[1] He was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Cashel at a by-election in 1835,[1]and held the seat until his resignation from the House of Commons in 1838.
Woulfe's views endeared him to the Government and this, together with his undoubted legal ability, ensured his rapid promotion to Law Officer, and then the Bench.
[3] His son Stephen Roland Woulfe inherited the family estates from his uncle Peter in 1865 (but not Tiermacrane House, which was by then in a ruinous state).
Another daughter Maria Emily married her cousin, the leading journalist John Woulfe Flanagan.
Despite his undoubted legal ability, Woulfe's chronic ill-health made him a very poor choice for the office, and indeed he did not seek it: Maziere Brady and Edward Pennefather were his own suggested candidates for Chief Baron.