Towns and catchphrases

Sir, – Going back to my student days in the 1960s: “I spent a year in Belfast one Sunday”. – Yours, etc,

JOHN O’CONNOR,

Dún Laoghaire,

Co Dublin.

Sir, – Ballybofey for drinkin’ tae, Donegal Town for pandy, Killybegs for rotten eggs, and Burtonport for brandy. – Yours, etc,

URSULA

HOUGH-GORMLEY,

Donnybrook,

Dublin 4.