An early 19th-century ivory fan made in China and carved with the initials ME at its centre: these stand for the fan's original owner, the Irish novelist Maria Edgeworth.
2. A cotton/linen mix stocking said to have belonged to "the Irish Giant", Cornelius McGrath (1736-60). Born in Co Tipperary, he stood over seven feet tall even before reaching the age of 16.
3. A pair of early 19th-century gloves made in Limerick, so fine that they were sold packed into a walnut shell and with the claim that they could pass through a wedding ring; this fineness was due to the gloves being made from the skin of an unborn calf.
4. A gown made around 1785 from silk brocade woven in Dublin and worn by Mrs Peter Tone, mother of Wolfe Tone. In 1898, the dress was altered by a descendant who wore it to a ball marking the uprising 100 years earlier.
5. The Queen's Brooch. When Queen Victoria visited Trinity College Dublin in August 1849, the occasion was commemorated by a brooch made from Wicklow gold and a pearl from Lough Eske, the design taken from the Cavan Brooch (circa AD 800). Her son, the Duke of Connaught, later gave this piece to the National Museum.
6. A hat made by Katherine Goodison of London in 1995. This has been donated by the most enthusiastic (and photographed) wearer of such items today, Dublin resident Mafra O'Reilly, who is rarely seen in public without an elaborate piece of engineering on her head.