 John A. Russell (Archdeacon of Clogher), introduces Meredith as follows,
"The following letter (quoted below) gives an affecting account of the death of a valued friend, to whom he (Wolfe) had lately become particularly attached, the Rev.Dr Meredith, formerly a fellow of Trinity College, Dublin, and then rector of Ardtrea.He was esteemed one of the most distinguished scholars in the university to which he belonged.