Sir, - At the beginning of this century, Standish O'Grady of the Kilkenny Moderator predicted that, unless the Protestant Anglo-Irish could re-shape themselves, "There would be anarchy and civil war which might end in a shabby, sordid Irish Republic, ruled by corrupt politicians and the ignoble rich". Whatever about the Protestant Anglo-Irish, it seems he had remarkable foresight, except perhaps for the veneer of our current prosperity. - Yours, etc.,
Richard Reid, Rathgar Avenue, Dublin 6.