translate English to French: Famous all over Ireland, he kept up his friendship with high-ranking men such as the writer Jonathan Swift, and a book of his compositions was published in Dublin in his lifetime, which was an amazing achievement for an Irish Catholic harper who never denied his faith during the worst period of the Penal Laws.
Avec lui, les noms de belles dames et d'hommes valeureux revivent dans le charme et la grâce de ses mélodies.