Sir, – Further to "1916 street maps: Dublin 4 and 6" (June 20th), it reads "Bowen-Colthurst led his small patrol to a pub owned by Alderman James Kelly. They wrecked it. In the pub, Bowen-Colthurst also arrested Dickson and MacIntyre, two newspaper editors who had nothing to do with the Rising".
My grandfather was Alderman James Kelly and a tobacconist. His shop, not pub, was on the corner which became known as Kelly’s Corner and it was at these premises that the above incident happened. My grandfather was arrested with Dickson and McIntyre and also had nothing to do with the Rising as he believed in Home Rule.
Fortunately, through some act of fate, my grandfather was not executed with the other unfortunates but was still wrongfully imprisoned in Brixton for 18 days with the threat of an execution hanging over him. Sir Francis Vane, stationed at Portobello Barracks, was a regular customer of my grandfather and, on learning of the incident, investigated it, which led to my grandfather’s release and the court-martial of Bowen-Colthurst. – Yours, etc,
BRIAN MAHON,
Terenure,
Dublin 6W.