Sir, - Could there be a mystical formula to the Clongowes success at the Leinster Schools rugby final at Lansdowne Road on St. Patrick's Day? Throughout the match their supporters chanted the Laudate Dominum (in Latin) and it seemed to work since they beat their opponents, Terenure, by a narrow margin.
It certainly shows an interesting way to revive a dead language and confuse their opponents at the same time. Perhaps Ireland could use it against Wales at the same venue on April 1st. - Yours, etc., Nicholas Walsh,
Dunmore East, Co Waterford.