The National Museum of Ireland holds a collection of over 15,000 objects relating to the revolutionary years of 1914 to 1923, telling the story of the foundation of the Irish state and the men and women who fought to achieve it.
However, there are fewer objects associated with the War of Independence, and also a difference in the type of object collected from these two different phases of the revolution.
Objects collected from the Rising tended to be mementoes of the participants, particularly personal objects of the leaders (now kept as a form of relic), contemporary commemorative ware, the material culture of the military organisations involved, and souvenirs of the destruction of Dublin.
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A grand-nephew of Michael Collins has said the hat he wore when he was shot dead at Béal na Bláth should always be on display in the National Museum of Ireland.
It comes after some backlash over it not being on public display in the Kildare Street museum.
The National Museum says the cap was on display there from 1991 until 2005, as part of the Road to Independence exhibition.
The 1916 exhibition was then moved to Collins Barracks.
The cap has not been on public display since then primarily because of conservation concerns, the museum said, but also in line with best international museum practice on the display of objects with human remains.
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