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