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.
 
photograph / Bank of Ireland, Feb 1922
Photograph of Irish Free State Army troops taking over the Bank of Ireland, College Green, Dublin, 27 February 1922. Showing troops drawn up in formation ready for inspection.
 
photograph / Irish Free State Army, Beggars Bush Barracks, 1922
(Cashman 203) Irish Free State Army. Photograph. New recruits being drilled in Beggars Bush Barracks square.
 
photograph / British withdrawal, 1922
(Cashman 65) - British withdrawal. Photograph of British forces removing barbed wire from City Hall, Dublin on giving up occupation, 1922.
 
photograph / British Withdrawal, 1922
(Cashman 70) British withdrawal. Photograph of William T. Cosgrave hoisting Dublin city flag on City Hall on the Irish authorities taking over possession, 1922.
 
photograph / British withdrawal, 1922
(Cashman 139) British withdrawal. Photograph of the taking-over of the Curragh Camp by Colonel O'Connell (on left) May 16, 1922.
 
photograph / British Withdrawal, Curragh Camp, 1922
(Cashman 140) British Withdrawal. Photograph of Colonel O'Connell as he hoists the Irish flag on the Water Tower of the Curragh Camp after the taking-over ceremony, 16 May 1922.
 
photograph / Free State Officers, Curragh Camp, 1922
(Cashman 141) British Withdrawal. Photograph of a group Free State Officers saluting the Irish Flag after being hoisted on the Water Tower, Curragh Camp.
 
photograph / British withdrawal, 1922
(Cashman 142) British withdrawal. Photograph of a company of Free State soldiers passing through the Curragh on their way to the Camp after the taking-over ceremony, May 1922.
 
photograph / Arthur Griffith, funeral, 1922
(Cashman 105) Photograph of the funeral of Arthur Griffith, first President of the Irish Free State, passing College Green., Aug. 16th 1922. General Michael Collins and General Richard Mulcahy are seen walking in front of the Officers.
 
photograph / Gárda Siochána, R.D.S., 1922
(Cashman 162) Photograph of members of the Gárda Siochána occupying temporary quarters in the Royal Dublin Society grounds, Ballsbridge, prior to the evacuation of Dublin Castle by the British Royal Irish Constabulary.
 
photograph / Free State Army, January 1922
A photograph of a unit of the Irish Free State Army under Commandant Daly entering Beggars Bush Barracks which has been vacated by the British Troops. January 1922.
 
photograph / General Head Quarters, Parkgate Street, 1922
(Cashman 144) British withdrawal. Photograph of the General Head Quarters, Parkgate Street, being taken over by Free State Troops. General Richard Mulcahy and other Free State Officers, who attended the ceremony are seen on left. The event took place in 1922.
 
photograph / British withdrawal, Beggars Bush Barracks, 1922
(Cashman 199) British Withdrawal. Photograph of a unit of the Irish Free State army led by Captain P. Daly, marching down Phoenix Park, on their way to occupy Beggars Bush Barracks (the first to be handed over), the former headquarters of the British Auxiliaries in Dublin, 1 February 1922.
 
photograph / Beggars Bush Barracks, 1922
(Cashman 200) British withdrawal, 1922. Photograph. The Irish Troops marching through the gates of Beggars Bush Barracks led by Captain P. Daly.
 
photograph / Beggar's Bush Barracks, 1922
(Cashman 202) British withdrawal. Photograph. The Taking-over Ceremony at Beggars Bush Barracks. Photograph shows Captain P. Daly (with colours in front), General Richard Mulcahy and General Sean O'Duffy. 1922.