 He reported back to Camden that the Catholics of Munster were in favour of "good order and government" and that if he wanted to root out sedition, he should look at "Dublin or the North".Loftus left the grateful citizens of Cork in 1798 to take command of Laughlinstown camp.In the same year, he commanded a brigade at the battle of Vinegar Hill  and presided over a military court at the trial of Wolfe Tone.