Sir, - I understand that the Taoiseach, Mr Bruton, has a portrait of John Redmond hanging in his office.
In a letter to John Dillon. circa 1898, Michael Davitt described the same John Redmond as "unprincipled as he is morally a coward". (Dillon/Davitt papers. Trinity College Dublin.)
To their cost, many loyal supporters of Redmond found this to be only too true. Some company!
Yours, etc.,
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Blackrock, Co Dublin.