Madam, - Bill Fearey (June 20th) proposes that Bloomsday should become the National Holiday, replacing St Patrick's Day. One of the reasons he gives for his proposal is that "there is no clear evidence that St Patrick ever existed".
Has Mr Fearey any clear evidence that Leopold Bloom ever existed? - Yours, etc.,
LOUIS O'FLAHERTY, Lorcan Drive, Santry, Dublin 9.