his church". He died of cholera in Drogheda, Co. Louth, in April 1849. An obituary notice in The Spectator noting the suddenness of his death recorded that 'his amiable qualities, his charitable bearing, and his moderate and conciliatory political course, secured him universal esteem, and will cause his death to be universally mourned in Ireland.' His birthplace in Ballykilbeg, Co. Down, is remembered on a blue plaque. References Sources 1780 births 1849 deaths Deaths from cholera People from Downpatrick 19th-century Irish Roman Catholic theologians Roman Catholic archbishops of Armagh 19th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Ireland Alumni of St Patrick's College, Maynooth Roman Catholic bishops of Down and Connor