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 / Thomas Francis Meagher
Postcard; commemoration postcard depicting Thomas Francis Meagher. With quotation.
 
cameo / Thomas Davis
Plaque; portrait bust of Thomas Davis, carved ivory on oval plaque of carnelian. Probably Irish, third quarter of 19th century
 
engraving / Thomas Davis
Photograph of engraving of Thomas Davis. HH:1937.156.1.1-41. Pictures of Irish Historical and Modern Irish-American interest. HH:1937.156.1.15 - photograph of engraving of Thomas Davis.
 
card / Clonmel Gaol, 1848
William Smith O'Brien, card. A card sent to his friends by William Smith O'Brien when under sentance to be hanged, drawn and quartered for High Treason. Signed "William S. O'Brien, Clonmel Gaol, Nov. 9 1848."
 
book / Poetical Works / John Mitchell
Copy of a book entitled "Poetical Works" by Robert Burns, Edinburgh, 1815. Signed by John Mitchell on front. Cover is missing. Inside is inscribed 'Mary J. Mitchell, Washington, 6th April 1852
 
book / Stories in Precious Stones / Mary Mitchel, 1873
Copy of a book entitled "Stories in Precious Stones" by Helen Zimmern, London, 1873. Signed and dated by Mary Mitchel, 29th January 1873.
 
bust / Thomas Davis
Bust, head and shoulders, of Thomas Davis, of the Young Ireland Movement. Plaster. Inscribed 'Davis' on the pedestal. No artist's name.
 
portrait / John Mitchel
Oil painting or portrait of John Mitchel. A member of the Young Ireland Movement. In frame.
 
stamp / John Mitchel, 1845
John Mitchel seal matrix. Said to have been used by John Mitchel c. 1845. Brass rectangular seal matrix with letter JM, mounted on black wooden handle. Size of impression: .6 in. x .4 in. Lenght of handle: 3 inches.
 
book cover / Charles Gavan Duffy Patriot and Statesman / Leon O Broin, 1967
Charles Gavan Duffy. One of three copies of the dustjacket of a book by Leon O Broin on the life of Duffy, embodying a portrait of Duffy. 'Charles Gavan Duffy Patriot and Statesman'. Published 1967.
 
book cover / Charles Gavan Duffy Patriot and Statesman / Leon O Broin, 1967
Charles Gavan Duffy. One of three copies of the dustjacket of a book by Leon O Broin on the life of Duffy, embodying a portrait of Duffy. 'Charles Gavan Duffy Patriot and Statesman'. Published 1967.
 
book cover / Charles Gavan Duffy Patriot and Statesman / Leon O Broin, 1967
Charles Gavan Duffy. One of three copies of the dustjacket of a book by Leon O Broin on the life of Duffy, embodying a portrait of Duffy. 'Charles Gavan Duffy Patriot and Statesman'. Published 1967. Framed for display.
 
reproduction / Charles Gavan Duffy
Charles Gavan Duffy. Fullplate print of H. O'Neill's lithograph based on Professor Gluckman's daguerrotype with facsimile autograph (Nat. Lib. No. R11998)
 
carving / Mitchel, Meagher and Duffy
John Mitchel, Thomas Francis Meagher and Charles Gavan Duffy. A wooden printing block embodying heads of the three leaders in elliptical shapes. John Mitchel between floral sprays over the others which are side by side. At bottom a boat surmounted on a setting sun. On the back is inscribed in...
 
reproduction / Charles Gaven Duffy, 1843
Charles Gaven Duffy. Photograph of portrait, dated 1843. With signature.
 
reproduction / Charles Gaven Duffy
Charles Gaven Duffy, c. 1895. Photograph taken from a carte-visite in the La Troloe(?) Library, Melbourne.
 
photograph / Charles Gaven Duffy, 1880
Charles Gaven Duffy. Photograph of 1880 in wig and gown.
 
bust / John Mitchel / Young Irelanders
Bust of a young male. Dressed in jacket and waistcoat. Possibly John Mitchel of the Young Irelanders.
 
painting / John Blake Dillon
Photograph, black and white, of a painting of Young Irelander John Blake Dillon. Original painting in the National Gallery of Ireland.