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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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tray / Irish Volunteers, 1780

Tray, painted iron, commemorating the Irish Volunteers struggle for Free Trade, c. 1780. In the centre in a circle a representation as inscription. The central group surrounded by rings painted in imitation of inlaid woods, an oval of mahogany outlined by bands of satin wood, ring wood, etc....

 

jug / Free Trade to Ireland, c. 1780

Jug, pottery, decorated with transfer designs in black on one side, with figures of men seated and a woman in the centre holding a rake. The other side of the jug depicts a beggar woman with children accosting a lady and gentleman. Underneath the spout is FREE TRADE TO IRELAND within a floral...