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From Wikipedia 1903:19–27 July - First visit to Ireland as monarch of King Edward VII,[1] landing at Buncrana.

No, not that one: 1904: In 2nd May 1904 King Edward visited Waterford. He travelled from Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin via Kilkenny, arriving at Waterford North Station at 12:50 p.m. The station was decorated in crimson and a salute was fired by the HMS Aeolus, which was stationed in the river along three other ships. The King was entertained by the mayor James A. Power at a reception in City Hall. The Royal party then visited the Waterford Show. The Royal party proceeded to the Waterford South Station to take the 16:05p.m train to Lismore. Before departing the King knighted the Mayor on the platform. The King then took the train to Lismore where he was greeted by the Duke of Devonshire and other dignitaries.

That Grandstand looks like a permanent structure, was the Show at a racecourse? I see one in Tramore...

"Date: between ca. 1901 and 1954" Shall we say it's rather unlikely to have been anytime after May 1910? 8-)

Tremendous Work!

This might help. It would appear to be for the 1903 visit and was in Leeson Street. archiseek.com/2012/1903-royal-triumphal-arch-leeson-stree...

Mike Grimes It certainly does, Mike, thanks a million! I'm presuming then that this was taken from Upper Leeson Street towards Lower Leeson Street and Stephen's Green.

Wow! these were temporary structures, here you will see a version in the exact same location for a visit in 1900. Temporary gateway erected for the visit of Queen Victoria to Dublin in 1900. A ceremonial affair, the Queen was to enter the city boundaries and be given the keys to the city by the Lord Mayor and Aldermen. Described in The Irish Times as “the old city gates, a handsome representation of which is to be erected at the entrance of the municipal boundary at Leeson Street Bridge”.

COMPLAINT I have noticed that there has been a serious Anti Canidae editorial shift over the last few weeks.

A description of the preparations for the visit from Times (London) July 21st 1903. Of architectural decorations, of huge triumphal arches, and replicas of ancient buildings there are perhaps not so many as usual. Indeed, a model of the ancient city gate at Leeson-street-bridge is the only example of that kind of edifice. But behind these substantial and by no means alway satisfactory efforts every conceivable thing has been done, and done with haste. The very statues have been dressed and washed, and, as is notorious, the statues in Dublin are very fine. Nelson on a colossal pillar dominates Sackville-street or O'Connell-street - it bears both names in common parlance - and from Nelson to the houses on either side depend great strings of flags. Father Mathew, virgin white, stands behind Nelson, and at the other end of the street stands the huge statue of O'Connell, which was being carefully cleansed this morning. On either side of the roads were masts with interlacing festoons of parti-coloured rosettes and flags without number. ... O'Connell's bridge promises to be a glory in the way of illuminations, which the waters of the Liffey, in spite of their dull and malodourous nature, will reflect from their surface The visit was not without controversy - Dublin corporation refused to have anything to do with the visit. The Times (London) July 22nd 1903 the following day describing the procession itself: Above the city end of the bridge towered the simulacrum of the ancient city gate, and beyond it was a stand thronged with people. Here the welcome was prodigious, and for a moment those who saw it were reminded of Queen Victoria's State entry of 1900. But they were reminded of it in a very unpleasant fashion. Today, as then, the roar of cheers from the far side announced the coming of the royal guest some minutes before the head of the procession hove into sight. This time, as before, the welcome from the stands and the surrounding throng was grand and inspiring; but this time the formal civic welcome, the picturesque formal incident of the Sovereign to the metropolis of Ireland, was most lamentably conspicuous by its absence.

He seems to have been an interesting fellow - there's some information on him starting from page 15 of article on Fenian treason trials. He was an Irish-American who fought for the Confederacy during the US Civil War. While he was sentenced to death in 1867 for the Chester Castle raid, it seems his execution was commuted, and TCD has a photo of him from 1890/1.

There's more information on the Chester Castle incident in this post about one of the co-conspirators John Flood.

Captain John McCafferty was the Confederate soldier who coined the phrase - "The gun is mightier than the sword". According to - www.rareirishstuff.com/irish-historical-memorabilia-/feni...

Fleas. Another VERY FAMOUS Irish fellow sided with the Confederacy, John Mitchel, while Thomas Meagher sided with the Union. Everything you want to know- www.google.com.au/search?source=hp&ei=aFb0XvTsIc66rQG...

Via Trove, this anecdote about a Fenian plot to kidnap King Edward VII when he was Prince of Wales - trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/167021852?searchTerm=C... - including "... He is described as a thorough type of a guerilla leader, with a well-proportioned and strongly-knit frame, and handsome, resolute-looking, . bronzed face. ... " Edit - John Denvir's book "The Life Story of an Old Rebel" is available online - www.gutenberg.org/files/16559/16559-h/16559-h.htm The original quote (Chapter VI) - "He was a thorough type of a guerilla leader. With his well-proportioned and strongly-knit frame, and handsome resolute-looking bronzed face, you could imagine him just the man for any dashing and daring enterprise." So NLI Mary's blurb carefully phrased introduction above is accurate! ... "The mission he was engaged on was one that can only be described by the word amazing. So daring was it, so hedged around with apparent impossibilities, that to the ordinary man its very conception would be incredible. But McCafferty was perfectly serious and determined about it, and to him it seemed practicable enough, provided only he could get a few more men like himself: and indeed if the collection of just such a company of conspirators were practicable, no doubt the impossible might become possible enough. But the hypothesis is fatal, for the McCafferty strain is a rare one indeed, so that his project never got further than an idea. I think, however, that I cannot be accused of exaggeration in saying that if he had been successful in carrying out his idea, his achievement would have formed the most extraordinary chapter in English history—for it was no less than the abduction of the then Prince of Wales, afterwards King Edward VII., and the holding of him as a hostage for a purpose of the Fenian organisation. The plan was to take him to sea in a sailing vessel, and to keep him there, until the Fenian prisoners still at that time unreleased were set at liberty. He was to be treated with the utmost consideration and—the recollection is not without its humorous side—McCafferty had a memorandum to spare no pains in finding what were the favourite amusements of the Prince, so that he might have a "real good time" on board."