Sir, - The comment by Dick Walsh (opinion Column, January 23rd) that President de Valera was the last surviving commandant of the 1916 Rising is at variance with an Irish Times obituary of December 26th-28th, 1977. Wexford-born Commandant William James Brennan Whitmore died on December 25th, 1977, aged 91 years and was the last surviving commandmant of the 1916 Rising. Yours, etc., Bernard Browne,
Old Ross, Co Wexford.