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.
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.
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.
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.
rosary beads / Sean Heuston, 1916
Rosary beads of Sean Heuston. Included by the Governor of Kilmainham Jail among some small things sent to Mrs Maria Heuston after 8 May 1916. Held by Mary (Mother Bernard) of Taylor's Still until her death, and then sent by the nuns of the monastery to Theresa, who held it until she died in August...
letter / Patrick Pearse, 2 May 1916
Letter from General Maxwell to Patrick Pearse, acknowledging receipt of Pearse's letter from Kilmainham Prison, dated 2 May 1916, requesting that his statements regarding his financial affairs and unpublished poems, along with his personal possessions, are passed to his mother or sister.
letter / Execution of Roger Casement, 3 August 1916
Handwritten letter, informing that the High Sheriffs for the Counties of London and Middlesex have set the date of Roger Casement’s execution as 9am on Thursday 3 August at Pentonville Prison, London. Addressed to the Lord Chief Justice of England at the Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, from the...
letter / Roger Casement, Execution, 1916
Typescript letter informing that the High Sheriffs for the Counties of London and Middlesex have set the date of Roger Casement’s execution as Thursday 3 August at Pentonville Prison. To the Right Honourable Lord Reading, Lord Chief Justice of England at the Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, W.C.,...
memorial card / Irishmen who were executed by English Law, 1916
Memorial card, printed, for 'Irishmen who were executed by English law, 1916'
walking stick / Patrick Pearse, 1916
Sword-stick which belonged to Commandant General Patrick Pearse. Blade of diamond section, 26'' long, with rough hued and gilt decoration towards the hilt, mounted in brown lacquered cane. The cane has a horn handle extending at right angles to its main axis and there is a silver band 1' wide at...