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.
journal / The Catholic Bulletin, March 1917
Journal, The Catholic Bulletin, March 1917. Part of a series of numbers of The Catholic Bulletin, published by J.J. O'Kelly in Dublin, relating to the 1916 Rising : July, Aug., Sept., Oct., Dec. 1917: Jan., Mar., May, Sept., Oct., Nov., Dec. 1918: Jan., Feb., July, Aug., Dec. 1919: Feb.
journal / The Catholic Bulletin, May 1917
Journal, The Catholic Bulletin, May 1917. Partial. Part of a series of numbers of The Catholic Bulletin, published by J.J. O'Kelly in Dublin, relating to the 1916 Rising : July, Aug., Sept., Oct., Dec. 1917: Jan., Mar., May, Sept., Oct., Nov., Dec. 1918: Jan., Feb., July, Aug., Dec. 1919: Feb.
journal / The Catholic Bulletin, September 1917
Journal, The Catholic Bulletin, September 1917. Part of a series of numbers of The Catholic Bulletin, published by J.J. O'Kelly in Dublin, relating to the 1916 Rising : July, Aug., Sept., Oct., Dec. 1917: Jan., Mar., May, Sept., Oct., Nov., Dec. 1918: Jan., Feb., July, Aug., Dec. 1919: Feb.
newspaper / The Weekly Irish Times, 29 April, 6 & 13 May 1916
Newspaper, The Weekly Irish Times, main story being the ‘Sinn Fein Rebellion in Ireland’. With photographs of the leaders. Dated 29 April, 6 & 13 May 1916.
photograph / David R. Kent, 1916
Photograph of David R. Kent, brother of Thomas Kent, being escorted by three British Army soldiers, either in Cork or Dublin. David Kent was sentenced to death, but commuted to 5 years penal servitude in Dartmoor Prison.
permit / D.M.P., May 1916
Police permit issued to civilian, a priest, to pass through streets of Dublin. Issued by the D.M.P. on the 3rd May 1916. Typescript, particulars written. Signed (stamp) W. Edgeworth-Johnstone. Endorsed as valid for district outside D.M.P. area, endorsement signed (stamp) Neville Chamberlaine,...
photograph / Irish Rebellion, 1916
Postcard photograph - Irish Rebellion, May 1916 series. Holding a Dublin Street against the Rebels. Printed by The Daily Sketch for Easons, Dublin.
photograph / Irish Rebellion, 1916
Postcard photograph - Irish Rebellion, May 1916 series. Soldiers holding a Dublin Street. Printed by The Daily Sketch for Easons, Dublin.
military pass / Dublin, April 1916
1916 military pass issued to Mr. Samuel Gresham Byrne, uncle of donor. White paper with canvas backing. Written in ink: 'Please pass S.G. Byrne (bearer of this) of 13 Conyngham Rd. for today 27.4.16, J.L. Howard Richards, 2nd Lieut. 3/1st D.L.O.Y. O I.C. Piquet Parker Gate'. In another hand...
prison spoon / Mountjoy Jail, 1917
Prison spoon, carved from horn, used in Mountjoy Prison in 1917 by Commandant Peter Howley.
handbill / Easter Week, John Devoy Tells How the Rising Was Arranged, 1918
1918 Election leaflet. 2 page quarto size. UIL propaganda printed by Browne and Nolan and headed "Easter Week John Devoy tells how the Rising was arranged."
prison autograph album / Dublin Castle, 1916
Autograph album kept by a member of Cumann na mBan in the immediate aftermath of the 1916 Rising, and signed by wounded insurgent prisoners detained in Dublin Castle. Among the signatories are Cathal Brugha and Noel Lemass.
key / Thomas Ashe, Mountjoy
A pair of handcuffs which were worn by Thomas Ashe during his imprisonment in Mountjoy Prison. Complete with three keys. Obtained by Mrs. Larry Murphy, Roundwood, Dublin, from a warder, and given to Mr B. Touhy.
photograph / Lord Wimbourne, August 1916
(Cashman 282) 1916 Rising. Photograph. Ireland's New Viceroy, Lord Wimbourne, inspects a Guard of Honour at Dublin Castle after his arrival in Ireland, August 1916.
flag / John Daly, Limerick
John Daly's flag, Limerick. Flag, green cloth 89 inches by 55 inches approximately, with a centre-piece consisting of harp with five strings, made up of green, white and yellow cloth. On one corner of flag is stitched a white envelope on which is handwritten in ink the following - 'This flag was...
postcard photograph / Sackville Street, 1916
Postcard photograph "After the Insurrection - west side of Lower Sackville Street, showing ruins Hotel Metropole". Photograph by Keogh Brothers, printed and published by Hely's Limited, Dublin.
pamphlet / British Imperialism in Ireland, 1916
Pamphlet, ‘British Imperialism in Ireland’, by Hanna Sheehy Skeffington. Being a digest of a lecture delivered in U.S.A. in 1916. Cartoon illustration of John Bull on cover. Priced twopence. Signed by Maire Nic Aogain inside cover. Published by Clo na Saoirse, St. Anthony’s Palce, Dublin.
reproduction / Captain Richard Burke & Royal Irish Regiment, 1916 Rising
Mounted reproduction of a photograph of the Royal Irish Regiment Group photograph, the regiment posing with the captured Irish Republic flag in front of the O'Connell Monumnet, O'Connell Street, Dublin, in the days after the 1916 Rising. Includes Captain Richard E.W. Burke.
disguise / Liam Mellows, 1917
Gossamer veil, black. Worn over his face by Liam Mellows when he escaped Ireland after the 1916 Rising, disguised dressed as a nun, in late 1916 , to England, before going from there to America.