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"Vasari, Roma" bottom right ?? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_fotografico_Vasari Guessing Rome ...

I see the catalogue already knows that. But the catalogue does not know that 29 November 1921 was a Tuesday. Can't find it on streetview - anybody?

beachcomber australia I don't see it on Streetview. It is a bit like this house, with the small barred basement windows, but not the same one.

Niall McAuley Yes, the lie of the land is not right there. How about here - goo.gl/maps/jGKxChwjBjVUkYJHA . Perhaps the Villa de la Penne was redeveloped and that curved garden in front was incorporated into the Grand Hotel Palace in the 1920s ??

There's a mention here that George Gavan Duffy "had his headquarters in the Via Veneto, Rome, as the ‘envoy extraordinary of the delegation of the Irish Republic’", which would match beachcomber australia's suggestion.

Wonderful! In a past life I used to work on St Stephen's Green, just a few doors away from Iveagh House. I remember reading years ago in a book of ghost stories that tradition held that a ghostly cross appeared at one of the windows every Holy Thursday. I've heard at least two explainations for it. The first is that a Catholic servant died in one of the rooms and was refused permission for a visit from a priest by the Protestant owners. The apparition of the cross is said to be a reminder of that injustice. The second is that one of the Guinness family was dying and was being assisted at her deathbed by a Catholic nurse who held a crucifix. Lord Iveagh, we are told, snatched away the crucifix and flung it out the window. I'm not sure if anyone goes to look for the cross any more. I heard somewhere that a crowd used to gather on Holy Thursday to spot it. I suppose a trick of the light is the most likely explaination. Has anyone ever seen it?

Bernard Healy I have not! Though will keep an eye out for it in future...

Sometimes Flickr is amazing! In 2016 (including bollards) via Michael Foley, who has a fantastic album of interior shots which will delight Morning Mary - From his album - www.flickr.com/photos/michaelfoleyphotography/albums/7215...

I see the lovely Elinor Wiltshire took at least six photos of this facade for some reason. All the photos manage to cut off the top of the building, and show a good deal of road and parking spaces. Was her viewfinder skew-whiff?

Bernard Healy There is a great photo in the Catalogue from the Morgan Aerial Photographic Collection NPA MOR630 which shows Iveagh Gardens and the back of the house.

Emmanuel Patrick MacSwiney, Marquis of Mashanaglass (1871-1945) was born in Paris, his father being an Irish banker and his mother a Polish countess. A gifted linguist, he served on several diplomatic missions for the Holy See, being created a marquis by Pope Leo XIII in 1895. In 1914 he and his family settled in Dublin, where he joined the Irish Volunteers.

The new Minister for External Affairs Desmond FitzGerald and his core Dublin team, Joseph P Walshe (centre) and Sean Murphy (right) alongside the Marquis MacSwiney

The photo is 1922 and would relate to Ireland’s bid to join the League of Nations in Geneva, so doesn’t match the date of MacSwiney’s Papal honour

The Geneva delegation digital.ucd.ie/view-media/ivrla:35594/canvas/ivrla:35595

Suck Diesel Wish all of our photos had names written on the back! Although we'd have a lot less fun here... Thank you for identifying all of our gentlemen today!