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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.


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photograph / Gaelic League Group, London

Mounted photograph of Gaelic League Group in London, 19 (?). 11.75 inches by 9 inches. Holograph signatures of those in photograph underneath. Signed on back ? Ua Brian. Photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company at 54 Cheapside and 106 & 108 Regent Street, London.

 

photograph / Irish Self-Determination League, 1922

Photograph of a meeting of the Irish Self-Determination League in London, 1922. Included in the photograph are - P.J. Kelly, George Mortimer, Martin Maloney, Miss O'Brien, Sean McGrath, J.H. McDonald, Brien Kennedy, R. Purcell, Dr. Bernard O'Connor, P.D. O'Hart. By Central News, Ltd., London. ...

 

map / Cary's London, 1833

Cary's New Map of London and its Adjacent Villages, Published by order of His Majesty's Postmaster General, showing the present boundary of the Two-Penny Post Delivery, and the limits of the Hackney Coach back fares. London, G. and J. Cary, 86 St James Street.

 

card / Edward Martin funeral, 1869

Printed card - seeking financial assistance for the funeral of Edward Martin in London, England 1869. HH:1940.82.1-12. Collection of papers relating to 19th Century Irish History. HH:1940.82.5 - printed card - seeking financial assistance for the funeral of Edward Martin in London, England 1869.

 

photograph / Irish Self-Determination League, 1920

Mounted photograph of a meeting of the Irish Self-Determination League in Albert Hall, London, on 20 January 1920. Included in photograph are: Front row platform from left to right - standing in centre - Art O'Briain (Chariman), Sean McGrath, Dr. Mark Ryan, J. Kelly, Desmond Fitzgerald, Arthur...

 

death mask / Sir Frederic Burton

Death mask, plaster, of the late Sir Frederic Burton, taken after death by Mr. Hughes, R.H.A. of Dublin. Sir Frederic Burton was born in 1816, was Director of the National Gallery, London, 1874 to 1894, and died in 1900. Given by Mrs. B. Burton.

 

newspaper / Bombing of London, Daily Mail, 1940

Copy of newspaper; The Daily Mail, 31 December 1940. World War II, German bombing of British mainland. Front page shows picture of St. Paul's Dome in London with the headline 'War's Greatest Picture - St. Paul's stands unharmed in the midst of the burning city'.

 

photograph / Roger Casement, London, 1916

Photograph of Sir Roger Casement leaving the law courts after his court martial, London, 1916.

 

engraving / George Washington

Engraving of His Excellency General George Washington, Commander in Chief of the Forces of the united States of North America. Published in London, 15 May 1783, by R. Wilkinson, 58 Cornhill. HH:1937.156.2.1-115. Pictures of Persons associated with the American War of Independence. (Signatory means...

 

photogravure / George Washington

Photogravure reproduction of mezzotint engraving of George Washington, by N. Green, from a painting by I. Trumbull of Connecticut, published London, 3 June 1783. HH:1937.156.2.1-115. Pictures of Persons associated with the American War of Independence. (Signatory means signatory of the Declaration...

 

photograph / Archbishop Mannix / MacSwiney Funeral, 1920

Photograph of Archbishop Mannix at the MacSwiney funeral in London. Archbishop Mannix leaving Southwark Cathedral, London, following the services for the late Terence Mac Swiney, Lord Mayor of Cork (Mannix in Centre). October 1920. Photograph by Underwood and Underwood, New York.

 

sign / Ballincollig Powder Mills, c. 1900

Cardboard sign of the Ballincollig Gunpowder Mills Company, c. 1900. Reads "The Ballincollig Royal Gunpwder Mills Coy., Limited, Contractors to H.M. War Department, est. 1794". Elliptical. Printed Guy & Co. Cork.

 

print / The State Trial Portraits, 1844

Series of printed pictures, The State Trial Portraits, 1844. Printed on one page under the heading THE STATE-TRIAL PORTRAITS, 1844. Pictures of Daniel O’Connell, John O’Connell, T.M. Ray, Rev. Mr Tyrell, Rev. T. Tierney, T. Steele, R. Barrett, Dr Gray and C. Gavan Duffy. Drawn by H. Anelay and...

 

photograph / Eamon de Valera and Arthur Griffith, London, July 1921

Showing a group of five people including Eamon de Valera and Arthur Griffith, on occasion of de Valera's visit to London, July, 1921.

 

medallion / Grand Expositions of All Nations, 1851

Plaque, memorial of the International Exhibition, London, 1851. The Great Builing for The Grand Expositions of All Nations, 1851. Projected by Prince Albert, designed by Joshua Paxton, erected by Fox Henderson & Co. Showing a representation of the exhibition building in a painted brass and glass...