Richardson was a strong advocate for the use in the Church of Ireland of the Irish language. His efforts earned him the hostility of Archbishop Thomas Lindsay. Lindsay's successor Hugh Boulter was more sympathetic, and Richardson had preferment, being Dean of Kilmacduagh from 1731 until his death.[2]
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^"Letters Written by His Excellency Hugh Boulter" PhilipsA. (ed) p96: London; George Faulkner and James Williams; 1770
^"Alumni Dublinenses Supplement p367: a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860) Burtchaell, G.D/Sadlier, T.U: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
^"Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 4" Cotton, H. p204: Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878