Madam, - Frank McNally asks: "Why are there no songs about the Dublin-Sligo train service?" (An Irishman's Diary, November 14th).
The Scholar by Thom Moore, that haunting song recorded memorably by Maura O'Connell, elegantly begs to differ in both directions: "The train from Sligo moves too slow as it brings her from the school below. . . The train to Sligo moves too fast when holidays are gone at last. . ." - Yours, etc,
PAUL MURPHY, Raheen, Limerick.