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1922 Michael Collins and Arthur Griffith portraits by Sir John Lavery
1922 Michael Collins and Arthur Griffith portraits by Sir John Lavery
IE LMOD 468 · Item · Twentieth Century

Black and white portrait prints of Michael Collins and Arthur Griffith by John Lavery captioned respectively as Chairman Provisional Government and President Dáil Eiréann.

These famous portraits of Michael Collins and Arthur Griffith by Sir John Lavery were painted during the Civil War. Collins and Griffith were members of the delegation that signed the Anglo-Irish Treaty in 1921. The Treaty did not provide full independence from Britain, Northern Ireland would remain part of the UK and an oath to the King would have to be sworn by all members of the Dáil. The Civil War broke out, which the anti-Treaty side eventually lost. Collins and Griffith were both dead by the end of the war – Collins killed in an ambush, Griffith succumbing to heart failure.

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1922 First English Edition of Ulysses by James Joyce
IE LMOD 728 · Item · Twentieth Century

A second edition, first English edition, of Ulysses by James Joyce.

The history of Ulysses in print is almost as labyrinthine as the story itself. The Egoist Press edition of Joyce’s great masterpiece has been called the second printing of the first edition, which was published by Shakespeare and Company earlier in the same year. This is the first English edition. When the Shakespeare and Co. first edition sold out within a few months, the Egoist Press purchased the original printing plates from Sylvia Beach, the initial publisher. Printed in Dijon by the printers who had created the plates, the title page makes the following curious claim: ‘Published by the Egoist Press, London, by John Rodker, Paris.’ A private edition – like the Shakespeare and Co. edition – it was limited to 2,000 copies on handmade paper. Some 500 of those copies were confiscated by New York Postal authorities on the grounds of obscenity. This volume is number 1936.

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1922 Attendees at the Burial of Michael Collins
IE LMOD 577 · Item · Twentieth Century

A black and white photograph of people arriving for Michael Collins funeral at Glasnevin on 28 August 1922 by Independent Newspapers PLC. The first man on the left is Mr. J. Fitzgerald-Kennedy, the first Minister for Justice in the Provisional Government.

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1921 Accreditation of Dáil Plenipotentiaries
IE LMOD 275 · Item · Twentieth Century

Letter dated 7 October 1921, appointing Arthur Griffith, Michael Collins, Robert C Barton, Edmund J Duggan and George Gavan Duffy as Envoy Plenipotentiaries in both English and Irish (the Irish copy is embossed with the seal of the president) signed by Éamon De Valera. Also a list of instructions and rules for the plenipotentiary team.
This is the most important historical document in the museum. Appointing Dáil Éireann’s delegation for the Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiations, it includes signed instructions from Éamon de Valera, who had recently been chosen as Dáil President by his colleagues. It is one of five original copies, and for 40 years the document languished at the back of a filing cabinet in a law firm on Ormond Quay. The exact role and powers of the plenipotentiaries would be disputed in the bitter debate that surrounded the Dáil’s ratification of the Treaty.

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1920s Stained Glass Window by Harry Clarke
1920s Stained Glass Window by Harry Clarke
IE LMOD 460 · Item · Twentieth Century

Religious stain glass window by Harry Clarke depicting a saint, possibly St Brendan, standing looking one way and 3 monks kneeling looking in other direction in a boat on water.

Harry Clarke was Ireland’s pre-eminent stained-glass artist. His religious works are renowned for emulating the spirit of Irish medieval manuscript illumination. In his secular designs the Dubliner experimented with innovative new techniques, culminating in his masterpiece ‘The eve of St Agnes’ (1923-24). Clarke’s work was commissioned throughout Ireland and also in Australia and the United States. You can see his stained-glass windows in Bewley’s Café (1927), around the corner from the museum.

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1920s Notice for Information on IRA
1920s Notice for Information on IRA
IE LMOD 6 · Item · Twentieth Century

Instruction notice for how to secretly and safely communicate information about the IRA by addressing a letter to D. W. Ross and sending it hidden in another envelope to a trusted friend or business in Britain.

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1920s National Cash Register
1920s National Cash Register
IE LMOD 259 · Item · Twentieth Century

Brass/bronze cash register on wooden base that was used in Findlater's stores. It has predecimalisation numers.

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1920s Dublin Pin Tray
1920s Dublin Pin Tray
IE LMOD 399 · Item · Twentieth Century

Light blue with floral design strip pin tray that has the Dublin Crest in the centre with the motto ‘Obedientia Civium Urbis Felicitas’

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1920 Republic of Ireland Bond
1920 Republic of Ireland Bond
IE LMOD 563 · Item · Twentieth Century

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.

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