The 1916 halfpenny and 1918 penny belonged to Donal Nolan son of Willie John Nolan and was found in his wallet with a collection of photos from his friends in Willowbank. It's significant that he carried them until his death in the 1950's. The Fainne belonged to his brother Brian Nolan who died in 1925 in Willowbank. Brian Nolan played hurling for O'dDonovan Rossa along with his brother Patrick Sarsfield Nolan. The Fainne is an original 1911 Fainne one of the first Fainne produced. Donal Nolan around 1914 worked making wooden rifles as a boy for the IRB. These were used to train the Irish Volunteers in Willowbank in Stephen's Hut. 

In 1936 he continued to develop his skill at making wooden rifles and in 1936 he made a Lee Enfield type rifle. It was used in the St Paul's pantomime by the Palace Guard Panto "Queen of Hearts". 

It was also in a Sean Dynan play about the IRA in St Mary's Hall in the late 1940s to 1947. The wooden rifle has now been donated and is in safe keeping in Kilmainham Gaol museum donated by the Joe Nolan archives. See below receipt to Joe Nolan archive.

Padraig Pearse reads the proclamation

50th Anniversary Postcards - The Asguard