Aristocracy/landed gentry/ascendancy
Sir,—An uncharacteristic glitch occurred in the editing process of my article ‘Hurling in Thurles before the GAA’ (HI 28.3, May/June 2020). In the version submitted to your magazine I had written that the Nicholsons of Turtulla, Thurles, had a team of hurlers that played against sides sponsored by other members of the ascendancy—‘landed gentry’, ‘upper … Read more