Broadcasting the Angelus

Sir, – From the age of 29, and as a newcomer to the area, I would be woken at 4am each morning by the “call to matins” bell ringing out from a nearby enclosed-order convent. I forgave them, eventually, when I became habituated to the sound by the age of 32. – Yours, etc,

MICHELE SAVAGE,

Dublin 12.

Sir, – I noticed that recent correspondence from Irish Times readers on the subjects of the Angelus and the legalisation of marijuana were placed in close proximity to each other on your letters page (October 31st), with the curious result that all discussion of bongs was tidily kept in one place. – Yours, etc,

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STEPHEN McDERMOTT,

Drumcondra,

Dublin 9.