David Carnegie Andrew Agnew

“ The Earl of Galway, one of the Lords Justices of Ireland, has sent over two Popish youths (grandsons to the Earl of Clanrickard whose estate was forfeited and given to the Earl of Portland) to Eton School to be brought up in the Protestant religion; and as soon as they come to age, if they embrace that religion, my Lord Portland will resign their grandfather’s estate to them, and will in the meantime provide for them according to their quality. ”

“ The confusion of the times often cut short the existence of parliaments, so that there was no time for going through all the stages of a bill, which otherwise might have been sure to pass both houses. ”

“ The grant to Lord Galway calls the whole domain “the Lands of Ballybrittas and others.” [1]
This grant of land, though large, cannot be called lavish. Luttrell states that it was worth £3000 a yeer. What had been the estate of a knight would not appear to be a prodigal settlement on a peer. The author of “Memoirs of Ireland” (page 185) states that John Trant, Sir Patrick’s son, “by the encouragement of some Tories near King William, came to England to solicit for his estate, which had been granted to the Earl of Galway ”