20 AUGUST 1921, Page 15

THE COUNTRY HOUSES OF IRELAND.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPEC11208.") SIR,—Although the owners of country houses in England will deeply feel the necessity for turning their loved places into public buildings, at least they have the comfort of knowing that just compensation will be paid. But what of us Southern loyalists who have seen our inherited homes burnt before our eyes, or commandeered and confiscated by the I.R.A. without one shilling of compensation to hope for? Both these occurrences have taken place in my family recently.—I am, Sir, &e.,

AN IRISHWOMAN.