At a meeting held on Friday evening, the J.F. O’Donnell Memorial Committee received positive information about the poet’s birthplace from his cousin, Mr Fitzgerald. As the details provided by other individuals were inconclusive and did not contradict Mr Fitzgerald’s statement, the committee unanimously agreed to accept his account as conclusive. Consequently, they decided to proceed with the erection of the proposed memorial on the house currently occupied by Mr J. Griffin on Lower Gerald Griffin Street. A delegation was appointed to secure estimates from local stonecutters for the execution of the work and to organize a collection.

Limerick Echo – Tuesday 06 June 1905

“Commemorating John Francis O’Donnell: This Stone Plaque Erected in 1905 on Griffin’s Undertakers (Former Premises), Lower Gerald Griffin Street, to Honor the Poet’s Birthplace”