A cricket bat with a bullet embedded during the Easter Rising in 1916 is presented to the National Museum of Ireland.
The cricket bat, which goes on display at the National Museum at Kildare Street, Dublin was presented to the museum by Elverys sports shops.
The bat had been in the Elverys shop window on Sackville Street (now O'Connell Street) Dublin during the Easter Rising in 1916.
Though the shop was destroyed, the bat survived.
Arthur Noonan of Elverys, which was established in 1846, explains how the cricket bat was found amongst some old minute books around eight years ago. The bat has been authenticated by the Elverys stamp and written on the back beside the bullet is a note that reads,
Easter Week 1916 Front Window
Arthur Noonan recalls meeting one of the people who was in the building at the time of the Easter Rising.
National Museum of Ireland (1981)
Oliver Snoddy, Keeper of the War of Independence section at the National Gallery, makes a public appeal for other items of interest from the period of the Easter Rising. He is interested in anything that helps to illustrate the lives of people at the time.
An RTÉ News report broadcast on 21 August 1981.
