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.
photogravure / Sarah Curran
Photogravure reproduction of painting of Sarah Curran. from a painting by Romney, in the possession of the Hon. Gerald Ponsonby.
photogravure / Robert Emmet
Photogravure reproduction of Comerford's miniature of Robert Emmet by Anna Frances Levins.
engraving / The Trial of Robert Emmet
Print of Robert Emmet. The Trial of Robert Emmet. HH:1937.34.1.2-28. Engravings of historic interest, mounted on large sheets. Robert Emmet.
engraving / Arthur Wolfe
Engraving, Arthur Wolfe, Viscount Killwarden. Chief Justice of the King's Bench Ireland, killed by the insurgents in Dublin, 1803. Engraved by P. Lightfoot. HH:1937.34.2.1-40. Engravings of historic interest, singly: unmounted. Arthur Wolfe.
engraving / Robert Emmet
Engraving; Robert Emmet.
statue / Robert Emmet
Bust, plaster, of Robert Emmet. Head and shoulders. No maker's mark visible.
newspaper / Dublin Evening Post, 24 Sept 1803
Newspaper, The "Dublin Evening Post", Saturday September 24th, 1803. No. 6868.
leaflet / Memoirs of Mr Emmet
"Memoirs of Mr Emmet" published by J. Shea. part of a collection of Robert Emmet relics.
notebook / R.R. Madden
A notebook, bound embossed leather, with three pages of notes and addresses apparently written by R.R. Madden (author of Lives and Times of United Irishmen) - a list of his writings and a note of a visit to house where Emmet was arrested and of friendship with Anne Devlin.
resource / Emmet's Armoury, 1803
Photograph of a print; depicting Robert Emmet and Michael Black at the Armoury store in Marshall Lane, Thomas Street, 1803.
photograph / Killoughran, 11 February 1804
Photograph of an engraving from Walker's Hibernian Magazine, March 1804. An engagement between Killoughran Yeomanry and the insurgents Corcoran, Fitzpatrick and Brennan at Killoughran, 11 February 1804.
print / The Apprehending of Russell the Leader of the Irish Rebels, 1803
Engraving or print, titled 'The Apprehending of Russell the Leader of the Irish Rebels'. Depicting the arrest of Thomas Russell, 1803 Rebellion, from G.C. Lyttleton's 'The Modern History of England, Continued from 1803' (London, 1813). Drawing by Corbould, engraved by Warren. Print taken from the...
miniature / Anne Devlin The Faithful Servant of Robert Emmet
Miniature said to be of Anne Devlin. Painted on ivory. Written on the back in ink 'Anne Devlin done by John Keogh, Dublin, A.D. 1800. Oval. In brass oval frame which in turn is mounted in a gilt wooden frame. Painted inscription on the wooden frame: Anne Devlin The Faithful Servant of Robert Emmet.miniature / Anne Devlin The Faithful Servant of Robert Emmet
Frame for the miniature said to be of Anne Devlin. Painted on ivory. Written on the back in ink 'Anne Devlin done by John Keogh, Dublin, A.D. 1800. Oval. In brass oval frame which in turn is mounted in a gilt wooden frame. Painted inscription on the wooden frame: Anne Devlin The Faithful Servant...
proclamation / Robert Emmet Rising, 1803.
Robert Emmet Rising 1803, Titled The Provisional Government to the People of Ireland. Proclamation issued by Robert Emmet, 1803. The proclamation for Emmet's Rising, 1803. 18 inches x 17 inches. Printed is facsimile in T.A. Emmet: Thomas Addis Emmet and Robert Emmet, Vol. II, pg. 184. Lower...
reproduction / The Apprehending of Russell the Leader of the Irish Rebels, 1803
Copy of the engraving titled 'The Apprehending of Russell the Leader of the Irish Rebels'. Print. published in 1805 by Stratford of Holborn Hill. Museum print ex G.C. Lyttleton from 'The Modern History of England, from 1803', London, 1813. Drawing by Corbould, engraved by Warren.resource / Lord Norbury
Lord Norbury. Article re ex Tribune (Midland), 12.8.1978.resource / Assassination of Lord Norbury
Assassination of Lord Norbury. Article by Mike Byrne ex Tribune (Midland) 26.8; 2.9; 19.6.1978.resource / Lord Kilwarden, 1803
Lord Kilwarden An 1803. Article re ex Leinster Leader 15.11.1980.