Sir, – I wholeheartedly support Mary O’Rourke’s plea to Ruairí Quinn (Education, October 29th) to keep history as a core subject at Junior Cert level. I think it should also be a core subject at Leaving Cert level.
How can we understand the state of the world today if we don’t know about the events and processes which brought us here? Indeed, if we learn about the events, failures and successes of the past we not only more fully understand the world we live in, but we are in a better position to plan the future. – Yours, etc,
ED HAUGHEY,
Muff,
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Co Donegal.