1
Collect fee
of last night
Tullow
Redcd from Ahascragh
Handed out at} 3-23p Received here at} 12.20p Clonbrock 10 Cadogan Gdns
Ldn SW Congratulations for the past
blessings for the future from
Beishop and Mrs Plunkett
2
TELEGRAM.
CHARGES TO PAY.
1/0 1/2
FOR Redirection Plunkett Clonbrock
10 Cadogan Gdns
The telegram was sent by Mrs Plunkett in Carlow to congratulate Augusta Caroline Dillon,
Lady Clonbrock (1840-1928), and her husband, Luke Gerald Dillon (1834-1917), 4th Baron
Clonbrock, on their golden wedding anniversary in July 1916.
The telegram was originally sent to their estate in Ahascragh, County Galway but was
redirected to London, where they were staying.
Augusta Caroline Dillon (née Crofton) was the wife of Luke Gerald Dillon (1834-1917),
the 4th Baron of Clonbrock, Co. Galway and the daughter of Lord Crofton of Mote Park
(Edward Henry Churchill Crofton, 3rd Baron), Co. Roscommon. Aged 75 at the outbreak
of war, Lady Clonbrock, worked closely with the Irish Women's Association to send
basic necessities to Irish POWs. Many of her care packages went to members of the
Connaught Rangers imprisoned in Limburg near Cologne.