Robert Joseph French , dsp of Rahasane. Their married life appears to have been beset by financial difficulties and these are documented in a series of letters from Robert J. ffrench's lawyer, Brabazon Browne. Robert J. ffrench became heavily indebted to James Smyth of Masonbrook, near Loughrea, who bought the mortgaged Cummer estate in 1828. Patrick Melvin also records that the Lynches of Barna obtained a judgement of £4,000 against Robert J. ffrench and that he had borrowed £25,000 in 1829, £10,000 for his own use and £15,000 for the use of his sisters by mortgaging his estates to John, 1st Lord Clanmorris.
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