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 / Funeral, Cork, March 1921
Photograph of funeral procession of the six men, members of 'C' Company, First Battalion, Cork No. 1 Brigade, killed by a party of Black and Tans and R.I.C. at Ballycannon, Clogheen, Co. Cork, in March 1921. The photograph was taken on Western Road, Cork, and shows one of the coffins being carried...
photograph / Michael O'Callaghan
Photograph of Michael O'Callaghan. The murdered Mayor of Limerick. Killed by the Black and Tans on 7th March 1921 With signature. Framed. Studio photograph by Egleston Brothers, Limerick.
photograph / Funeral, Cork, March 1921
Photograph of funeral procession of the six men, members of 'C' Company, First Battalion, Cork No. 1 Brigade, killed by a party of Black and Tans and R.I.C. at Ballycannon, Clogheen, Co. Cork, in March 1921. The photograph shows armoured car and lorries outside the Cathedral, Cork. The men killed...
photograph / Curfew Murders, 1921
(Cashman 230) Photograph. George Clancy and Michael O'Callaghan. Burial of the two martyred Mayors of Limerick. The scene in the cemetary the coffin of the late Mayor Clancy and that of the ex-Mayor O'Callaghan. Their murders by Crown Forces on 7 March 1921 became known as the Curfew Murders.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...
photograph / Patrick & Harry Loughnane, 1920
Postcard photograph showing the open coffin of one of the Loughnane Brothers, Patrick and Harry Loughnane, murdered by Crown Forces in Galway, November 1920. Part of a collection of material relating to the Fleming family, the father Michael Fleming and his sons Patrick, Thomas and Joseph Fleming,...
photograph / Ballykinlar Camp No. 1, 1921
Photograph taken in Ballykinlar Camp No. 1, 1921. Showing the huts and the spot where Joseph Tormey and Patrick Sloane were shot on 17 January 1921. West Black, Camp No. 1. Photograph taken by Thomas F. Fitzpatrick.
photograph / Ballykinlar Camp, 1921
Photograph, view of a hut in Ballykinlar Internment Camp. Showing the place where Joseph Tormey and Patrick Sloane were shot by a camp guard on 17 January 1921. 5 by 3 inches.
commemorative postcard / Terence MacSwiney
Printed commemorative postcard with photograph of Terence MacSwiney. Underneath photograph is printed: 'Terence MacSwiney. R.I.P. / Lord Mayor of Cork'.
prisoner list / Ballykinlar, 1921
Card from prison chapel, Ballykinlar, 1921, with names of deceased prisoners.
sketch / Ballykinlar Camp No. 1, 1921
Ballykinlar. Sketch by Wheatley. Watercolour sketch by Tom Wheatley, Dublin of the corner of Ballykinlar Camp No. 1 where Messrs. Tormey & Sloan, Internees were shot by a sentry. In January 1921 James Sloan and James Tormey of Westmeath, were killed at Ballykinlar for standing too close to the wire.
photograph / Seán Doyle, 1920
Mounted photograph of the funeral of Volunteer Seán Doyle, of Kilmashogue, Dublin. Killed 19 September 1920, aged 19.
photograph / Seán Doyle, 1920
Mounted photograph of the funeral of Volunteer Seán Doyle, of Kilmashogue, Dublin. Killed 19 September 1920, aged 19.
photograph / Thomas Mac Curtain, lying-in-state, 1920
(Cashman 76) Thomas Mac Curtain. Photograph of lying-in-state of Lord Mayor Mac Curtain, Cork City Hall, 1920.
photograph / Thomas Mac Curtain Funeral, 1920
(Cashman 75) Thomas Mac Curtain Funeral. Photograph of group outside Cork Cathedral. March 1920.
photograph / Terence MacSwiney, funeral, 1920
(Cashman 80) Terence MacSwiney. Photograph of clergy, including Father Albert, at the funeral of Terence MacSwiney, Lord Mayor of Cork, Cork City, 1920.
photograph / Terence MacSwiney Funeral, 1920
(Cashman 81) Terence MacSwiney. Photograph of funeral procession of Terence MacSwiney passing through Cork.
photograph / Terence Mac Swiney, lying-in-state, Cork, 1920
(Cashman 78) Terence Mac Swiney. Photograph of the lying-in-state of Terence Mac Swiney, Cork City Hall, 1920.