He addressed it to "Miss Sarah Curran, the Priory, Rathfarnham" and handed it to a prison warden, George Dunn, whom he trusted to deliver it.
Bernard Vaughan S.J., gave up his job at the Cathedral and Dublin where he taught music in Loretto Abbey Rathfarnham.
Evidencing his success, Tedcastle purchased the historic Marlay House in Marlay Park, Rathfarnham and his enterprise continues today in the form of TOP Shops, an abbreviation for Tedcastle Oil Products.