Gents’ silver ‘Waltham’ pocket watch purchased c. 1916 by Florence J. Burke (1878 – 1972), a racehorse owner from Kildare town in Hopkins and Hopkins, jewellers , silversmiths, and watchmakers, 1 O’Connell [formerly Sackville] Street Lower, Dublin.

Ireland--History--Easter Rising, 1916 | Curated Collection--Communicating the Rising | Curated Collection--Dublin Collection Day Dec. 09 2015

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Ward Union Hunt Steeplechases race day card, Fairyhouse Racecourse, Easter 1916. At the time of the Rising, many higher ranking British Officers stationed in Ireland owned horses, and so were at the Easter races during the outbreak of the Rising. When news of the Rising broke,

Ireland--History--Easter Rising, 1916 | Curated Collection--Dublin Collection Day Dec. 09 2015 | Curated Collection--Communicating the Rising

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General orders for the Irish Volunteers, issued by Patrick Pearse. The orders are accompanied a letter to company captains, requesting that they bring their company into conformity with the scheme. Donated by the family of Michael William O'Reilly, a captain in F Company and

Ireland--History--Easter Rising, 1916 | Paramilitary forces--Irish Volunteers | Curated Collection--Dublin Collection Day Oct. 31 2015

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Printed notice about the re-organisation of the Irish Volunteers, and the election of a new Executive. Volunteers are informed that they 'at liberty, and encouraged, to join any other movement that aims at making Ireland a separate and independent nation'.

Ireland--History--Easter Rising, 1916 | Curated Collection--Dublin Collection Day Oct. 31 2015 | Paramilitary forces--Irish Volunteers

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Typed orders issued to the Irish volunteers in April 1915, by T. Slater, Secretary. Handwritten below typed text: 'Next orders Monday April 12'

Ireland--History--Easter Rising, 1916 | Curated Collection--Dublin Collection Day Oct. 31 2015 | Paramilitary forces--Irish Volunteers

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Handbook commemorating the Easter Rising, published by the Irish Times in 1917. The Handbook contains reproductions of the Proclamation, pictures of the seven signatories, as well as various glossaries and accounts of events during Easter Week. Also contains a large number

Curated Collection--Communicating the Rising | Curated Collection--Dublin Collection Day Oct. 31 2015 | Ireland--History--Easter Rising, 1916

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Police telegraph granting passage through Dublin's city centre to John O'Halloran, an officer of Customs and Excise, in the aftermath of the Easter Rising.

Ireland--History--Easter Rising, 1916 | Curated Collection--Dublin Collection Day Oct. 31 2015 | Curated Collection--Communicating the Rising

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Ticket stub for Lecture on 'Nationality', by Patrick Pearse. Handwritten on the reverse: '"They have conceived of nationality as though it were a material thing whereas it is spiritual" P.H. Pearse at Waterford Feb. 10th 1916' Donated by the family of Kieran Corbett, who at

Pearse, Patrick Henry (1879–1916) | Ireland--History--Easter Rising, 1916 | Curated Collection--Dublin Collection Day Oct. 31 2015

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Orders from Patrick Pearse to the Irish Volunteers relating to marches during Easter Week 1915. This copy of the arrangements belonged to Michael William O'Reilly, a captain in F Company.

Ireland--History--Easter Rising, 1916 | Curated Collection--Dublin Collection Day Oct. 31 2015 | Paramilitary forces--Irish Volunteers

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Receipt for ten shillings issued to Captain McGuirk for affiliation to G Company, 1st Battalion. Signed by Michael Collins. The receipt belongs to the family of William Perry. Perry may have been the quartermaster of 1st Battalion. He lived on Usher's Island. He was interned i

Ireland--History--Easter Rising, 1916 | Curated Collection--Dublin Collection Day Oct. 31 2015 | Revolutionaries

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