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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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medallion / Daniel O'Connell, 1842

Head, clay. Miniature, of Daniel O'Connell. On right side scratched W. IRELAND. On paper accompanying the head is written - "Medallion portrait of Daniel O'Connell taken in 1842, exhibited at the Great Exhibition, Dublin, 1853, on Stand No. 1018 in catalogue. Presented to T.M. Ray Esq. in the...
 

tablecloth / British Army, 1840s

Table cover, Irish, 1833 to 1853. Appliqué work. Felt on felt applied with buttonhole and chain stitch in linen thread. British Army soldier Stephen Stokes, born 1802, made this tapestry while he was stationed in Ireland. More than 30 panels tell the story of his career, first in the cavalry (the...

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