20 JULY 1996, Page 25

The real Irishman

Sir: I wonder whether Sir Peregrine Worsthorne (`The real Irish nationalism', 22 June) would care to reply to the fol- lowing quotation from Lord Carson, taken from Leave to Appeal by James Comyn:

I always was and always will be an Irishman. I dislike partition. It can, and always will, only cause unrest. I never felt at home outside, of Ireland. Partition was a disastrous compro- mise — it was foisted on me. Ireland should be one — even with Home Rule.

P. Caomhanach 636 Harcourt Streeta.s Dublin 2,

Republic of Ireland