Sir, – Eoghan Mac Cormaic, appears to view Irish unity as “a case of reversing the wrong done to those who were against their wishes shut out” 100 years ago (Letters, October 9th). Where that leaves those members of the majority tradition in Northern Ireland who support partition is not clear.
Article 3 of Bunreacht na hÉireann envisages Irish unity as an outcome which, in the first instance, involves uniting all the people of this island in “harmony and friendship”, including those of the tradition which supports membership of the United Kingdom.
That essential precondition for a peaceful and successful united Ireland needs to be borne in mind by those of us from the majority tradition on the island, if we are serious about the issue. I fear, however, that we are more comfortable with rhetoric about a Border poll, rather than undertaking the necessary work, and perhaps painful sacrifices, towards that desired objective.
MICHAEL O’DWYER,
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Clogheen,
Cork.
