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.
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.
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.
starting handle / The O'Rahilly, 1916
The starting handle of The O'Rahilly's car. The starting handle of The O'Rahilly's green Ford Touring Car, which he drove to O'Connell Street on Easter Monday. Witnesses last saw the old car being used as a barricade in Princes' Street outside the General Post Office during the 1916 Rising.
photograph / Mountjoy Executions, 1921
Photograph of postal workers outside the General Post Office, Dublin, 14 March 1921. The Irish Labour Party had decreed that there would be no work done until 11a.m. on that morning on account of the six executions in Mountjoy Prison. c.7.5 inches by 5.5 inches.
apron / Red Cross, G.P.O., 1916
Top of a Red Cross apron worn in the General Post Office by nurse Eva Burke of the Cumann na mBan, 1916. Areas stained with blood, especially along the bottom of the apron.
souvenir / General Post Office
Block of building stone from the G.P.O., (General Post Office) Dublin. One of four blocks of stone from buildings associated with the life of P.H. Pearse. Formerly exhibited at World's Fair, New York (1939), for which they were prepared. (1) from St. Enda's. (2) From G.P.O. (3) From Kilmainham Jail...
photograph / 1916 Rising, aftermath
Set of four photographs, of Dublin after the Easter Rising, two of city centre buildings, one of destroyed machinery (maybe a press from the G.P.O.), and one of a government (possibly early Dáil?) meeting.
photograph / Smith Album, 1916
A mounted print, snapshot size, of the General Post Office after the Rising, 1916 1916 photograph album, with photographs showing various scenes of destruction and activity in the immediate aftermath of the Rising.
flag / General Post Office, 1916 Rising
Fragment of woollen textile, originally from the white coloured portion of the tricolour flag that flew over the General Post Office during the 1916 Rising.
tunic / Clann na nGael Girls Scouts
Tunic of uniform worn by lender, Mrs Mary Chadwick, as Captain, Clann na nGael Girls Scouts in the General Post Office and Jacobs' Factory Easter Week, 1916. Letters I.R.A. added c.1917. Buttons were sent from Belfast to lender from unknown source before Easter Week.
armband / Cumann na mBan, G.P.O, 1916
Red Cross armlet worn in G.P.O., 1916, by Miss T. Simpson, a member of Fairview Cumann na mBan.
hat / Francis Macken, 1916
The bullet pierced green hat worn by Francis Macken as Lieutenent of E. Company, 4th Battalion, Dublin Brigade, in the General Post Office, 1916. Francis Macken was one of the advance guard who left the building with The O'Rahilly and their two bodies were found together. The dried mud on the hat...