 He had a share in the political controversies of the day and corresponded with William Ewart Gladstone and other statesmen.He died of apoplexy in Rome, 19 March 1894, and was buried in the Campo Verano.While at Clonfert he published in three volumes the "Clerical and Parochial Records of Cork, Cloyne and Ross" (Dublin, 1863), which he compiled from diocesan and parish registries and manuscripts in the principal libraries and public offices of Oxford, Dublin, and London, and from private and family papers.