A chara, – Denis Bergin (May 11th), in a letter discussing links between Leinster House and the White House, refers to John Neilson, James Dinsmore and Hugh Chisholm as "Northern Ireland craftsmen . . . all refugees from post-1798".
They were not.
They were Irishmen and Ulstermen. Neilson in particular was from a prominent United Irish family. – Is mise,
BRIAN PATTERSON,
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Newry,
Co Down.