Soldier for democracy

RYLE Dwyer says in his review (May 15) of the new biography of Seán Moylan that despite his part in the War of Independence, Moylan resented being called a gunman in the Dáil.

It was precisely because of his part in the War of Independence that Moylan could not be described as a gunman, or indeed as a rebel.

He acted as a soldier of the free and democratically elected legitimate government of the country. It is an insult to language as well to him and his comrades to describe such a person as a gunman or a rebel.