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.
death certificate / Patrick Pearse, 1916
Certificate of Death of Pádraig Mac Piarais (Patrick Pearse) which states the place (Detention Barracks, Kilmainham), cause (Shooting by order of Field General Court Martial) and date of death (3.5.1916) of the above. Certificate dated 2 June 1916. Pearse was executed as a leader of the 1916...
certificate / Michael O'Hanrahan, 1916
Certificate of Death of Michael O'Hanrahan, which states the place (Detention Barracks, Kilmainham), cause (Shooting by order of Field General Court Martial), date of death (4 May 1916) of the above. Date of registration is 2 June 1916. O'Hanrahan was executed for his involvement in the 1916...
death certificate / Thomas Clarke, 1916
Certificate of Death of Thomas Clarke, which states the place (Detention Barracks, Kilmainham), cause (Shooting by order of Field general Court Martial) and date of death (3.5.1916) of the above. Certificate dated 2 June 1916. Clarke was executed for his involvement in the 1916 Rising. Once the...
death certificate / Joseph Plunkett, 1916
Certificate of Death of Joseph Plunkett, which states the place (Detention Barracks, Kilmainham), cause (Shooting by order of Field general Court Martial) and date of death (4.5.1916) of the above. Certificate dated 2 June 1916. Plunkett was executed for his involvement in the 1916 Rising. Once the...
certificate / William Pearse, 1916
Certificate of Death of William Pearse, which states the place (Detention Barracks, Kilmainham), cause (Shooting by order of Field general Court Martial) and date of death (4.5.1916) of the above. Certificate dated 2 June 1916. Pearse was executed for his involvement in the 1916 Rising. Once the...
death certificate / Edward Daly, 1916
Certificate of Death of Edward Daly, which states the place (Detention Barracks, Kilmainham), cause (Shooting by order of Field General Court Martial) and date of death (4.5.1916) of the above. Certificate dated 2 June 1916. Daly was executed for his involvement in the 1916 Rising. Once the deaths...
certificate / John MacBride, 1916
Certificate of Death of John MacBride, which states the place (Detention Barracks, Kilmainham), cause (Shooting by order of Field General Court Martial) and date of death (5.5.1916) of the above. Certificate dated 2 June 1916. MacBride was executed for his involvement in the 1916 Rising. Once the...
death certificate / Éamonn Ceannt, 1916
Certificate of Death of Edmund Kent, (Éamonn Ceannt) which states the place (Detention Barracks, Kilmainham), cause (Shooting by order of Field General Court Martial) and date of death (8.5.1916) of the above. Certificate dated 2 June 1916. Kent was executed for his involvement in the 1916 Rising....
certificate / Con Colbert, 1916
Certificate of Death of Cornelius Colbert, (Con Colbert) which states the place (Detention Barracks, Kilmainham), cause (Shooting by order of Field General Court Martial) and date of death (8.5.1916) of the above. Certificate dated 2 June 1916. Colbert was executed for his involvement in the 1916...
death certificate / Seán Mac Diarmada, 1916
Certificate of Death of John McDermott (Seán Mac Diarmada), which states the place (Detention Barracks, Kilmainham), cause (Shooting by order of Field General Court Martial) and date of death (12.6.1916) of the above. Certificate dated 2 June 1916. Mac Diarmada was executed for his involvement in...
cross / Kilmainham executions, 1916
Small indulgence crucifix used at the executions of the leaders of the Easter Rising at Kilmainham Jail, May 1916.
uniform / Rose MacNamara, Marrowbone Lane, 1916
Tunic of the Cumann na mBan uniform worn by Rose MacNamara in Marrowbone Lane Distillery during Easter Week, 1916, and in Kilmainham Jail after the surrender.
last letter / Kilmainham Gaol, 7 May 1916
The last letter of Éamonn Ceannt to his countrymen. Addressed from Cell 88, Kilmainham Gaol, 7 May 1916. It was smuggled out uncensored and given to Mrs. Áine Ceannt early the next day.
prison biscuit / Peadar Bracken, Kilmainham, 1916
A prison biscuit supplied to Peadar Bracken while a held as prisoner in Kilmainham Jail after the Rising of 1916. Biscuit bears the inscription 'P. Bracken Kilmainham Prison June 24th 1916'.
last letter / Kilmainham, 1916
The last letter of Patrick Pearse to his mother, Margaret Pearse. Original, handwritten in ink. Dated 3rd May 1916, from Kilmainham Jail.
note / A Mother Speaks
Poem, handwritten in ink on a single page. Titled 'A Mother Speaks'. Original copy of the poem handwritten by Patrick Pearse in Kilmainham Jail.
postcard photograph / Kilmainham Jail, main entrance
Postcard photograph, black and white, Kilmainham Jail, main entrance. Published by the Educational Film Co. of Ireland, 32 Lower O'Connell Street, Dublin. One of a collection of postcards relating to the 1916 Rising, leaders, aftermath, Kilmainham Jail and the executions. Produced in Ireland.
postcard photograph / Kilmainham Jail, portion of the main hall showing cells
Postcard photograph, black and white, Kilmainham Jail, portion of the main hall showing cells. Published by the Educational Film Co. of Ireland, 32 Lower O'Connell Street, Dublin. One of a collection of postcards relating to the 1916 Rising, leaders, aftermath, Kilmainham Jail and the executions....
postcard photograph / Kilmainham Jail, exterior
Postcard photograph, black and white, Kilmainham Jail, exterior. Published by the Educational Film Co. of Ireland, 32 Lower O'Connell Street, Dublin. One of a collection of postcards relating to the 1916 Rising, leaders, aftermath, Kilmainham Jail and the executions. Produced in Ireland.