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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."

I thought Vice-Regal lodge was Aras an Uachtarain (wasn't David Norris's unofficial electoral slogan "let's put a queen back in Vice-Regal Lodge"?). This is what is now the US ambassador's residence.

Yeah, this is Deerfield Residence and was the Chief Secretary's Lodge (as it says on the photo), rather than the Vice-Regal Lodge.

derangedlemur Yes, it looks like the "US Ambassador's Residence" - GoogleMaps Satellite 3D (takes a while to load) - www.google.com/maps/@53.3572218,-6.3338553,21a,35y,21.83h...

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Flickr is sometimes amazing! In 2015 via Helen Mulvey

Image 81 of 385 in the album has an obituary for Lt. General John C. Guise, V.C., who was Arthur Guise's father -
www.thepeerage.com/p42845.htm

Arthur's entry at 'The Peerage' - www.thepeerage.com/p42845.htm#i428445
"Arthur St. Valery Beauchamp Guise
b. 20 February 1868, d. 1 May 1923
... He was the son of Lt.-Gen. John Christopher Guise, V.C. and Isabella Newcombe.2
He married Florence Hazel Herbert Mackintosh, daughter of Charles Mackintosh, on 15 September 1910.1
He died on 1 May 1923 at age 55.1
He was educated at Wellington College, Crowthorne, Berkshire, EnglandG.1
He gained the rank of Honorary Captain in the Army.1
He was Private Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland and Governor-General of Canada."

Image 83 of 385 is here (Addington, Kent, England)- www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/62212
The father's V.C. was awarded for "For conspicuous gallantry in action on the 16th and 17th of November, 1857, at Lucknow."
See - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Christopher_Guise

John Christopher Guise (1826 - 1895)

beachcomber australia Are you having an enjoyable ramble through the album? It's one of our largest, I think.

National Library of Ireland on The Commons Yes! I am up to 213 at the moment. The Old Black Swan Inn at Ferrybridge (Yorkshire) is now buried under a power station!

220 is CLASSIC !!
Ed. worth a screen grab -
And 311