Sir, – Further to Kathryn Phelan “I’m tired of being asked where I am from”, Opinion & Analysis, August 20th), being a little old lady whose DNA shows 98 per cent Irish ancestry, I always cause heads to turn when I open my mouth.
Where am I from? Easy. I am from Ballyhaunis, and my accent is from New Yawk. – Yours, etc,
MERRILYN FINN,
Ballyhaunis,
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Co Mayo.