Sir, – Further to Frank McNally’s “A history of Ireland in 100 goodbyes” (An Irishman’s Diary, September 30th), ”I’ll let you go.” – Yours, etc,
FIONNUALA WALSH,
Galway.
Sir, – “If I don’t see you round, I’ll see you square.” – Yours, etc,
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MICHAEL CULLEN,
Sandycove,
Co Dublin.
Sir, – “Sure you’ll be back in no time at all”, I remember my father saying to my favourite uncle as he headed back to Luton after the summer holidays with us.
It was the late 1950s, I was a child of five or six, Luton might as well be on the moon and I thought “no time” meant never, all the more asserted by the “at all” annex. I was distraught. – Yours, etc,
MICHAEL GANNON,
Kilkenny.
Sir, – “‘Tis you ‘tis you must go and I must bide.” – Yours, etc,
FERGUS MADDEN,
Goatstown,
Dublin 14.
Sir, – “Here’s your coat, what’s the hurry.” – Yours, etc,
TOM CLARKE,
Ayrfield,
Dublin 13.
Sir, – “Drop in anytime – just ring first.” – Yours, etc,
EUGENE TANNAM,
Firhouse,
Dublin 24.
Sir, – “Have yiz no home to go to?” – Yours, etc,
MARY BYRNE,
Dublin 8.
Sir, – “Are you still here?” – Yours, etc,
BRIAN CULLEN,
Rathfarnham,
Dublin 16.