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.
pin badge / Thomas Ashe, 1917
Paper lapel or pin badge, green print, depicting Thomas Ashe on obverse, and Irish inscription on reverse 'Arus Tomais Aghas'. Commemoration of the death of Thomas Ashe, Mountjoy, 1917, of a type worn at his funeral in September 1917.
photograph / The O'Rahilly's motor car, Prince's Street, 1916
(Cashman 10) Photograph of the Remains of The O'Rahilly's motor car, Prince's St., Easter Week, 1916.
photograph / DBC Restaurant, O’Connell Street, 1916
Photograph of the ruins of DBC Restaurant, O’Connell Street, after Easter Week, 1916.
photograph / Roger Casement, 20 May 1916
A page of Casement pictures from 'The Graphic', May 20th 1916. 'The Case Against Casement'.
photograph / Bowen-Colthurst courtmartial, June 1916
Cuttings of newspaper photographs, taken at the Bowen-Colthurst courtmartial, June 1916. Relating to the murder of Francis Sheehy-Skeffington.
prison autograph album / Michael Greene, 1918
Prayer Book “The Manual of Catholic Piety” published in Dublin by James Duffy and Co. Ltd, 38 Westmoreland Street. Inscribed “The Lord be Praised, God Save Ireland, Michael Greene, Kilbana I.V., Carrigaholt Batt. Clare Brigade, Limerick and Belfast Prisons, 16th August 1918. Ode to de Valera in...
photograph / Royal Hibernian Academy, 1916
Photograph of ruins of Royal Hibernian Academy, 1916.
photograph / Royal College of Surgeons, 1916
View of part of the interior of the front area of the Royal College of Surgeons, showing the main door, broken windows and bullet marks on the walls, after the Rising, 1916.
photograph / Royal College of Surgeons, 1916
View of a door at the end of a passage and beneath a glass roof barricaded from the inside with tables and garden seats in the Royal College of Surgeons after the Rising, 1916.
photograph / Royal College of Surgeons, 1916
View of a hallway seen through a doorway (possibly of the library), of a broken door panel, Royal College of Surgeons after the 1916 Rising.
photograph / Royal College of Surgeons, 1916
Photograph of haul of ammunition, explosives, etc., found in the Royal College of Surgeons on its occupation by British Forces after the Rising. Tin-can bombs, rifle and shotgun ammunition, a haversack, uniform, etc. Left behind by the Irish Citizen Army after the surrender.
photograph / Prisoner's Release, Westland Row Station, 1917
(Cashman 25) Prisoners' Release. Photograph of arrival of Irish prisoners at Westland Row on release, June 1917. The General Amnesty in June 1917. The Republican Prisoners received a tremendous reception on their arrival at Westland Row Railway Station. The scene outside the station.
prison autograph album / Mountjoy Jail, 1917
Autograph album, containing signatures of Irish Prisoners in Mountjoy Jail, 1917. c.6.25" x 3.75"
photograph / Irish Rebellion, 1916
Postcard photograph - Irish Rebellion, May 1916 series. The interior of the ballroom, Imperial Hotel, after the siege. Printed by The Daily Sketch for Easons, Dublin.
photograph / Ruins in Eden Quay, 1916
Printed postcard photograph: After the Insurrection - Ruins in Eden Quay. The fall of a dangerous building.
prison autograph album / Hunger Strike, Mountjoy & Dundalk, 1917
Autograph album, signed by the IRA members who were on hunger strike in Mountjoy and Dundalk jails, September to November, 1917.
photograph / Brian Boru Bridge, Cork, June 1916
Photograph of a crowd scene at Brian Boru Bridge, Cork, on 24 June 1916, on the release of Republic prisoners after the 1916 Rising.
bullet / Convent of Adoration, Merrion Square, 1916 Rising
Two bullets, torn, found in the Convent of Adoration, Merrion Square after the 1916 Rising.
photograph / Enniscorthy prisoners, Kilmainham, 1916
(Cashman 14) 1916 Rising. Photograph of two Enniscorthy prisoners being brought to Kilmainham, after the surrender, Easter 1916.