Sir, – My compliments to Laura Kennedy on her article "I'm not a philistine but I have very little interest in travel" (Life, May 2nd).
However, I wish to point out that the inhabitants of Ballydehob are not “Ballydehobbians”; they are in fact “Ballydehobonians”. A forgivable error in the otherwise excellent piece.
Of course, both terms are preferable to the other name that is often used, “Hobbits”. – Yours, etc,
WILLIAM BARRY,
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Ballydehob,
Co Cork.