Sir, Recently I admired a deep purple tapestry in Liam Griffin's Hotel in Rosslare, upon which the Wexford hurlers were gilded as "Lords of the Dance of Hurling". That Sunday I watched in awe as Wexford's captain soared through the air to catch the sliotar, the players swerving, twisting and turning around their chasers at frenetic speed. The accelerated movement was made more dramatic than the dance by the urgency of its purpose.
How disappointing that John Banville, a county "fellow", should demean such art of movement, not to mention such bravery, by describing the game as essentially peasant (August 31st). Yours, etc., Golf Course Road, Castletroy, Limerick.