Ireland's new cardinal

Sir, - The following extracts from our visitors' books may be of interest to your readers: 1

Sir, - The following extracts from our visitors' books may be of interest to your readers: 1. "Paul Cullen and Father Blake of Galway are middling pleased with this place; they principally object to the beds having a Protestant feel and hope that all good Catholics will help to remedy this evil by frequenting this hostel more than they do." (September 1858.)

2. "Desmond Connell and and his brothers are more than middling pleased with this place and feel that the ecumenical progress since the time of Archbishop Cullen has probably improved the quality of the beds." (March 27th, 1988.) - Yours, etc.,

Maureen Gelletlie, Hunter's Hotel, Rathnew, Co Wicklow.