Everything from depressing juvenile guff to anti-Catholic fanaticism

GIVEN that both Anthony Leavy and I have made clear our complete support for the visit of Queen Elizabeth in previous correspondence, I was surprised Declan Doyle should accuse us (Letters, July 24) of “stupid nationalism” as part of a long and completely unjustified diatribe against us.

Strangely, Mr Doyle has again raised the spectre of Oliver Cromwell in an effort to whitewash his role in Irish history against all the evidence.

If it is “depressing juvenile guff” for me to point this out, then so be it. I suggest Mr Doyle take his own advice and “stop rambling on about what we think happened to our ancestors hundreds of years ago”. He seems unable to distinguish between fact and opinion, truth and fiction.