Medal of service awarded to Nellie Kelly, who was a member of Cumann na mBan from Dun Laoghaire. In original box.

Ireland--History--Easter Rising, 1916 | Women Revolutionaries | Paramilitary forces--Cumann na mBan

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A first aid book owned by the Tipperary branch of Cumann na mBan. The donor's mother Josephine O'Sullivan was a member. Her name and address is inscribed on the inside cover.

Paramilitary forces--Cumann na mBan | Ireland--History--Easter Rising, 1916 | Curated Collection--Dublin Collection Day Dec. 09 2015

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Medal of service, framed, awarded to Josephine ('Josie') O'Sullivan for her participation in Cumann na mBann in the years around the Easter Rising. Donated by her daughter. Cumann na mBan, an Irish republican women's paramilitary organisation, was founded in response to the

Ireland--History--Easter Rising, 1916 | Women Revolutionaries | Republicanism

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A crucifix belonging to Father Sebastian O'Brien, given to the donor's grandfather Patrick Canice Kenny when he was an altar boy in Church Street Church, Dublin. Mr. Kenny passed the crucifix to his family in the 1980s in an envelope with handwritten descriptions of the object

Ireland--History--Easter Rising, 1916 | Capuchin Franciscans | Plunkett, Joseph Mary (1887–1916)

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Service medal issued by the President of Ireland to Thomas Sheldreck for his daughter Mary Sheldreck, who was a member of Cumann na mBan and died after sustaining injuries during the Rising. She was with Countess Markievicz in Stephen’s Green during the Rising.

Women Revolutionaries | Ireland--History--Easter Rising, 1916 | Republicanism

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