Sir, - Perhaps Kathy Sheridan misheard John B's mellifluous tones when she ascribed to him the authorship of The King of Friday's Men ( Weekend, July 21st). This play was in fact written by M. J. Molloy and had its premiere in the Abbey Theatre in 1948 when John B. was a stripling of 20 summers.
Or perhaps this revered son of Kerry was having what my American cousin refers to as "a senior moment". - Yours, etc.,
James McClatchie, Braemor Road, Dublin 14.