In 1916, he was active in the Irish National Aid Association, which supported republicans killed or imprisoned after the Easter Rising and their dependents.[12] In 1918 he was appointed co-treasurer of Sinn Féin, alongside Jennie Wyse Power, after the previous board were arrested during the "German Plot" scare.[3][13] During the Irish War of Independence, he was interned in Ballykinler camp, where he staged a play on Easter Sunday 1921.[14] In 1922, he was among the founders of Irish Photoplays, which financed three feature films.[15]
^"The Irish Senate: List of Members". The Catholic Press. Sydney, Australia. 25 January 1923. p. 23. Retrieved 30 December 2013. George Nesbitt, merchant and manufacturer, Kimmage-road, Dublin; was treasuror of Dependents' Fund established after the 1916 rising, and was prominently identified with Sinn Féin.
^ abcCoakley, John (September 2005). "Ireland's Unique Electoral Experiment: The Senate Election of 1925". Irish Political Studies. 20 (3): 261–268. doi:10.1080/07907180500359327. S2CID145175747.
^"Kernan & Co., Mineral Water Manufacturers". The Industries of Dublin. Historical, statistical, biographical. An account of the leading business men, commercial interests, wealth and growth. London: S. Blackett. 1887. p. 65.