Sir, - It is to be hoped that one of the benefits to proceed from the historic referendums of May 22nd is that the relationship between Ireland and England will at long last be put on a proper footing of friendship and equality. This will involve on both sides the reconsideration of many ancient prejudices. The ordinary (or should I say, extraordinary) Irish people have demonstrated the strength of their desire for peace and love of peace, and I have no doubt that it is matched by their ordinary English counterparts. England is not London anymore than Ireland is Dublin. The England in which I was born (the Forest of Dean) is not a place of colonisers and imperialists, but of musicians, dancers, rugby players, and miners. Perhaps that is why I have found Dublin so congenial a place in which to live, although admittedly miners are not to be found in great supply over here. I hope that in the future we shall be able to concentrate on the things we have in common rather than those which divide us, and in this respect may I recommend to your readers the study of Chaucer rather than Shakespeare. - Is mise, Gerald Morgan, FTCD
Trinity College, Dublin 2.