Madam, - The deportation of an Irish citizen from this State is not a new phenomenon.
Jim Gralton (1886 - 1945) from Effernagh, Co Leitrim was disposed of in such a manner in 1933 by the Fianna Fáil Government of the time. He just happened to be a radical and had upset local clergy, political and land interests! - Yours, etc.
KEITH NOLAN, Caldra House, Caldragh, Carrick-on-Shannon,
Co Leitrim.
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PS: Mr Gralton is just one of many omissions from The Encyclopaedia of Ireland.