Sir, – Limerick has many claims to fame, but it was not the birthplace of "the glamorous and dangerous Lola Montez" (An Irishman's Diary, July 16th).
The adventuress and exotic dancer, whose affair with the king of Bavaria (grandfather of the even madder “Mad King Ludwig”) led to his downfall, was actually born in Grange, Co Sligo, between Ben Bulben and the Atlantic Ocean. – Yours, etc,
Dr JOHN DOHERTY
Cnoc an Stollaire,
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Gaoth Dobhair, Co Donegal.