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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.
reproduction / Arrest of Smith O'Brien at the Railway Station in Thurles
Print, reproduced from the Illustrated London News, titled 'Arrest of Smith O'Brien at the Railway Station in Thurles'. One of a collection of six such prints found without a register number. Possibly part of HH1940.82k. Unclear from register entry.
reproduction / The Irish State Trials - Mr S. O'Brien conveyed back to prison after the sentence
Print, reproduced from the Illustrated London News, titled ' The Irish State Trials - Mr S. O'Brien conveyed back to prison after the sentence'. One of a collection of six such prints found without a register number. Possibly part of HH1940.82k. Unclear from register entry.
map / Ireland / Young Irelanders
Map of Ireland, handmade, with applique cut-outs illustrating the Young Ireland Rebellion, 1848, and associated persons. Probably an old museum display graphic.
plaque / John Brennan, Young Irelander, 1848
Commemoration or presentation plaque, silver plaque, engraved. Presented to John Brennan, a Young Irelander imprisoned in 1848. Reads 'As a token of respect from a brother martyr, to John Brennan, as being one of the first victims to English tyranny incarcerated for 12 months July 4th'. ...
bugle / Thomas Francis Meagher
Bugle used by Thomas Francis Meagher to summon a boat while he lived at Lake Sorell, Tasmania, 1851 - 1852. Brass bugle, overall length of tube 14 inches, reduced to 5 in by one twist; diameter of bell mouth, including everted lip, 3 inches. No marks. A length of plaited cord attached to make a...
portrait / Thomas McManus
Print of a portrait drawing of Thomas McManus, Young Irelander, 1848.
resource / The Memory of the Dead
Photograph and copy of a poem. 'The Memory of the Dead', from 'The Nation'. With a photograph of John K. Ingram.
photograph / 'The Memory of the Dead'
Photograph and copy of a poem. 'The Memory of the Dead', from 'The Nation'. With a photograph of John K. Ingram. HH:1941.19.1 - 28. Collection of papers and pictures relating to 1798, 1848, the Fenians and the 1798 Centenary.
portrait / William Smith O'Brien
William Smith O'Brien. Lithograph portrait, mounted, framed, glazed. H. O'Neill lithograph of head and shoulders daguerrotype by Glukman, with facsimile autograph and date 31 August, 1848 at Kilmainham Gaol. 17 x 19.5 inches overall.
flag / John Mitchell, 1848
A flag sent by John Mitchel to Mrs O'Brien of Rathgormack, Carrick-on-Suir, in 1848. It is a plain piece of green poplin cloth measuring 4 foot and 9 inches by 4 foot and 2 inches. It is possible that it was intended that a harp should be embroidered onto it. Mrs O'Brien was the aunt of Dr...
box / Thomas Davis, 1836
Davis, Thomas, Osborne, Prize Medal, Silver, Hand Engraved. Awarded to in 1836. Obv: Two laurel wreaths extending around from knot of ribbon below; and the hand engraved inscription TRIN COLL DUB PROPTER ARTES LIBERALES FELICITER EXCULTAS. Rev: In centre hand engraved Davis, Thomas, around,...
membership card / 1782 Volunteers of Ireland, John Dillon, 1843
Volunteers of 1782 Revived (1782 Club, Ireland), dated 10 October 1843. Membership card made out to John Blake Dillon. Signed by hand by Thomas Matthew Ray. Numbered 2405. Drawn and engraved by Holbrooke, 4 Crow Street, Dublin, 1843.
illustration / Young Irelanders, 1848
Commemorative print, black and white, with illustrations of the Young Ireland leaders of the 1848 Rebellion - Thomas Davis, John Mitchel, William Smith O'Brien, John Dillon, Charles Gavan Duffy, Thomas Francis Meagher. With their birth and death dates. Also illustrated is a scene, dated 1847, of...resource / Tricolour in Ballingarry
Tricolour in Ballingarry, 1848. Reference to in article in Kilkenny People, 1.6.1979.
cover / William Smith O'Brien, 1854
Gold presentation cup and cover, gold. Presented to William Smith O'Brien on his release from confinement in Van Diemen's Land. Made by emigrant Irish silversmiths, the Hackett brothers in Melbourne, 1854. Financed by Irish Australians, including miners. This cup, made from Australian gold, was...
handbill / Young Ireland Rebellion, 1848
Notice issued by the Council of the Irish Confederation, to the people of Dublin. Dated May 20 1848. Calling on the citizens of Dublin to resist efforts being made to incite them to insurrection (the Young Ireland Rebellion). Signed by the Secretary Thomas Mathew Halpin, issued from the Council...
reproduction / Young Ireland Rebellion, 1848
Reproduction of - Notice issued by the Council of the Irish Confederation, to the people of Dublin. Dated May 20 1848. Calling on the citizens of Dublin to resist efforts being made to incite them to insurrection (the Young Ireland Rebellion). Signed by the Secretary Thomas Mathew Halpin, issued...
coatee / 1782 Club
Uniform coat or coatee of the 1782 Club. Green, plain jacket, bar a gold embroidered stripe design on the cuffs. Double breasted with three buttons down front with ‘1782’. Buttons on back missing.
lithograph / Terence Bellew McManus
Terence Bellew McManus. Mounted, framed, by Bregazzi and Sons, Dublin. Glazed O'Neill lithograph of Gluckman dagnerrotype. Head and shoulders with facsimile of 11 October 1848 autograph. Inscribed below "To my friend John Augustus Byrne/as a prison rememberance/Terence Bellew McManus/Richmond...