Joseph McGuiness, Dublin, Ireland

We have an interesting photo from the Irish Political Figures Photographic Collection, I selected the photo just because I had never heard of Joseph McGuiness. I have resisted the urge to research anything about him as I like to see the history unfold as I read your comments during the day. I am of course presuming there is a story to be told about Mr McGuiness?..While some of today's class were distracted by extra-credit extra-curriculars ( :) ), we did get confirmation that this is indeed Joseph McGuinness (1875-1922) ( Joseph_McGuinness ) . A member of the Irish Volunteers and participant in the Easter Rising, he would later become a TD in the first Dáil. A pro-treaty ally of Collins, he died in 1922 - and we were reminded that we'd shared an image of his funeral before ( ...47290943@N03/5792417757 ) . This image dates to his time in the Volunteers. And, based on the "photoshopping" of shoulders in the foreground, was clearly "extracted" from a group photo. Quite probably tthis 1915 group shot ( ...nlireland/20952990311/ ) of the O'Donovan Rossa funeral committee......Photographers: Keogh Brothers..Collection: Irish Political Figures Photographic Collection ( http://catalogue.nli.ie/Collection/vtls000510030 ) ..Date: Catalogue range c.1914-1922. Probably 1915..NLI Ref: NPA POLF119 ( vtls000642892 ) ..You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie ( http://catalogue.nli.ie )