Madam, - The interesting review by Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh of a book on the 19th and 20th century Protestant missions in Ireland (December 6th) seemed to me to lack something.
All but one of the resonant terms of the age were there - "souper", "convert", "jumper", "reversion" and so forth.
But notable by its absence was a harsh term used even in my own hearing in the not very distant past for a Catholic who became a Protestant - a "pervert".
Can we forget so soon? - Yours, etc,