sentences:  He remained active in the Nationalist cause; as of 1883 he was Treasurer of the National League and Land League of Great Britain.In August 1885 he was adopted as a Nationalist candidate for County Longford, and at a convention in October 1885 it was decided that he would fight the South seat.He had to withdraw before being formally nominated because of an indirect connection with a government contract, but in the following July 1886 general election, he was returned unopposed for Kilkenny City.