Printed prayer book, with title, "Key of Heaven", in gilt letters. Inscription: "This prayer book was found by Lieut. T.D. Thomas, 22nd Welsh Regt. attached to 12th Inishkilling Fusrs.in the G.P.O. Sackville Street (O'Connell St.) Dublin, after the rebels had been cleared out o
Ireland--History--Easter Rising, 1916 | Curated Collection--The Rising and Beyond | Revolutionaries
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Three-quarter length, profile portrait of The O'Rahilly, in uniform, holding a hat in his right hand.
Ireland--History--Easter Rising, 1916 | Curated Collection--The Rising and Beyond | O'Rahilly, Michael Joseph (‘The O'Rahilly’) (1875–1916)
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Sword-stick that belonged to Patrick Pearse. This walking cane, which conceals a sword blade, was given to a friend by Mrs Margaret Pearse as a memento after her son’s execution.
Pearse, Patrick Henry (1879–1916) | Curated Collection--Leaders of the Rising | Ireland--History--Easter Rising, 1916
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A straight razor that belonged to William Pearse. He left the razor to be sharpened at M. Keogh’s Haircutting Rooms at 30 Upper Camden Street shortly before Easter 1916. It was never collected, and was kept by the shop owner as a memento of William.
Pearse, William (‘Willie’) (1881–1916) | Revolutionaries | Curated Collection--Leaders of the Rising
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A set of rosary beads that belonged to Joseph Plunkett. He gave them to Sergeant William Hand, a soldier of the Sherwood Foresters and a member of the firing squad that executed Plunkett. Some time later Hand gave it to his cousin, Dora, before he went to fight in France. He was
Ireland--History--Easter Rising, 1916 | Curated Collection--Leaders of the Rising | Plunkett, Joseph Mary (1887–1916)
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This pack of playing cards was found in the cell occupied by Thomas MacDonagh in Kilmainham Jail, and given to Sr M. Francesca, MacDonagh’s sister, after his execution.
Ireland--History--Easter Rising, 1916 | Curated Collection--Leaders of the Rising | Revolutionaries
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On the night of 3rd May, Eily and Áine O’Hanrahan were summoned to Kilmainham Jail to see their brother, Michael, before his execution. These buttons, from Michael’s uniform tunic, were given by him to his sisters in his cell during their last moments together. They later had the
O'Hanrahan, Michael (Ó hAnnracháin, Micheál) (1877–1916) | O'Hanrahan, Eily | Curated Collection--Leaders of the Rising
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The hat worn by Michael Mallin during the Rising, and pierced by a bullet on the second or third day of the fighting. The hat was returned to his wife, Agnes, by a British Army officer on the day following her husband’s execution.
Curated Collection--Leaders of the Rising | Ireland--History--Easter Rising, 1916 | Revolutionaries
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This pocket watch was given by Seán MacDiarmada to his friend Barney Mellows (brother of Liam Mellows) in Room 46 of Richmond Barracks on 8th May, a few days before his execution. Mellows had it inscribed ‘VIII/V/1916’ in memory of that day.
Curated Collection--Leaders of the Rising | Ireland--History--Easter Rising, 1916 | Mac Diarmada (MacDermott), Seán (1883–1916)
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A sketch of the cell occupied by Thomas Kent at Cork Detention Barracks up to the moment of his execution on 9th May 1916. The drawing was made by a republican prisoner detained in the same cell in 1922, during the Irish Civil War.
Kent (Ceannt), Thomas (1865–1916) | Ireland--History--Easter Rising, 1916 | Curated Collection--Leaders of the Rising
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The rosary beads of Seán Heuston. The Governor of Kilmainham Jail included these beads amongst the personal belongings sent to Seán’s mother, Maria Heuston, after his execution on 8th May 1916.
Curated Collection--Leaders of the Rising | Ireland--History--Easter Rising, 1916 | Revolutionaries
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Empty bullet clip for .303 bullets. Used in the executions of Pearse, MacDonagh and Clarke in Kilmainham Jail on the 3rd May 1916.
Ireland--History--Easter Rising, 1916 | Curated Collection--Leaders of the Rising | Firing squads (Execution)
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