Sir, - In your coverage of the State Papers of 1968 (The Irish Times, January 1st and 2nd), Brendan O Cathaoir gave an interesting insight into negative official Irish attitudes towards Eoin O'Mahony's attending the 50th anniversary in 1967 of Wille Redmond's death in Flanders. Willie Redmond, Tom Kettle and other barristers who died in the first World War are named on the memorial at the Four Courts, where an annual remembrance ceremony is held.
To honour those members of the Irish bar, I laid a wreath at the round tower in Mesen on November 11th during the Peace Park dedication. That historic event was a significant step on the journey of reconciliation, but it is vital to maintain the momentum of awareness through communal and individual efforts. The next step for me is to record for publication biographical outlines of Irish barristers who died in the first World War. The lives of Willie Redmond and Tom Kettle are deservedly well-recorded already but to my knowledge the stories of the other barristers remain to be chronicled.
I would be interested in any information from your readers about those lesser-known names listed on the War Remembrance Memorial at the Four Courts: Robert B. Burgess, William M. Crozier, Robert H. Cullinan, John H. Edgar, Edmond C. Farren, Poole H. Hickman, Ernest L. Julian, Cecil S. Kenny, Joseph B. Lee, John H. F. Leland, Frederick H. Lewin, Martin A. Lillis, William A. Lipsett, Cornelius A. MacCarthy, Edmund Meredith, Arthur R. Moore, Hubert M. O'Connor, Gerald Plunkett, James C. B. Proctor, Arthur P. I. Samuels, Rowan Shaw, George B. J. Smyth, Herbert Tierney. - Yours, etc., Anthony P. Quinn,
Law Library, Dublin 7.