In 1738, he wrote his most famous work, Reflections and Resolutions Proper for the Gentlemen of Ireland, in which he described the poor living conditions in Ireland at the time.
1738 verfasste er sein bekanntestes Werk, Reflections and Resolutions Proper for the Gentlemen of Ireland, in dem er die erbarmungswürdigen Lebensbedingungen der allgemeinen irischen Bevölkerung seiner Zeit beschrieb.