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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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piper costume / Eamonn Ceannt, 1908

The piper's costume worn by Eamonn Ceannt. This was the costume which he wore when in September 1908, he played the Irish War Pipes before his Holiness the Pope Pius X at the Vatican. The costume was one of three which were made to Eamonn Ceannt's design for an Irish concert at the Queen's hall,...

 

cap / Éamonn Ceannt / Piper's Costume

Red cap with yellow/cream embroidery around the band. The cap of the Piper's Costume worn by Éamonn Ceannt. This was the costume which he wore when in September 1908, he played the Irish War Pipes before his Holiness the Pope Pius X at the Vatican. The costume was one of three which were made to...

 

photograph / Papal visit

Photograph of Eamon de Valera (signed) with others including John Beton and Sean Murphy, President. Possibly on a visit to the Vatican. One man in a Papal uniform. Photo by G. Felicif, Rome.