▁relationship ▁with ▁another ▁republic an ▁activ ist , ▁C ora ▁Hugh es , ▁none ▁other ▁than ▁E am on ▁De ▁Val era ' s ▁god d augh ter ▁and ▁later ▁partner ▁of ▁George ▁Gil more . ▁In ▁July ▁ 1 9 3 4 ▁he ▁was ▁arrested ▁and ▁imprison ed ▁for ▁two ▁weeks ▁for ▁his ▁role ▁in ▁pick eting ▁a ▁Dublin ▁b ak ery ▁with ▁other ▁Congress ▁members . ▁After ▁this , ▁his ▁father ▁exp elled ▁him ▁from ▁the ▁family ▁home ▁and ▁he ▁spent ▁a ▁period ▁sleep ing ▁rough ▁in ▁par ks ▁around ▁Dublin . ▁ ▁Political ▁activ ism ▁The ▁Republican ▁Congress ▁split ▁at ▁its ▁first ▁annual ▁meeting ▁in ▁September ▁ 1 9 3 4 , ▁but ▁the ▁ 2 0 - year - old ▁D onn elly ▁was ▁elected ▁to ▁the ▁National ▁Executive ▁of ▁the ▁trunc ated ▁organisation . ▁There after , ▁he ▁wrote ▁for ▁the ▁Congress ▁newspaper ▁on ▁political ▁and ▁social ▁questions . ▁In ▁January ▁ 1 9 3 5 , ▁D onn elly ▁was ▁again ▁arrested ▁for ▁assault ing ▁a ▁Gard a ▁( pol ic eman ) ▁at ▁a ▁Congress ▁demonstr ation ▁and ▁was ▁imprison ed ▁for ▁a ▁month . ▁In ▁February ▁ 1 9 3 5 , ▁he ▁left ▁Ireland ▁for ▁London . ▁In ▁the ▁British ▁capital ▁he ▁worked ▁for ▁the ▁Republican ▁Congress ▁London ▁branch ▁and ▁found ▁employ ment ▁various ly ▁as ▁a ▁d ish w ash er ▁in ▁pub s ▁and ▁c af es ▁and ▁as ▁a ▁rep orter ▁with ▁an ▁international ▁news ▁ag ency . ▁He ▁also ▁wrote