▁forward ▁a ▁suggestion ▁from ▁Sir ▁Robert ▁W itt : ▁" .. that ▁these ▁pictures ▁should ▁alternate ▁between ▁London ▁and ▁Dublin . ▁We ▁have ▁had ▁them ▁in ▁London ▁for ▁a ▁considerable ▁number ▁of ▁years , ▁and ▁it ▁might ▁now ▁be ▁the ▁turn ▁of ▁the ▁Dublin ▁Gall eries ▁to ▁have ▁them ▁for ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁years ... ▁Leg ally , ▁the ▁hold ers ▁have ▁a ▁very ▁strong ▁case , ▁but ▁we ▁are ▁so ▁wealth y ▁in ▁our ▁tre asures , ▁while ▁Ireland ▁is ▁so ▁compar atively ▁poor ..." ▁ ▁Lord ▁Mar ley ▁added : ▁" My ▁L ords , ▁perhaps ▁I ▁might ▁say ▁one ▁word ▁in ▁support ▁of ▁what ▁my ▁noble ▁friend ▁Lord ▁Stra bol gi ▁has ▁said ▁because ▁Sir ▁Hugh ▁Lane ▁was ▁a ▁cousin ▁of ▁mine , ▁and ▁I ▁do ▁know ▁he ▁was ▁very ▁anxious , ▁even ▁before ▁this ▁cod ic il ▁was ▁made , ▁that ▁the ▁pictures ▁should ▁go ▁to ▁Dublin . ▁I ▁hope ▁that ▁something ▁will ▁be ▁done ▁in ▁support ▁of ▁what ▁my ▁noble ▁friend ▁has ▁said ." ▁ ▁When ▁John ▁A . ▁Cost ello ▁became ▁T ao ise ach ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 8 , ▁he ▁initi ated ▁further ▁negoti ations ▁with ▁the ▁UK ▁government . ▁Support ▁in ▁London ▁was ▁maintained ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 3 ▁by ▁Lord ▁Mo y ne , ▁who ▁said ▁in ▁Parliament : ▁" .. ▁I ▁would ▁ur ge ▁on ▁Her ▁Majesty ' s ▁Government ▁to ▁include ▁in ▁it ▁a ▁provision ▁for ▁the ▁return ▁of ▁the ▁thirty - six , ▁or ▁so , ▁pictures ▁which