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A letter to the paper

December 22, 2008
11:09 AM

I have on various occasions been tempted to write a letter to the paper, the most recent, about the drinking habits of the French, to the Irish Times last year was not deemed worthy of publication.
However I have now been granted the next best thing, a letter about my piece about my ancestor William Martin Murphy was published in last Thursday’s Irish Times.

For those of you who may have missed it I quote it below in full and convey thanks to Mr. Kett for at last getting my name on to the letters page.

Thursday, December 18, 2008

A whited sepulchre

Madam,
In his portrayal of his great-great-granduncle,
William Martin Murphy (Magazine December 6th),
Martin Dwyer writes: “Being a devout Catholic,
he was instrumental in blackening Parnell’s name
when the affair with Kitty O’Shea was exposed. .
. There is no doubt that he exploited and underpaid
many of his workers.”
Could one paint a more revealing picture of a
whited sepulchre?

– Yours, etc,

DESMOND KETT,
Kilbarrack Gardens,
Dublin 5.

Comments

  1. sue

    on December 22, 2008

    Nothing to do with Whited Seplucures [?] Do you know people from Kilkenny who are called O Cuiv or O Keefe in French France? Pierse who does partime work in our newsroom told me his parents have a house in Rocquebrun.
    Love Sue
    and Happy Christmas to all!
    xxx

  2. Martin

    on December 23, 2008

    I think that from the spelling that that is the one in Provence rather than in Languedoc.

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