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.
photograph / Liberty Hall, 1916
Photograph, group outside Liberty Hall, showing males, females and children, in both uniform and civilian clothing. Post 1916 Rising; building shows damage from the bombardment from the Helga.
1916 Proclamation / 1916 Rising
1916 Rising Proclamation. An original copy of the Easter Week Proclamation, 1916. An inscription on the back reads 'Picked up opposite the GPO, Dublin, between 11 and 12am on Easter Monday, 24th April, 1916. It had been pinned on the M +L...
photograph / Irish Rebellion, 1916
Postcard photograph - Irish Rebellion, May 1916 series. Soldiers bivouaking opposite Liberty Hall. Printed by The Daily Sketch for Easons, Dublin.
mobilisation order / Irish Citizen Army, Sunday 23 April 1916
Special mobilisation order of the Irish Citizen Army, for all ranks to parade at Liberty Hall with full equipment on Sunday at 3.30, signed James Connolly.
sign / 'Helga', 1916
Name plate of TSS Helga, the Fisheries Patrol Vessel from which Liberty Hall was shelled on the Wednesday of Easter Week, 1916. Five brass 5" sans-ceraph block letters, screwed to wooden board 28" by 7.75" with rounded ends.
flag / 'Helga', 1916
Blue ensign flag of TSS. 'Helga', the gun boat which shelled Liberty Hall during the Easter Rising 1916. Blue hop-sack cloth. Fly, 4'., hoist, 2' 6", with Union Jack in top left hand corner. In centre of ensign, yellow harp with eight white strings, surrounded by...
souvenir / Helga, 1916
A shell base fired at Liberty Hall from the British gun boat the 'Helga' during the 1916 Rising, with paper label inscribed as such. Base stamped with year of prouction 1915.
shell casing / 'Helga', 1916
Shell-case fired from the 'Helga', at Liberty Hall during the Easter Week Rising. Shell manfunctioned as it fired, resulting in its form being twisted.
notice / Lord Lieutenant, 26 April 1916
Printed notice by the Lord Lieutenant, 26/4/1916. A communique on the progress of the fighting in Dublin - announcing the shelling of Liberty Hall, etc. One sheet, c. 13" by 8". Printed at H.Q., Curragh.
table / Liberty Hall, 1916 Rising
The table on which the leaders had their last meal (breakfast) on Easter Monday 1916 before marching out of Liberty Hall. The proofs for the Proclamation were also set out on this table. Information from Mrs Nellie Gifford Donnelly. An oak trestle table top, with one trestle.
photograph / Liberty Hall, 1916
Postcard photograph. Sinn Fein Rebellion, 1916. Depicting Liberty Hall in ruins.
souvenir / Liberty Hall, 1916 Rising
Canvas sheet with painting of a church in oils, taken from Liberty Hall, on its occupation by British forces after Easter Week, 1916.
concert ticket / Irish Citizen Army, 1915
Irish Citizen Army Concert ticket. Admission card to a Smoking Concert for Equipment Fund in Liberty Hall, 15 April 1915.
musical instrument / Michael Mallin, 1916
Michael Mallin's concert flute. With a silver plate attached, bearing the inscription 'By Capt. G. Hewson. Presented to Band 18th R.I. Rifles, taken at Liberty Hall, Dublin. Rebellion, 1916'. This flute formed part of the contents of a house which were purchased by Mr Rupert Coffey in about 1939....
1916 Proclamation / Half-Proclamation, 1916
Original print of the lower half of the Easter Week Proclamation 1916. With a signature at the top left hand corner, 'Presented to Sir H. [illegible] Just run off [illegible] at Liberty Hall by an old friend. 3.5.16, 1.20pm'. Printed in Liberty Hall by British soldiers about April 29 - May 6, 1916....
printer component / 1916 Proclamation
1916 Proclamation. The brass "shooter" which was used to lock the Proclamation on the printing machine in Liberty Hall, 1916. The name 'Brady', Christopher Brady, one of the printers, scratched into the metal.
photograph / Irish Rebellion, 1916
Postcard photograph - Irish Rebellion, May 1916 series. Liberty Hall after the storming. Printed by The Daily Sketch for Easons, Dublin.
notice / Important Announcement/by the/Lord Lieutenant, 1916
Printed proclamation issued from the Vice-Regal Lodge, 26 April 1916. Embossed design of Royal Arms at top. Headed: 'Important Announcement/by the/Lord Lieutenant'. Dated 26 April 1916. Announces the shelling and occupation by the British Forces of Liberty Hall. Printed at Headquarters Printing...
photograph / Countess Markievicz, Liberty Hall, June 1917
Postcard photograph of Countess Markievicz being welcomed back to Liberty Hall after the General Release in June 1917.