Parade protest

THE visit to the Republic and her reception by a guard of honour of the Defence Force reminds me of the action of Colonel Michael Corcoran, Officer Commanding the 69th Infantry Regiment, New York State Volunteers, who refused to parade the regiment in honour of the visit of the Prince of Wales to the city.

Col Corcoran did this in protest against British response to the famine. He was arrested but returned to duty uncharged at the start of the American civil war.

Brian P O Cinneide