 Amid emotional scenes Brian Dillon met his family, and afterwards appeared at one of the windows of the house and thanked the people of Ireland for the great reception he had received everywhere on his journey home to Cork.Brian was now in very poor health and his mother began the task of nursing him.Everything that loving care and money could do was done, and from New York came a cheque for £50 from the generous-hearted O'Donovan Rossa.