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8/10/16 21, Wellington Square
Oxford, 29th September 1916 Dear Mr. O'Brien, I got a hurried
call on Tuesday, and went
to London, but the pressure
of business gave me no
chance to call at the address
you gave me. I hope to
be able to see you before
long, and have a good talk
with you. —We are very glad
to hear that Mr. J.J.O'Kelly is
coming to us on Saturday:
Kindly ask him to come
to lunch with us if he
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can. In another week we expect
to be in a little house that
I have taken — No.8 St. John's
Road, off Woodstock Road, The
Home Office seems determined to
keep us here as long as possible,
refusing us leave to see to our
business at home, even for a
few days. With our Kindest Regards Yours very Sincerely
G. Mount Plunkett I hope you were not waiting
for a chance call from me,
during the week.
Letter from George Noble Plunkett to Mr O'Brien to apologise for missing an appointment.
He further notes that he will be changing address shortly.
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.