bridge. Jack Lukeman (better known as Jack L) lived for a number of years at the beginning of the South Circular Road, Portobello, where he could regularly be seen loading up the equipment for a gig. Grace Plunkett (née Gifford) (1888–1955), widow of Joseph Plunkett, died in her apartment in South Richmond Street and was taken to Harrington Street church for a state funeral. Michael O'Riordan (1917–2006), who fought in the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War and became head of the Communist Party of Ireland, lived for many years in Victoria Street. Cornelius Ryan (1920–1974) was born on Heytesbury Street and served as an altar boy in Harrington Street church. He became a journalist and author known for his writings on military history, especially his World War II books: The Longest Day (1959), The Last Battle (1966), and A Bridge Too Far (1974). Henry Robert Pigott was born in 1838 at 16 Charlemont Street, one of an extended family of civil servants who had connections with St. Patrick's Cathedral. He was living at 27 Lennox Street when he decided to become a Baptist missionary. He and his wife spent 28 years ministering in Ceylon. Their son Henry Pigott was an Australian politician. Maurice Levitas (1917–2001), born in Portobello, later joined the Communist Party of Great Britain, took part in the Battle of Cable Street and fought in the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War. He is the father of Ruth Levitas. Jack Murphy (1920–1984), trade unionist and politician, was born in 1920 at the back of Synge Street. He was elected to the Dáil in 1957 as the candidate of the Unemployed Protest Committee (UPC). William Mulholland (1855–1935) an Irish-American dam civil engineer, the first superintendent and chief engineer of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. He was brought up in underprivileged circumstances, his family could only afford to rent a house on Synge Street during his youth. Richard Mulcahy (1886–1971), Took over as National Army Commander-in-Chief following the death of Michael Collins. Him, his wife Josephine Ryan and family moved into Lissenfield House beside Portobello Barracks for security reasons. Arthur Keene (died 1818), a leader of the Methodist community in Dublin in its early days, lived at 46 Charlemont St. John Wesley stayed with him there when he visited Dublin in April 1787. George William Russell (1867–1935), the writer and painter known as AE, lived