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.
resource / Irish Republican bond, 1941
Irish Republican bond 1941. Xeroxprint copy of 3 1/2% War Loan bond no.0065 A/Z issued May 1941, and signed by Stephen Hays 'For the Army of the Irish Republic'.
envelope / Douglas Hyde - Swan, 1939
Letter from Douglas Hyde at the Office of the President, to Harry P. Swan, thanking him for sending the book he requested. Dated 14 October 1939. With envelope. Framed and glazed.
photograph / Captain J.F. Doyle, c.1940
Small photograph of Captain J.F. Doyle showing him in uniform and with his wife c. 1940.
instruction leaflet / Siebe-Gorman Civilian Respirator
The Siebe-Gorman Civilian Respirator - instructions for use on a 4page illustrated quarto leaflet. c.1939. Found in Jacob's Biscuit Factory, Dublin, in 1974.
photograph / Wire pulling-Signals Style
Photograph caption ‘Wire pulling-Signals Style’ Two Irish Army soldiers wearing steel helmets with nets and foliage suck into walking alongside a hedge laying communication wire with wire being pulled on two handled cart. Emergency Period. Stamped ‘Irish Press Copyright’
booklet / Civilian War Duties
Booklet 'Civilian War Duties'. Public Information Pamphlet No. 1. Issued by the Department of Defence, Air raid Precautions Branch, St. John's Road, Kingsbridge, Dublin. Printed by Cahill & Co. Ltd., Parkgate Printing Works, Dublin. Back cover with illustraiton of a beehive shelter. Emergency...
handbook / Air Raid Precaution Handbook No. 6, 1938
Booklet, Air Raid Precaution Handbook No. 6. Air Raid Precautions in Factories and Business Premises. Published in London by His Majesty's Stationary Office. 1st Edition. 1938. Belonging to Captain Richard Burke of the Royal Irish Regiment, WWI. Stamped by Burke on cover and inside.
photograph / Irish Army
Photograph, black and white. Irish Army. A.A. Defence of Dublin, 1939-1945. Framed and glazed.
pencil / 'Emergency'
One of three Emergency Quality pencils c.1940s. Two partly pared bearing the legend 'Made in Ireland "Oifig an tSothathair" Emergency Quality HB; the unpared one has a similar legend but without 'made in Ireland' impressed into the wood.pencil / 'Emergency'
One of three Emergency Quality pencils c.1940s. Two partly pared bearing the legend 'Made in Ireland "Oifig an tSothathair" Emergency Quality HB; the unpared one has a similar legend but without 'made in Ireland' impressed into the wood.pencil / 'Emergency'
One of three Emergency Quality pencils c.1940s. Two partly pared bearing the legend 'Made in Ireland "Oifig an tSothathair" Emergency Quality HB; the unpared one has a similar legend but without 'made in Ireland' impressed into the wood.pamphlet / Anti-Gas Protection of Babies and Young Children, 1939
Pamphlet, Anti-Gas Protection of Babies and Young Children. 8 pp. pamphlet published by Her Majesty's Stationary Office in July, 1939. Used by Irish Army.
photograph / Captain Doyle, 1941
Small photograph of Captain Joseph F. Doyle, R.A., 1941, showing him in uniform at Kildare Barracks.
Address / Why Ireland Was Neutral, 1945
Copy of 'Mr de Valera's Reply to Mr. Churchill / Why Ireland Was Neutral'. 1945. Photographic copy.
Address / Taoiseach's Broadcast to the Nation on the Conclusion of the War in Europe, 1945
Copy of the Taoiseach's Broadcast to the Nation on the Conclusion of the War in Europe. Delivered Wednesday 16th May 1945.
leaflet / George Bernard Shaw Appeals to the I.R.A. / Friendship with Britain, 1940
Copy of a four page leaflet, 'George Bernard Shaw Appeals to the I.R.A. / Friendship with Britain.' Dated 25th July 1940. A response by 'the Government of the Republic / P. Fleming' to Shaw's writing questioning the idea of Irish neutrality during World War II, and stating that British protection...
blast door / Beehive, WW II
Bomb / Air Raid Shelter, or beehive. 1939 (World War II). Beehive type air raid shelter, 1939. Concrete. Found in situ behind Cobh Customs House, Co. Cork. Door to the front, escape hatch to the back. The separate blast wall belongs in front of the door. One metal chain hangs from the inside wall....
booklet / Defence against Gas, 1927
Defence against Gas, 1927, Provisional. 64 pp. booklet published by English War Office. Used by Irish Army c.1939.
card / Bridget White, 1946
Ration card for Flour & Bread, 1946. Belonged to Miss Bridget White of 100 Lower Dorset Street, Dublin. Used. Name of Retailer is Farm at Way 69 Upper Dorset Street. Filled in and marked each day from 18th January to 14th June. Post-Emergency Period.