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and was returned unopposed in the same seat in 1886. When the Irish
Parliamentary Party split in 1890 over Parnell's leadership, O'Kelly supported Parnell. On hearing of the death of Parnell, he called at Walsingham Terrace, Brighton, where the Parnell family was staying, and offered his assistance.
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and, in 1877, he persuaded John Devoy to take a positive approach to the Irish party's policy at
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He attended the Home Rule conference in Dublin's Bilton Hotel, 19 May 1870, under the name Mr Martin. In August 1875 he was in Dublin for the
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After his father's death in 1861, the Dublin properties were sold and the family moved to London. James returned to John Lawlor's studio where he worked for two years before departing to join the
192:. This episode of his career may have spanned the best part of twenty years. It is probable that the connections established there were instrumental in Aloysius O'Kelly's later move to America.
137:'s shop and dray making business in Dublin's Peterson's Lane, which connects Townsend Street with City Quay. He also owned the Cumberland cottages off Westland Row. He was educated in
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