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.
presentation box / City of Cork / de Valera, 1973
Presentation box, gold (hallmarked) on a black marble stand. Presented to President Eamon de Valera by Sean O Laoire, City of Cork, 1973.
freedom box / City of Cork / O Ceallaigh, 1948
Presentation box, or freedom box of gold and silver, conferring the Freedom of the City of Cork on to Sean T. O Ceallaigh, 8 September 1948. Presented by Michael Sheehan, T.D., T.C., Lord Mayor of Cork.
scroll / Freedom of Cork, de Valera, 1973
Certificate scroll of the Freedom of Cork, presented to Eamon de Valera, 1973. In Irish and English, illuminated.
freedom certificate / John Lloyd, Cork, 1822
1941.70.1-2. Certificate showing that John Lloyd was awarded the Freedom of the City of Cork. 16th July, 1822. Printed paper with small, circular, silver box. Holds the wax seal of the City of Cork. The lid inscribed with the Cork Arms and bright-cut ornament around rim of lid and base. The...
freedom certificate / Lord Viscount Bearhaven, Cork, 1822
City of Cork Freedom Certificate. Conferring the Freedom of the City on The Right Honourable Lord Viscount Bearhaven, 16th March 1822. Conferred by Edward Newson, Mayor of Cork City. W. Jones, Town Clerk. With seal.
freedom certificate / Henry Grattan, Cork, 1787
Document on parchment with seal. Certificate granting the Freedom of the City of Cork to Henry Grattan, 27 September 1787. From the Assembly of the Mayor and President Samuel Rowland, the Sheriffs and Common Council of the City of Cork at the Council Chamber. Signed W. Jones, Town Clerk.
mail coach blunderbuss / Dublin Mail, c. 1790
Dublin Mail blunderbuss. c. 1790 by Bryan (Cork). Brass barrelled flintlock type. BRYAN on lockplate. Engraved on the barrel is 'Cork No. 2 Dublin Mail'. Stamped on barrel is 'E C-1242' - the police registration mark of 1843. One of a pair.
membership card / Cork Roman Catholic Total Abstinence Society / James Lynch, 1840
Form, pledge or membership card of the Cork Roman Catholic Total Abstinence Society. Printed, subscribed to by James Lynch, grandfather of Liam Lynch, January 28, 1840.
reproduction / Pillage by soldiers, 8 December 1649
Photostatic copy of a Proclamation by Oliver Cromwell, December 8th, 1649 - against pillage by soldiers. Printed Cork, 1649.newspaper cutting / Death of General Strickland, 1951
Newspaper cutting, mounted, from The Irish Press, 26 May 1951, on the Death of General Strickland, British General who was military governor of Cork during the War of Independence, including at the time of the murder of Lord Mayor MacCurtain, 1920.
passport / Cork City, 1814
Cork City passport, 1814. Issued and signed by the Mayor, Sir D. Perrier, March 5, 1814, to permit Samuel Allen Whitney, of Rathnure, Co. Wexford, to pass from Cork to Lisbon. One sheet paper, 8.25 x 6.5 inches, printed black on white and with cut of Cork arms on top. Particulars written.
postcard photograph / Tomas MacCurtain
Photograph of Tomás Mac Curtain. Photograph and legend printed on card by DAOL in Cork.
reproduction / Colonel Stephen Moylan
Reproduction, by A.F.L., of picture of Colonel Stephen Moylan of Cavalry, Continental Army, and Aide-de-Camp to General Washington. Born in Dublin, Ireland. One of three copies. HH:1937.156.2.1-115. Pictures of Persons associated with the American War of Independence. (Signatory means signatory of...
reproduction / Colonel Stephen Moylan
Reproduction, by A.F.L., of picture of Colonel Stephen Moylan of Cavalry, Continental Army, and Aide-de-Camp to General Washington. Born in Dublin, Ireland. One of three copies. HH:1937.156.2.1-115. Pictures of Persons associated with the American War of Independence. (Signatory means signatory of...reproduction / Colonel Stephen Moylan
Reproduction, by Anna Francis Levins, of picture of Colonel Stephen Moylan, Colonel of Cavalry, Continental Army, and Aide-de-Camp to General Washington, born Cork, Ireland. HH:1937.156.2.1-115. Pictures of Persons associated with the American War of Independence. (Signatory means signatory of the...
photograph / Colonel Stephen Moylan
Photograph of a painting of Colonel Stephen Moylan of Cavalry and Aide-de-Camp to Washington, born Cork. One of two copies. HH:1937.156.2.1-115. Pictures of Persons associated with the American War of Independence. (Signatory means signatory of the Declaration of Independence)....
reproduction / Colonel Stephen Moylan
Photographic reproduction of a painting of Colonel Stephen Moylan of Cavalry and Aide-de-Camp to Washington, born Cork. HH:1937.156.2.1-115. Pictures of Persons associated with the American War of Independence. (Signatory means signatory of the Declaration of Independence). HH:1937.156.2.66.1-2 -...
illustration / Cork Exhibition, 1883
Supplement to the Irish Times, 5 July 1883. The Cork Exhibition 1883, ‘May Irish Manufactures Flourish’. Images include the exhibition building, Blackrock Castle, Co. Cork, the mall, Cork, Shandon Church. The Mayor (Daniel J. Galvin), Ludlow Beamish, J.J. Mahoney, Robert Walker (architect), Sir G....resource / Capture of Cork, 1649
Capture of Cork, 1649. Article re ex Cork Evening Echo 26, 27.1.1981.