Sir, – Rosita Boland is grateful for the new permanent public holiday (“The St Brigid’s public holiday is not the break ‘no one wanted’”, Life, January 24th). On behalf of my late grandmother, Bridget (who probably needed a break), and my late aunt Bridget (who knew how to enjoy a break), both of whom lived in Bridget’s Terrace in Galway, may I record their posthumous support for Rosita Boland. – Yours, etc,
MICHAEL KEEGAN,
Booterstown,
Co Dublin.