That was the genesis of the Irish Convention.
His son, from whom I know this, said to me that more than once, when things were hopeful in the Convention, Redmond said to him, "What a lucky thing it was I went to that dinner!" FOOTNOTES: [Footnote 7: The Admiralty do not appear to have communicated their information to Dublin Castle.] [Footnote 8: This might mislead.

The exclusively Protestant character of the Ulster Division was not maintained in France, and it came to include many Catholic Irishmen in the rank and file and not a few among the officers--all in equal comradeship .-- S.G.] [Footnote 9: We had never been parties, for instance, to receptions of Prime Ministers from the overseas Dominions, even when they were our close friends and supporters.].