“[....] For the next six years Luby was a faithful lieutenant to Stephens, accompanying him to Paris in 1859 and on various recruiting missions around Ireland between 1861 and 1865. In 1861 he played a prominent role in ensuring that the oration at the funeral of Terence Bellew McManus would be delivered by an American Fenian rather than by Fr John Kenyon, whose political views were more moderate. Meanwhile, in Dublin Luby gained many recruits among the clerks, shop assistants, and literate young men newly arrived in the city. Stephens sent Luby to America in early 1863 to strengthen the links with John O'Mahony and his American organisation, from which the “Fenian” sobriquet for the IRB derives. From late February to early July, Luby travelled over 9,000 miles, making speeches and contacting Fenian supporters in New York, Philadelphia, Washington, Chicago, Boston, Cleveland, and Indianapolis. Although noted as a good orator, Luby was less successful in raising funds, returning from America with only £100. .
   In 1863, when Stephens established the Irish People newspaper to disseminate the republican message as well as provide badly needed funds, Luby became the registered owner and sub-editor of this unofficial Fenian organ. [...]’