"I am myself a Protestant," said Mr.Olphert, "but I have a great respect for priests who do their duty; and the conduct of Father M'Fadden of Gweedore, in countenancing this man, who tried to overthrow the authority of Father M'Fadden of Glena, excited my indignation.

As to what is going on now," said Mr.
Olphert, "it is to Father M'Fadden of Gweedore, and to Father Stephens here, that the trouble is chiefly to be charged." This tallies with what I heard at Gweedore from my Galwegian acquaintance.

He thought Mr.
Olphert, and Mr.Hewson, the agent, ought to have made peace on the terms which Father Stephens said he was willing to accept for the tenants, these being a reduction of 3s.4d.in the pound, if Mr.Olphert would extend the reduction to the whole year.

My Galwegian thought this reasonable, because in this region the rent, it appears, is only collected once a year.

With this impartial temper, my Galwegian still maintained that but for the two priests--the parish priest of Gweedore and the curate of Falcarragh--there need have been no trouble at Falcarragh.