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 / Smith Album, 1916
A mounted print, snapshot size, of the ruins of the Dublin Clothing Company on the quay. 1916 photograph album, with photographs showing various scenes of destruction and activity in the immediate aftermath of the Rising.
bullet / National Bank, Dame Street, 1916
Bullet taken from the door of the National Bank on Dame Street after the 1916 Rising.
prison food / Knutsford Gaol, 1916
Piece of prison bread distributed in Knutsford Gaol to Irish prisoners after the 1916 Rising. Saved by T. Coleman. Piece of wheaten bread, dried. 'Knutsford 1916' written on one side.
photograph / Irish Rebellion, 1916
Postcard photograph - Irish Rebellion, May 1916 series. The General Post Office, Dublin. (Rebel Headquarters), interior, destroyed. Printed by The Daily Sketch for Easons, Dublin.
souvenir / G.P.O., 1916
Mechanism of a telephone generator, metal frame with bell, wire coils and cog wheels, removed from the General Post Office, Dublin, after Easter week, 1916. Received by Edward Mulcahy at the time as a souvenir.
photograph / Countess Markievicz, court martial, 1916
Photograph. Countess Markievicz about to enter a Red Cross Ambulance after her courtmartial, Dublin, 1916. One of a set of photographs taken by Harry de Courcy Wheeler in the aftermath of Easter week, 1916.
photograph / Countess Markievicz, court martial, May 1916
Photograph. Countess Markievicz about to enter a Red Cross Ambulance after her courtmartial, Dublin, 1916. One of a set of photographs taken by Harry de Courcy Wheeler in the aftermath of Easter week, 1916.
photograph / General Post Office, 1916
Photograph of the ruins of the General Post Office, interior wall, in 1916. By Independent Newspapers Ltd.
1916 Proclamation / Half-Proclamation, 1916
Original print of the lower half of the Easter Week Proclamation 1916. With a signature at the top left hand corner, 'Presented to Sir H. [illegible] Just run off [illegible] at Liberty Hall by an old friend. 3.5.16, 1.20pm'. Printed in Liberty Hall by British soldiers about April 29 - May 6, 1916....
photograph / General Post Office, 1916
Photograph of the ruins of the General Post Office, taken from viewing platform at the top of Nelson's Pillar, 28 June 1916.
photograph / Sinn Revolt Arms and Equipment, 1916
Postcard photograph of Irish Volunteer equipment captured after the 1916 Rebellion. Equipment includes four water bottles, two bayonets and one rifle barrell. Added are facsimile images of two stamps. Titled Sinn Revolt Arms and Equipment
photograph / GPO, 1916
Photograph of ruins of the General Post Office, 1916. "Daily Mail" photograph 5.9" by 4", taken from O'Connell Street, looking west.
souvenir / General Post Office, 1916
4 oz. weight, ex General Post Office, 1916. Bronze, recovered from the debris after the Rising.
stamp / General Post Office, 1916
Sorting Office stamp of the General Post Office, Dublin 1916. Metal die and spike (wooden handle missing) with a crown in the centre. Recovered from debris of the building after the Rising.
souvenir / G.P.O., 1916
Saucer, found at the General Post Office after the 1916 Rising. Small stained item, bearing the stamp of 'GPO' on a trefoil and the word CLUB underneath. Damaged caused by the fire at G.P.O.
notice / Patrick O'Hanlon, Frongoch Camp, 1916
Frongoch Detention Notice, 1916. Intent to intern Patrick O'Hanlon of 31 Upper Wellington Street, Dublin, since "he is of hostile associations" and a member of the Irish Volunteers. Quarto duplicated sheet with name, address and file numbers typed in - 12570 and 316702.
prison autograph album / Mountjoy Hunger Strikes, 1917
A prison autograph album containing the autographs of the Mountjoy Hunger Strikes, 1917. All entries are dated between October 19th 1917 to October 27 1917. The entries are mostly those of County Clare's representatives in Mountjoy. Among the entries are those of Austin Stack, Eamon O Duibhir...
bullet casing / GPO, 1916 Rising
A military bullet cartridge, spent, probably a .303, found outside the General Post Office after the 1916 Rising.
photograph / G.P.O., 1916
A view in interior of G.P.O., Dublin after Rebellion, 1916. Showing a party of military amid the ruins.