Madam, - Kevin Myers (An Irishman's Diary, December 17th) is close to the truth about my decision to sell Lissadell. However, with the obvious exception of Constance, members of my family always stubbornly thought of themselves as British, that is neither Irish nor English.
None of us can rewrite the history of our ancestors. - Yours, etc.,
JOSSLYN GORE-BOOTH, Neasham, Darlington, England.