WOMEN OF THE RISING

ANN PEPPARD,

Sir, - My parents had many women friends who took part in the 1916 Rising - but the only two women mentioned nowadays are Countess Markievicz and Maude Gonne MacBride, gentry who insisted on being referred to as "Madam". I find this very strange from republicans. - Yours, etc.

ANN PEPPARD,

Palmerston Park,

Dublin 6.