Brodrick, Charles

To Lady Olivia Sparrow, [20? October 1815] [incomplete]

Yesterday was quite an Irish day as it brought me letters from the Archbishop of Cashel,^* , and .^* The latter was happy in the expectation of Lady O. Sparrow the next day. The Archp. gives but a gloomy picture of the state of his part of Ireland! I was sorry to see both Knox and Jebb date from Cashel or Limerick, as it makes me fear you missed them at Bellevue, but I hope not.

To Lady Olivia Sparrow, 13 December [1815]

I hope your abode is quite out of the reach of alarm. M. P. for Dublin^* has sent me a frightful pamphlet artfully composed by the enemy called ‘Irish History’.^* I had an alarming letter from the good Archbishop of Cashell on the dangers of his, and the neighbouring Diocese; but my fears have since been calmed by others from ^* and the .^* Yet it is impossible to be quite easy, especially since that abominable deed the restoration of the Jesuits.^*