The Irish in the Civil War: Daniel C. Moynihan (1841-1912)

I collect "Moynahan" stories whenever I find them and I share them online in my "Moynahan Scrapbook". 

Captain Daniel .C. Moynihan 

This blog post is about Captain Daniel .C. Moynihan who was born in Killarney, Co Kerry, Ireland and came to America at a young age. During the Civil War, he enlisted in 1862 as a 1st Lieutenant in the 164th New York Infantry. After the Civil War, Daniel returned to Ireland (1866) and was incarcerated along with many others in Mountjoy Prison in Dublin where he was photographed below.

Mugshot: Mountjoy Prison, Dublin (November 1866)

After the Civil War, Daniel returned to Ireland and was arrested on the suspicion of being a Fenian. Many high profile Irish officer returned to Ireland in 1866 to assist the movement in its aim of rising against British rule and during their incarceration they were photographed.