Sir, – The once magnificent Aldborough House on Portland Row, Dublin, was built by Edward Stafford, second Earl of Aldborough and Viscount Amiens. He spared no expense on its lavish interior but it is said he never spent a night within its hallowed walls. Instead it became the home of his estranged second wife. According to the writer Jonah Barrington, she had a tongue of steel “which often cut deeply” but “so keen and polished was the edge of her wit that the patient was never mangled”.
One would like to think that if the good lady were alive today she would have a few choice words for Dublin City Council. – Yours, etc,
ANGELA NOLAN,
Cedar Park,
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The Donahies,
Dublin 13.