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21, Wellington Square
Oxford 18th September, 1916 Dear Mr O'Brien, Many Thanks
for your letter; I am much
obliged to your Committee for
the loan, which I will repay
as soon as I possibly can.
I am sure I can rely on your
desire to help us in every way;
and I hope to go to London soon
to call on you, and see Mr Dutton With our Kindest Wishes
I remain Yours very Sincerely
G. N. Count Plunkett
A letter from George Noble Plunkett expressing thanks to Mr O'Brien for a loan. The
author further notes that he hope to travel to London to visit the addressee.
Count Plunkett was a nationalist and a papal count. He had been sworn in to the IRB
by his son, Joseph Mary Plunkett (1887-1916), before the Rising and arrested afterwards.
Count Plunkett was elected as an MP in 1918 and was a member of the first Dáil.
In the wake of the 1916 Rising, Arthur Patrick O'Brien founded the Irish National
Relief Fund in London to
provide assistance to the families of Irish rebels.