The Milesians page from Art O'Murnaghan's illuminated manuscript Leabhar na hAiséirighe (The Book of Resurrection) was commissioned in 1924 by the Irish Republican Memorial Committee (IRMC) to honour the leaders of the Easter Rising. The page is one of twenty-six vellum sheets fi

Memorials | Curated Collection--Leaders of the Rising | Ireland--History--Easter Rising, 1916

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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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A copy of the 1916 Proclamation, with the signatures of the printers Michael J. Molloy, Liam Ó Briain and Christopher Brady. This copy was owned by Dr. Kathleen Lynn, and on the back are the names of eleven of the women imprisoned in Mountjoy Gaol after the Rising, signed on 19th

Pearse, Patrick Henry (1879–1916) | Plunkett, Joseph Mary (1887–1916) | Connolly, James (1868–1916)

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