 by 6 inches. These can be grouped into: Destruction of Dublin after 1916 (6). Funeral of Michael Collins at St....
 
newspaper / The Graphic, 1916
Framed copy of ‘The Graphic’ An Illustrated London Newspaper Saturday 13th May 1916. Titled 'Condemned', with photograph of Irish Volunteers arrested after the 1916 Rising, in centre John Plunkett and George Plunkett,
 
print / Thomas Ashe
Print of painting of Thomas Ashe in full Piper's Costume.
 
postcard photograph / Eden Quay, 1916
Picture postcard showing the ruins of Eden Quay after the 1916 Rising. Used, postmarked 27 May 1916. Addressed to 'G' in South Africa from Bella. Printed by Hely's Limited of Dublin. One of four postcards showing scenes of destruction after Easter Week.
 
postcard photograph / Lower Sackville Street, 1916
Picture postcard showing the ruins of the west side of Lower Sackville Street showing the ruins of the Metropole Hotel after the 1916 Rising. Used, not stamped or postmarked. Addressed to 'G' from Bella. Printed by Hely's Limited of Dublin. One of four postcards showing scenes of destruction...
 
postcard photograph / Eden Quay, 1916
Picture postcard showing the ruins of Eden Quay, spectators watching as a building falls after the 1916 Rising. Used, no postmarks. Refers to Hopkins and Hopkins Goldsmiths. Printed by Hely's Limited of Dublin. One of four postcards showing scenes of destruction after Easter Week.
 
postcard photograph / GPO, Sackville Street, 1916
Picture postcard showing the ruins of the GPO, Sackville Street, after the evacuation, showing the broken flagpost from which the Republican flag was flown. Taken after the 1916 Rising. Used, no postmark. Printed by Hely's Limited of Dublin. One of four postcards showing scenes of destruction...
 
poster / An Irishwoman’s Appeal to all Irish Soldiers, c.1917/18
An Irishwoman’s Appeal to all Irish Soldiers, c. 1917-18. Written by Mrs Leonard Marshall. Broadsheet poster, letterpress. Pro-German. Measures 55 by 38cm.
 
letter / Edward McCabe, 1933
A letter from Seán McGlynn to Mrs Aine Ceannt of the White Cross Association, requesting financial aid for the family of Edward McCabe Family after his death in 1933. McCabe had fought in the 1916 Rising and been interned in Frongoch. On the headed paper of the Irish Republican Soldiers' Federation...
 
photograph / The Arrest of Edmund Kent
Postcard photograph titled 'The Arrest of Edmund Kent, at 4am. He was subsequently shot'. Part of the Irish Rebellion May, 1916 souvenir postcard series. This photograph depicts the arrest of the Kent brothers of Bawnard House, Co. Cork. Daily Sketch Photograph No. 15.
 
publication / Times History and Encyclopaedia of the War, Pt 102
The Times History and Encyclopaedia of The War. The Irish Rebellion of April, 1916 (I). Vol.8, 1 August 1916. Part 102. Cover image - In the Streets of Dublin; a machine gun section in action (photograph).
 
publication / The Times History and Encyclopaedia of the War, Pt 103
The Times History and Encyclopaedia of The War. The Irish Rebellion of April, 1916 (II). Vol.8, 8 August 1916. Part 103. Cover image - The 'Munsters' capturing the German Placard about the Irish Rebellion' (illustration). The placard refered to is part of the Royal Collections in the UK
 
journal / Catholic Bulletin, April 1918
Journal, The Catholic Bulletin, April 1918. One of five copies of The Catholic Bulletin, published by J.J. O'Kelly. April, 1918; June, 1918; Dec., 1918; Feb., 1919; March, 1919. Containing articles and material relating to the Rebellion of 1916.
 
journal / Catholic Bulletin, June 1918
Journal, The Catholic Bulletin, June 1918. One of five copies of The Catholic Bulletin, published by J.J. O'Kelly. April, 1918; June, 1918; Dec., 1918; Feb., 1919; March, 1919. Containing articles and material relating to the Rebellion of 1916.