Sir, – With regard to the piece by Brian Maye in An Irishman’s Diary on May 30th on the life of Esther Van Homrigh (Swift’s “Vanessa”), readers may be interested to know that her hometown of Celbridge is hosting a festival this bank holiday weekend from June 2nd to June 5th to mark her 300-year anniversary and relationship with Swift. For further details, see swiftandvanessa.com. – Yours, etc,
VANESSA LISTON,
Maynooth,
Co Kildare.