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 / Irish Rebellion, 1916
Postcard photograph - Irish Rebellion, May 1916 series. Henry Street, Dublin, after the shelling of the Rebels. Printed by The Daily Sketch for Easons, Dublin.
photograph / Irish Rebellion, 1916
Postcard photograph - Irish Rebellion, May 1916 series. Sackville Street in ruins. Printed by The Daily Sketch for Easons, Dublin.
photograph / Irish Rebellion, 1916
Postcard photograph - Irish Rebellion, May 1916 series. Sackville Street in ruins. Printed by The Daily Sketch for Easons, Dublin.
photograph / Irish Rebellion, 1916
Postcard photograph - Irish Rebellion, May 1916 series. Wreckage in Church Street, Dublin. Printed by The Daily Sketch for Easons, Dublin.
photograph / Irish Rebellion, 1916
Postcard photograph - Irish Rebellion, May 1916 series. Liberty Hall after the storming. Printed by The Daily Sketch for Easons, Dublin.
photograph / Hotel Metropole & G.P.O., 1916
Photograph of the ruins of the Hotel Metropole and the General Post Ofiice in 1916. Taken from street level looking north.
photograph / Upper O'Connell Street, 1916
Photograph of the destruction of buildings, including the Hibernian Bible Society, on Upper O'Connell Street after the 1916 Rising. By Independent Newspapers Ltd.
photograph / Hotel Metropole & G.P.O., 1916
Souvenir postcard photograph (one of two copies). Sinn Féin Rebellion 1916, the demolished Hotel Metropole and the General Post Office (G.P.O.), Dublin. Valentine's series printed in Scotland.
photograph / Burning ruins in Upper Sackville Street, 1916
Printed postcard photograph: After the Insurrection - Burning ruins in Upper Sackville Street.
prisoner list / Penal servitude, April 1916
A list of 123 men sentenced by Courts Martial to penal servitude, April 1916. Names written in pencil. With prisoner numbers.
photograph / Countess Markievicz, Liberty Hall, June 1917
Postcard photograph of Countess Markievicz being welcomed back to Liberty Hall after the General Release in June 1917.
postcard photograph / Dr Patrick McCartan
Postcard photograph of Dr Patrick McCartan of Co. Tyrone,, after his passage as a stoker on a tramp steamer to present the Irish Claim in America.
badge / Thomas Ashe, 1917
Button badge with inscription. Green, white and orange in colour. With photograph of Thomas Ashe, 1917. Issued in commemoration of his death, 1917, possibly worn at his funeral.
bullet / Portobello Bridge, 1916 Rising
Two spent cartridges, probably .303, found outside Davy's Public House at Portobello Bridge, Dublin, after the 1916 Rising. One torn at the top.
photograph / Thomas Ashe, funeral, 1917
Postcard photograph; the funeral of Thomas Ashe, 30 September, 1917. The Wreaths.
photograph / Thomas Ashe, funeral, 1917
Postcard photograph; the funeral of Thomas Ashe, 30 September, 1917. The Firing Party.
photograph / Thomas Ashe, funeral, 1917
Postcard photograph; the funeral of Thomas Ashe, 30 September, 1917. The Lusk Pipers.
photograph / Thomas Ashe, funeral, 1917
Postcard photograph; the funeral of Thomas Ashe, 30 September, 1917. General scene (Graveside).
photograph / Thomas Ashe, funeral, 1917
Postcard photograph; the funeral of Thomas Ashe, 30 September, 1917. At the Grave.