The Closure Notice was placed on the gates of the museum on Kildare Street during Easter Week 1916. When the fighting began in Dublin, Mr. Nichols, the Museum’s senior curator, was out at lunch. Another officer, curator Liam Gógan, took immediate action and closed the Museum, po

Ireland--History--Easter Rising, 1916 | Curated Collection--Communicating the Rising | Paramilitary forces--Irish Volunteers

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Ticket stub for an raffle to raise money for the construction of the Ashe Memorial Hall, Tralee, Co. Kerry (now Kerry County Museum).

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

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File relates to the unsuccessful application by Grace Plunkett (née Gifford) for a military service pension in respect of her service with the Irish national movement. Plunkett sought to apply for a service pension in respect of her activities as cartoonist and fund collector. As

Gifford, Grace (Evelyn) (1888–1955) | Ireland--History--Easter Rising, 1916 | Women Revolutionaries

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