Dear Editor,
I am a bit taken aback by the article on page 10 of December's magazine.
Was Aindreas at a different service on Remembrance Sunday? The Rev. Spain was all inclusive in her address, remembering people and countries involved in wars everywhere. The reading from All Quiet On The Western Front was written from the German perspective. For Rev. Spain then to follow in the magazine with the article on Newgrange is only amazing.* Your reference to the other books in the article has opened for me a new door of understanding of Newgrange. They say a picture is worth a thousand words; the picture from inside Newgrange on the December cover is a work of wonderment.

Dear Editor,
I refer to the letter on page 10 of the December edition of Oscailt by Aindreas Baoighil.
I am at a loss to understand where Aindrias is coming from. The Remembrance Day service in our church on 11th November 2007 was second to none. Aindreas needs to listen to that excellent address again, and think of it from the point of view of an Irish man returning from the awful carnage of that First World War, to be ridiculed and demeaned by his fellow country men. Remember that the Pals brigades, which were formed during this period, stripped fathers and sons from families and the work force of many industries, never to return. My grandmother told me she remembers seeing a wreath on every door along Clambrassel Street in 1916-17. This area was known as “Little Jerusalem”.
Our service on Remembrance Day stands apart from any other I have heard; it included all fallen comrades and rightly remembered the members of our congregation who joined the army, for what ever reason.
In my opinion we had a very special service, neutral, but respectful, and we don't need to 'model' it on anything or anyone else; we remembered all with dignity.

May your God keep you and guide you.

* This piece was actually written by Paul Spain, Bridget’s husband