Sir, - In An Irishman's Diary of May 21st, a story going back to the 1940s referred to two former members of this association, Sammy Leckie and Vera McCartan, who were Ireland's top professionals at the time in the field of competitive ballroom dancing.
For the information of the writer, Richard Roche, I can confirm that Sammy Leckie died two years ago in New Mexico and that Vera McCartan is well and living in Belfast. - Yours, etc.,
George Devlin, All-Ireland Board of Ballroom Dancing, Kilmacanogue, Co Wicklow.