“Lough Sillan is a fine sheet of water. There is a tinge of azure over its surface, that to my eye, heightens the effect its placid waters are well calculated to produce… To the north of Loughsillan, on the side of a hill, commanding a fine view of the blue lake, stands the parish glebe house, with its skirting of planting, which forms a striking feature in the landscape. This well-sheltered spot was once as bleak and barren as the rest of the land here. About forty years ago, the Rev. Frederick Fitzpatrick, who was till lately the rector of this parish, obtained a stripe of land along the Northeast side of this lake; and there he built his glebe-house, formed approaches and laid out his pleasure grounds and gardens, and planted the border along the lake, which is now risen so high as to screen the minister’s home from the wild Western blasts. Here he spent his time, his skill, and his cash: and Lough Sillan manse and glebe will remain a monument of his fine taste, and untiring care to improve and adorn this delightful spot, where dwells the minister of peace. That home is no longer his who built it. It is now in other hands; and since the translation of Mr Fitzpatrick to the adjoining parish of Bailieborough, Lough Sillan glebe is become the residence of Rev. John Harris, an amiable man and a faithful minister; whose family connexions remind the lover of Irish history of that illustrious Chief Justice Bushe, whose genious shone with equal brilliancy in youth and age, on the bench and in the university.”