One was a railway operative from Dublin; one a Catholic Trade-Unionist leader from Derry; the remaining four came from Belfast.

Organized labour in Dublin and the Southern towns had endorsed Sinn Fein's attitude and declined to recognize the Convention.
The Southern Unionist Group was led by Lord Midleton; with him were Lords Mayo and Oranmore, representing the Irish peers.

The Irish Unionist Alliance had sent Mr.Stewart, a great land-agent, and Mr.
Andrew Jameson (whose name, as someone said, was "a household word written in letters of gold throughout Ireland").

The Chambers of Commerce had their representatives from Dublin, Belfast and Cork.
In the Ulster group, Mr.Barrie, M.P., acted as leader, Lord Londonderry as secretary.

Of the rest, Sir George Clark, chairman of Workman and Clark's great shipbuilding yard, had been known to us in Parliament.