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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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relic / Daniel O'Connell

Block of wood from the coffin of Daniel O’Connell, in which his remains were returned from Genoa, 1847. Rectangular block of wood, no distinguishing features bar cut marks on two sides.

 

burial certificate / Daniel O'Connell, 1847

Burial certificate (copy, c. 1938) of Daniel O'Connell, Prospect Catholic cemetery. Interred August 5th 1847 aged 72, in a vault built specifically for that purpose. Details filled in by hand. Form printed by Christie.