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A green and black Republic of Ireland bond certificate for ten dollars dated January 21 1920 with the printed signatures of Eamon de Bhailéara (Éamon De Valera) President, and Seán ua Núnáin, registrar and numbered in red 183969.

During the year and a half he spent crisscrossing the United States, Éamon de Valera used ‘republican bonds’ as a method of fundraising. Raising close to $6 million, the bonds were powerful tools, legitimising the Irish Republic in the eyes of people at home and abroad. However, after the Civil War the issue of whom the money belonged to would prove contentious. This $10 bond is dated January 21st 1920 and was issued to a Mrs. Goode.

Cantrell and Cochrane earthenware lemonade bottle containing lemonade, also stamped Price Bristol.
This unopened bottle of lemonade was found by David Casserly in the wreck of the RMS Leinster, in 1991/92, which was sunk by a German submarine in October 1918, two months before the end of the First World War. The greatest disaster in Irish maritime history, the loss of the mail boat off the coast of Dún Laoghaire took the lives of 501 people, including about 300 soliders and nurses returning to the front. The bottle was manufactured by Cantrell and Cochrane, better known as C&C. It was made in Bristol, by the Price stoneware company.

Framed pages 1 and 3 of The Freeman's Journal 9 May 1916. Has articles relating to the aftermath of the Easter Rising including information on executions, arrests, damage to property as well as articles about John Redmond and John Dillon. The Freeman's Journal - Special Edition Vol CXLXI Dublin Tuesday, May 9, 1916

This edition of the Freeman’s Journal lists the names of the four men executed the previous day, among them Michael Mallin who was in command of the garrison stationed across the road. It also gives the reaction of the British press, with the Manchester Guardian predicting: “Further executions can only create martyrs to refresh and renew the old bitterness between England and Ireland.”

A photo showing surrendered Irish rebels being escorted by British troops outside a demolished Ironmongers

Picture showing the corner of O’Connell Street at the right side of the bridge. ‘Sinn Féin Rebellion Corner of Sackville Street, Dublin Before and After.’

This picture shows Sackville Street (now O’Connell Street) before and after the 1916 Rising. Like many documents of the period, it refers to the Rising as the Sinn Féin Rebellion. Sinn Féin had nothing to do with the Rising, though nationalists flooded into the party as public opinion turned against British rule.

6 black and white phottos of Dublin in the aftermath of the Easter Rising 1916.
L1: Sinn Féin Rebellion, 1916 - Wrecked shops in Sackville Street, Dublin
L2: Sinn Féin Rebellion, 1916 - Smoking ruins on the side of the Liffey, Dublin
L3: Sinn Féin Rebellion, 1916 - Liberty Hall Dublin
R1: Corner of Abbey Street Dublin
R2: Sinn Féin Rebellion, 1916 - Hotel Metropole and Post Office Dublin
R3: Sinn Féin Rebellion, 1916 - Corner of Sackville Street, Dublin
In ascending order (left): wrecked shops on Sackville Street, smoking ruins on the side of the Liffey, the shelled remnants of Liberty Hall (headquarters of the Irish Transport and General Workers’ Union). (Right): damaged buildings on Abbey Street, the remains of the Hotel Metropole and the General Post Office, and the scene on a Sackville Street corner.

From Police to Military: "Please pass bearer P.H. McCarthy Beechfield, Bray through streets of City +DMP area daily.
Patrick Hartnett McCarthy was permitted by this pass to travel from his home, Beechfield, on Novara Avenue in Bray, to his offices in Dublin. A consulting engineer at P.H. McCarthy and Sons, he would later be the consulting engineer on the board of the Ardnacrusha project for the Cosgrave government.

2½p black and white stamp with image of 1916 rebel, a man with a rifle, outside the GPO “‘... In ainm Dé agus in ainm na glún D’imig Rómainn ...’ Forógra 1916’

'Dublin After the Six Days Insurrection'- Commemorative Picture Booklet of the 1916 Rising

A ball invitation to Captain L. Heuson M.V.O to meet the Lord Lieutenant and Countess of Aberdeen on Wednesday 18 June 1913 in the Pavilion, Kingstown. (Present day Dún Laoghaire)

John Campbell Hamilton-Gordon, Earl of Aberdeen, served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland briefly in 1886 before returning to the post for a nine-year spell after five years as Governor General of Canada. The Countess of Aberdeen, Isobel Hamilton-Gordon, also left her mark, serving as president of the International Council of Women as well as founding the Victorian Order of Nurses. This invitation was sent to Captain Lionel Lloyd Hewson, a Member of the Royal Victorian Order.