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.
pledge / A Solemn Pledge for the Women of Ireland, 1918
Certificates, Lá na mBan. Record of signature of 'A Solemn Pledge for the Women of Ireland'. Anti-conscription. Inaugurated on St. Colmcille's Day, with image of City Hall, where the Women's Pledge was signed. 1918. Blank copies. Designed by J.J. O'Reilly, published by Wilson and Hartnell. One of...
cartoon / Drilling an Irish Conscript
Postcard cartoon. A solitary man attached to a pulley operated machine, surrounded by a battery of British Army, 'Drilling an Irish Conscript'.
cartoon / Mobilisating an Irish Conscript
Postcard cartoon. A cage about to be loaded onto a ship, followed by British Army, titled 'Mobilisating an Irish Conscript', or 'The Second Irish Conscript'.
cartoon / The Conscription Trail
Postcard cartoon. Dog sniffing a trail of bones, titled 'The Conscription Trail'. By H. O'N.
photograph / Anti-Conscription Meeting, Ballaghderreen, 1918
(Cashman 38) Photograph of Anti-Conscription Meeting, Ballaghderreen, 1918. John Dillon and Eamon de Valera on platform.photograph / Anti-Conscription Meeting, Ballaghderreen, 1918
(Cashman 38) Photograph of Anti-Conscription Meeting, Ballaghderreen, 1918. John Dillon and Eamon de Valera on platform.
photograph / Ballaghaderreen Anti-Conscription meeting, 1918
(Cashman 39) Photograph of Eamon de Valera addressing the Ballaghaderreen Anti-Conscription meeting in 1918. Co. Roscommon.photograph / Ballaghaderreen Anti-Conscription meeting, 1918
(Cashman 39) Photograph of Eamon de Valera addressing the Ballaghaderreen Anti-Conscription meeting in 1918. Co. Roscommon.
handbill / Dublin United Trade Council, 1918
Thomas Johnson, discrimination, 1918. Dublin United Trade Council circular of 26 July, re victimisation over anti-conscription campaign.
handbill / Irish Trade Union Congress and Conscription, 1918
Irish Trade Union Congress and Conscription, 1918. Leaflet with pledge and resolution from 20 April Convention.
declaration / Anti-Conscription Declaration, 1918
Anti-Conscription Declaration, parchment, signed at Mansion House, 18th April, 1918.
drawing / The Crusaders
Original Indian ink drawing by Ernest Kavanagh, "The Crusaders". Group representing the Allies in the War of 1914-18, showing what, from the viewpoint of "The Irish Worker", were the real motives.