[420] Autobiography of Hamilton Rowan, p. [318].
[421] Camden to Portland, July 29, 1795.
[422] The late Colonel the Right Hon. FitzStephen French, whose brother became Lord De Freyne, informed me that his father, Arthur French, M.P. for Roscommon from 1785 to 1820, had been threatened with arrest by Lord Carhampton. French lived at French Park, where 'Priest Phillips' also resided.
[423] The English in Ireland, iii. 161.
[424] Anglice 'darling priest' John Banim has given to the ballad poetry of Ireland a well-known piece under this title.
[425] Cooke to Pelham, Dec. 4, 1795.
[426] United Irishmen, i. 537.