Relevant ideas - Thomas Davis remembered

It is entirely appropriate that the An Post has issued a stamp to mark the bicentenary of the birth of writer and revolutionary Thomas Davis.

Though hardly remembered as vividly as many others who craved an independent — if not pluralist— Ireland Mallow-born Davis left an admirable and challenging vision.

Davis’ almost defining difference was that he tried to overcome the great barriers to harmony — religion and land — to build a united and mutually respectful society despite the officially sanctioned sectarianism of the day.