Sir, – I enjoyed reading Stephen Collins's article (Home News, March 11th) on the history of Irish taoisigh visiting the White House to mark St Patrick's Day.
I decided to search this newspaper’s archive and discovered that John A Costello presented Dwight D Eisenhower with a silver bowl of shamrock in March 1956.
Given all that we know of the current president’s taste for the finer things in life, it seems entirely appropriate that this year a golden bowl of shamrock should be presented to Donald J Trump. – Yours, etc,
FRANK BOUCHIER-
HAYES,
Newcastle West,
Co Limerick.
