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.
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.
prison mug / Countess Markievicz
Mug (and spoon), Prison Commission, used by Countess Markievicz during her second imprisonment by the British (1918). They were subsequently given by her to the Irish Citizen Army Theatrical Class. The mug was damaged during the Black and Tan Raid on Liberty Hall.obituary / Percival Lea Wilson, R.I.C., 1920
Obituary, decorated poster type, with photograph and details of Percival Lea Wilson, born 22 April 1887 in England. Joined the Royal Irish Constabulary 3 August 1910, made Detective Inspector First Class 15 June 1920. Fought in World War I. Said to have been in charge of a group of Irish prisoners...
letter / Wormwood Scrubs, 1916
Letter written to 'Uncle' in Wormwood Scrubs Prison, dated 23 June 1916. Written on standard issue printed prison letter sheet, with short details added by hand. Signed Mikeo Fleming, no 307. Part of a collection of material relating to the Fleming family, the father Michael Fleming and his sons...
letter / Joseph Fleming, Wakefield, 1916
Letter, from Joseph Fleming, prison number 1150 to his mother, while at Wakefield Prison, 1st June 1916. On Y.M.C.A. headed paper. Part of a collection of material relating to the Fleming family, the father Michael Fleming and his sons Patrick, Thomas and Joseph Fleming, Irish Volunteers of...
pamphlet / Prisoners of War
Printed pamphlet. Joseph M. Byrne. - 'Prisoners of War'. Dublin, The Art Depot, 1917. 59 pages. Irish prisoners in Frongoch and Wakefield.
envelope / Fleming Family
Envelope, on the back is written 'Stations Princetown & Belvertown'(?), with a listing of names; Warders Geraghty Slowman Chapman Newman Webb Robins Elliot Nash Birch Jackson Stone Gooding Gunning Gallop Illoff'. This appears to be partially copied from the prison notice (2004.23), the back of...
prison notice / Dartmoor and Lewes Prison Warders, 1916 - 1917
Prison notice, 'Dietary for Prisoners in Local Prisons. Prisoners sentenced to hard labour and offenders of the third division. Outlining meals for the week. On the back is written the names of prison warders from Dartmoor and Lewes Prisons 'Slowman, Chapman, Newman Webb Robins Elliot Nash Birch...
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.
photograph / Enniscorthy prisoners, Kilmainham, 1916
(Cashman 14) 1916 Rising. Photograph of two Enniscorthy prisoners being brought to Kilmainham, after the surrender, Easter 1916.
photograph / Fleming Family
Photographic portrait of Michael Fleming in his uniform, including the Sam Browne belt and prison cap, numbered 214. Copy by Keogh Brothers Ltd of 124 St. Stephen's Green and 75 Lower Dorset Street, Dublin. In frame. Part of a collection of material relating to the Fleming family, the father...
seal / Fleming Family
Seal of stamp matrix, one of a pair, with wooden handle and brass matrix, with 'I.R.' for Irish Republic. Part of a collection of material relating to the Fleming family, the father Michael Fleming and his sons Patrick, Thomas and Joseph Fleming, Irish Volunteers of Clarenbridge, Oranmore, Co....seal / Fleming Family
Seal or stamp matrix, one of a pair, with wooden handle and brass matrix, with 'I.R.' for Irish Republic. Part of a collection of material relating to the Fleming family, the father Michael Fleming and his sons Patrick, Thomas and Joseph Fleming, Irish Volunteers of Clarenbridge, Oranmore, Co....
prison number / Michael Fleming, 1916
Disc, yellow felt with a leather strap, with prison number F2 20. One of a pair with F4 13. Numbered on both sides. This prison disc belonged to Michael Fleming. Part of a collection of material relating to the Fleming family, the father Michael Fleming and his sons Patrick, Thomas and Joseph...
prison number / Fleming Family, 1916
Disc, yellow felt with a leather strap, with prison number F4 13. One of a pair with F2 20. Numbered on both sides. Part of a collection of material relating to the Fleming family, the father Michael Fleming and his sons Patrick, Thomas and Joseph Fleming, Irish Volunteers of Clarenbridge,...
autograph book / Michael Fleming, Galway, 1916
Copy of the Irish Catholic Prayer Book, in Irish and English, used by Michael Fleming, prison number q214, as an autograph book for fellow prisoners in Dartmoor, Lewes and Pentonville, 1916 to 1917. Part of a collection of material relating to the Fleming family, the father Michael Fleming and his...
photographic slide / Irish Prisoners released from British Jails, 1917
Photographic slide. Group of ten persons, Irish Prisoners released from British Jails, 1917. Probably taken near Oxford. Included are Sean T. O'Kelly and Darrell Figgis.
prison biscuit / Frank Murray, Fianna Éireann, 1916
The Prisoners Biscuit, 1916. A biscuit of the kind given to prisoners in the Royal Dublin Society grounds in Ballsbridge and at Richmond Barracks, Easter 1916. The owner writes "they were so very hard that few of us could eat them". Given to Frank Murray at Richmond Barracks. At the time, he was...