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.
postcard photograph / Stafford Jail, 1916
Stafford Jail football game. Postcard photograph of I.R.A. prisoners engaged in a game of football in Stafford Prison, 1916.
prison autograph album / Lewes Prison, 1916
Lewes Prison. Copy of the book "Toraidheacht na bFíreun ar Lorg Chríosta" (Imitation of Christ), containing inscriptions from Lewes Prison detainees, on the page number equivalent to their prison number. After 1916 Rising. Owned by Robert Brennan, prison number Q103.
sketch / Seamus Reader, Reading Gaol, 1916
Drawing by Seamus Milroy of Seamus Reader, done in Reading Gaol, 1916'. Coloured sketch of Seamus Reader in cowboy outfit, inscribed 'Not Bronco Billy here you see, but a Reading hard-chaw you'll agree, at a hullabuloo a romping leader, and the name he owns is Seamus Reader'. In envelope with...
letter / Sean Treacy, 1918
Photostat of letter of Sean Treacy from Dundalk Prison 5/4/1918 to Patrick Deere. No envelope.
prison cell card / Patrick Flanagan, Lewes Prison, 1916
Cell card. Lewes Prison, 1916. Stiff paste board, circa 5" by 3", redbrick in colour. On one side: ruled printed form - q201/M - other: name Patrick Flanagan, Written.
prison letter / James E. Morrissey, 1917
Prison letter from Portland, June 1917. Printed form, allowing statement of the prisoner's health - signed James E. Morrissey, the donor's brother, now passed, his name is on Roll of Honour for South Dublin Union.
letter / J. Morrissey, 1916
Prison letter, Portland Prison, September 1916. Governer to prisoner, J. Morrissey (q. 172) - not permitted to have books sent in, as prison library sufficient.
handbill / Strike in Lewes Jail, 1917
Leaflet, 'Strike in Lewes Jail'. Re the strike of Irish prisoners in Lewes Jail, 1917. Mounted on card.
letter / Thomas Walsh, Portland Prison, 1917
Standard letter of Portland Prison, 11 June 1917, from Thomas Walsh to his mother, typed, with handwritten details in the provided spaces.
prison biscuit / Peadar Bracken, Kilmainham, 1916
A prison biscuit supplied to Peadar Bracken while a held as prisoner in Kilmainham Jail after the Rising of 1916. Biscuit bears the inscription 'P. Bracken Kilmainham Prison June 24th 1916'.
prison autograph album / Lewes Gaol, 1916
Autograph book, Lewes Gaol, 1916. Autographs compiled by Thomas Bevan while a prisoner in Lewes Gaol 1916, containing names of all sentenced men other than those executed. Book and case made by Mrs Brennan, orderly to the Chaplin; Mr. Bevan was choirmaster. Lists Portland and Dartmoor May - Dec...
photograph / Lewes Jail
Postcard photograph; Lewes Jail, England, view of exterior. Lewes Jail, where I.R.A. Prisoners are confined (exterior).
prison art / 'The Cell at Knutsford, Where in Dwelt E 2/45', 1916
Pen-and-ink sketch of "The Cell at Knutsford, Where in Dwelt E 2/45". Drawn by T. MacCartaigh, E 2/41, June, 1916. In black frame.
convict cap / Harry Boland, Dartmoor, 1916
Convict cap worn by Harry Boland in Dartmoor Prison while imprisoned after the 1916 Rising. Khaki cap, black prison number-badge with prisoner number q/90 in white.
letter / Peadar Clancy, Portland Prison, 1916
Handwritten letter from Peadar (Peter) Clancy from Portland Prison, addressed to Fred, 8 November 1916.
cap badge / de Valera, 1916
Cap badge, cloth '95'. Taken off the Chief's Cap when he was in jail. The badge consists of the No. "95" and the letter "b". Black felt background with white sewn number.
poster / Mansion House, Dublin. A Proclamation, 1919
Large framed poster. A proclamation to the people of Dublin from Laurence O' Neill, the Lord Mayor of Dublin. Headed 'Mansion House, Dublin. A Proclamation'. Requesting fellow citizens to "give no opportunity for provocative action" upon de Valera's return from an English jail. It is signed off...
memorial card / Fleming Family
Letter, half page remaining. On headed paper; Christian Brothers, Synge Street, Dublin, dated 4 June 1916. Addressed to Lizzie, the writer informing her that he had gone to Mountjoy the previous Sataurday and saw Michael. Found within a copy of a prayer book, in Irish, 'Torsaidheacht air Lorg...