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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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Showing results from General Elections, 19th century

 

memorial card / Joseph Biggar, M.P., 1828-1890

Memorial card for Joseph Gillis Biggar, 1828-1890. With photograph. Dublin. Signed J.J. Kerr. Elected member of Parliament for Co. Cavan at the General Elections of 1874 and 1880, and for West Cavan at the General Elections of 1885 and 1886.

 

political cartoon / To Cover His Retreat, 1889

Political cartoon, supplement to the United Ireland, 12 October 1889. Titled 'To Cover His Retreat'. References Obstructionism in the House of Lords and the next General Election. Salisbury and 'Dis-Hartnington depicted. By J.D. Reigh.

 

political cartoon / To Arms, 1892

Political cartoon, supplement to the United Ireland, 7 May 1892. Titled 'To Arms'. Colour print in green, red and black portraying Ireland as a young woman dressed in a white gown and red cloak, blowing a bugle on which hangs the words 'Independent Opposition' and holding a flag reading...

 

political cartoon / Back! Away With Them, 1888

Political Cartoon, supplement to the United Ireland, 1 September 1888. Titled 'Back! Away With Them, or the Last Eviction in Ireland'. Depicting a group of Irish men using a battering ram titled 'General Election' to enter Dublin Castle. By J.D. Reigh.