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.
prison art / Frongach, 1916
Carving, ex Frongoch Prison. Inkstand made out of the wood of an old whiskey vat in Frongoch Prison, by Volunteer Joseph Duffy, who fought in the G.P.O., 1916. The carving was done with a bent awl. 'Eibhlin' on the side.
prison art / Frongach, 1916
Bone carving ex. Frongach Prison. An ornament carved from a piece of bone by Volunteer Joseph Duffy while a prisoner in Frongoch, 1916. A Celtic triangle.
prison art / Frongoch Camp, 1916
Frongoch prison carving. A ring carved from a piece of bone in Frongoch Camp, 1916-1917. With 'IRA' carved. Probably made by Peadar Bracken.
cartoon / Frongoch, South Camp, 1916
Postcard cartoon; sketch or drawing of Frongoch Internment Camp, Bala, Wales. No. 1, South Camp. Artwork by Cathal MacDowell, who was interned in Frongoch from 1916 to 1917. Signed in corner.
cartoon / Frongoch, North Camp, 1916
Postcard cartoon; sketch or drawing of Frongoch Internment Camp, Bala, Wales. No. 2, North Camp. Artwork by Cathal MacDowell, who was interned in Frongoch from 1916 to 1917. Signed in corner.
photograph / Frongoch, 1916
Postcard photograph; Frongoch Internment Camp, Bala, Wales. General view, view from a distance, circa 1916. Photograph by Meredith of Bala, Wales. Printed in Holland.
photograph / Frongoch, 1916
Postcard photograph; Frongoch Internment Camp, Bala, Wales. View from outside camp, circa 1916. Photograph by Meredith of Bala, Wales. Printed in Holland.
cartoon / Frongoch, North Camp, 1916
Postcard cartoon; sketch or drawing of Frongoch Internment Camp, Bala, Wales. No. 2, North Camp. Artwork by Cathal MacDowell, who was interned in Frongoch from 1916 to 1917. Signed in corner.
cartoon / Frongoch, North Camp, 1916
Postcard cartoon; sketch or drawing of Frongoch Internment Camp, Bala, Wales. No. 2, North Camp. Artwork by Cathal MacDowell, who was interned in Frongoch from 1916 to 1917. Signed in corner.
cartoon / Frongoch, North Camp, 1916
Postcard cartoon; sketch or drawing of Frongoch Internment Camp, Bala, Wales. No. 2, North Camp. Artwork by Cathal MacDowell, who was interned in Frongoch from 1916 to 1917. Signed in corner.
cartoon / Frongoch, North Camp, 1916
Postcard cartoon; sketch or drawing of Frongoch Internment Camp, Bala, Wales. No. 2, North Camp. Artwork by Cathal MacDowell, who was interned in Frongoch from 1916 to 1917. Signed in corner.
prison art / Frongoch Camp, 1916
Pencil sketch of a prisoner, Frongoch, 1916, by Cathal MacDubhghaill. Dated 18 October 1916.
prison art / Frongach, 1916
Macrame bag, green with the letter M on front. Contains Christmas note inside. Frongach, Christmas 1916. From a father to his daughter Muirin. Prison craftwork.
prison autograph album / Peter C. McPartlin, Frongoch Camp, 1916
Autograph book, Peter C. McPartlin, Frongach 1916. Verse and illustrations.
internment order / Edward Martin, Frongoch, 1916
Frongach internment order for Edward Martin of St. Mary's Terrace, Athlone, post 1916 Rising.
prison art / C. MacDongal, Frongach 1916
Sketch, pencil drawing of C. MacDongal, by W. Murray, 20 October 1916, in Frongach Internment Camp.
prison autograph album / Knutford & Frongoch, 1916
Autograph album of Miss N. MacGeehin, of 4 Adelphi Terrace, Salford (?). Knutford Prison and Frongoch, 1916. Also contains sigatures dated 1917.
letter / Stafford Prison, 1916
Letter, handwritten, of Michael Collins, written from Stafford Prison, 24 June 1916. To Mollie. Referring to personal items and his impending transfer to Frongoch. 4 pages.
resource / Frongoch, 1916
Frongoch autograph album, 1916. Xeroxprint of album which belonged to Peter C. McPartlin and which carries notes from Frongoch and Stafford including entries by Brian Ó hUigínn, Seán Hales, W.J. Brennan-Whitmore, and Stephan Jordan. Other names are blurred.