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On release he went first to the Continent, and later settled in New York, he lectured all over the country for years, and wrote for a number of Irish newspapers on political topics. At the memorial meeting on the death of John Mitchel, he delivered the principal address in Madison Square Gardens.
He died at 109½ Oak Street, Jersey City, of paralysis, on the 29 November 1901 and was buried in Bay View Cemetery in that city, in a grave shared with his wife. His epitaph reads:"Thomas Clarke Luby 1822-1901 He devoted his life to love of Ireland and quest of truth."
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