Career
He was noted as an excellent scholar in Irish. In 1819 He was visited by a Connemara woman who explained that Ousely had not reached as far wast as her home but that if he or Cornwall should do so a warm welcome would be assured. Despite this, the Connemara mission never thrived.
He was stationed at various places around County Galway such as Lawrencetown and Tuam.
He retired in 1849 and settled in Galway the following year.
