Sir, – Many years ago I worked with a man, who when wishing to describe someone whom he disliked or whose values he did not share, would refer to him as “a real Borris-in-Ossory type of fellow”. Even then I felt this was a something of a slur on this quiet and inoffensive midland town. – Yours, etc,
PAUL HUSSEY,
Sutton, Dublin 13.
Sir, – “Loughanure both mean and poor, it’s church without a steeple, Looking out o’er half-doors, criticising decent people”. – Yours, etc,
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ANN BREEN,
Dunfanaghy, Co Donegal.