Sir, - In the middle of Old Havana there is a street named "Calle O'Reilly". A plaque on the wall in Spanish, Gaelic and English says "two island nations on the same sea of hope and struggle, Cuba and Ireland". On a recent trip there I was unable to find out who O'Reilly was and why he was honoured with this street. One explanation was that he may have been part of a group of Irish labourers brought to Cuba after the abolition of the slave trade. Perhaps some of your readers have some more information. - Yours, etc.,
R. Buckley, Howth Co. Dublin