Sir, – Further to Frank McNally’s A History of Ireland in 100 Journeys (An Irishman’s Diary, August 16th), who’s taking the horse to France? – Yours,etc,
RORY JOHNSTON,
Galway.
Sir, – The children’s hospital journey to completion. – Yours, etc,
‘The phone would ring and it would be Mike Scott from the Waterboys or Bono from U2. Everyone wanted to talk to my father’
Inside Dublin’s United Arts Club: ‘I probably walked by this building hundreds of times without knowing what it was’
Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin: ‘I mourned friendships for too long that were actually past their time’
My daughter’s new phone number will stay with her for life. It’s like we’ve given her an invisible, digital tattoo
PATRICK DOYLE,
Rathvilly,
Co Carlow.
Sir, – “If I were you I wouldn’t start from here.” – Yours, etc,
DONAL MOORE,
Ferrybank,
Waterford.
Sir, – Sail Away. – Yours, etc,
JOHN HANNAN,
Limerick.
Sir, – I recall the Intermediate Certificate syllabus of the 1970s and “Tháinig Long ó Valparaiso”. – Yours, etc,
CLARE BALFE,
Dublin 7.
A chara, – “It’s you, it’s you must go and I must bide, But come you back when summer’s in the meadow.” – Is mise,
JOE McLAUGHLIN,
Bonnyrigg,
Midlothian,
Scotland.
Sir, – For the year that’s in it, “I’ve travelled that part of the county through Newtown, Forkhill, Crossmaglen, around by the gap of Mountnorris, and home by Blackwater again.” – Yours, etc,
ENDA CULLEN,
Armagh.
Sir, – Did Frank McNally omit the Wild Atlantic Way because it goes nowhere in both directions? – Yours, etc,
Dr JOHN DOHERTY,
Gaoth Dobhair,
Co Dhún na nGall.
Sir, – “The near way.” – Yours, etc,
MARK BOYDEN,
Bantry,
Co Cork.
Sir, – A few Kerry additions to Frank McNally’s list: The Arthur Young Walk in Killarney National Park; The Old Road to Kenmare from Killarney and Cosán na Naomh in the Dingle Peninsula.
Each has historic significance and they all have majestic scenery. – Yours, etc,
MICHAEL GLEESON,
Killarney,
Co Kerry.
Sir, – One evening of late out of Bandon I strayed/And bound for Clonakilty I was making my way/At Ballinascarty some time I delayed/For to wet my old whistle with porter. – Yours, etc,
TERRY MOYLAN,
Dublin 12.
Sir, – Even I, as a Dub, copped Frank McNally’s most obvious omission.
Has he never been to Glenamaddy? – Yours, etc,
CHRISTOPHER KAVANAGH,
Donaghmede,
Dublin 12.