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pack he was master for nineteen years and six months, 

 his reign only terminating at his death. On the day 

 he died, the hounds met at Castlemorris, county Kil- 

 kenny, about four miles from Carrick-onSuir. It was 

 late in the afternoon when a fox was found in Corbally 

 covert. Lord Waterford w^as riding a hunter, which 

 he purchased a year before from the then master of 

 the IMeath Hounds. When the hounds came to the 

 road, near Mountain Grove, John Ryan, the whip, and 

 the Marquis were in front of the small field of pursuers. 

 They came to a wall, about 2|ft. high; Ryan got over 

 safe, but his master's horse landed with his fore- feet 

 on some stones, and fell on to his head and knees. 

 His rider clung on to his neck for a few moments, and 

 then fell off. The fall was apparently harmless, and 

 Ryan was amazed when he saw that his Lordship never 

 moved. In a minute he was at his side, and, assisted 

 by a groom named Thompson, lifted up the dying 

 man. Dr. O'Ryan soon joined them, but the poor 

 Marquis was no more. Death was almost instan- 

 taneous ; his neck was broken, he never spoke — 

 just sighed, and expired. 



Great, indeed, was the grief throughout Ireland 

 when the news became widely known. Thousands 

 mourned his loss. People of all classes loved the gay, 

 high spirited, generous nobleman. He was a model 

 landlord, kind to a fault, sincere, genial, and jovial. 

 He was a nobleman in more than one sense of the 

 word. His funeral was one of the largest ever seen 

 in Ireland. Vast numbers joined the mournful pro- 

 cession to pay a tribute of respect to him who was an 

 example worthy the imitation of his class. The poor 



