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photograph / Alderman P.S. Doyle, 1916
Photograph of Alderman P.S. Doyle. Prison type photograph, with head and shoulders, in profile on left-hand side and full face on right. Written underneath image is 'P.S. Doyle. 521. 10.5.16 Qmtr'. The numbers indicate the date 10 may 1916, and the letters 'Qmtr' are an abbreviation for...
notebook / Irish Volunteers / South Dublin Union, 1916
Irish Volunteer and 1916 Rising notebook, Eamonn Ceannt, Con Colbert, Cathal Brugha. Duplicate leaf book with numbered pages. Inscription inside cover in front, in ink 'Found 4th May '16 in kitchen of S.D.U.- week following Sinn Féin rebellion by D.S. Thompson'. Contents (carbon duplicated script...
key / South Dublin Union , 1916
Master key of South Dublin Union (SDU), 1916. Stamped on one side GM/35 and on the other EASTER WEEK / 1916. In a cardboard box bearing the name 'Mr. Seán O'Duffy' and the legend 'Key handed to Sisters of Charity by Commandant Ned Daly, o/c Four Courts Area 1916.
ammunition / Ardee Street Brewery, 1916
1916 Rifle ammunition carton, cardboard. Labelled '20 Scharfe Patronen Fúr Mauser-Gewhere. M 71.84'. Left behind by the Irish Volunteers in Ardee Street Brewery on their evacuation, 1916. Ardee Street Brewery, or Watkin's Brewery, was an outpost located in The Liberties area, occupied by Con...