Among those looking for premises were people who had a knowledge of what might be available. Stephen Hussey was a partner in a firm of contractors which specialised in renovating bomb-damaged premises. His firm came across a suitable building in leafy Camden Square, NW1 and no. 52 was purchased on 5 August 1955 for ?3,887.10s. Its proximity to the three railway terminals of Kings Cross, St Pancras and Euston was thought to be particularly convenient. Euston, of course, is the station at which arrived the "Irish Mail" and the other boat trains from Holyhead, Liverpool and Greenock. With unusually good fortune the building next door, no. 51 Camden Square, suddenly came on the market. This house, which consisted of self-contained flats occupied by sitting tenants, was quickly purchased for ?2,740. It was not as suitable as the original building, but its proximity was considered as an opportunity not to be missed. Corner of Murray Street and Camden Square in the late 1940s The dining room at the London Irish Centre Together, these two buildings could provide accommodation for forty people, but at first they opened with space for ten young Irishmen. The gardens at the rear meant that there was also room for expansion. In order to develop this, further and continuing appeals for funds were made. The pressing search for financial stability was to become a feature of the history of the London Irish Centre. The Camden Square buildings were opened formally on 27 September 1955 by Cardinal D'Alton, Archbishop of Armagh and blessed by Cardinal Bernard Griffin, sixth Archbishop of Westminster. The premises were named The Blessed Oliver Plunkett House, after the Irish scholar, patriot and martyr. One of the priests who had attended the deliberations of the Irish Priests' Committee was a man from Co. Cork, Fr Tom McNamara. He was appointed as the Centre's first chaplain.