Sir,—In your last issue (HI 26.5, July/August 2018), your feature on ‘The curse of St Laurence O’Toole’ by Dr Jesse Harrington omitted an important factor with wide implications. The sister of St Laurence O’Toole, Mór O’Toole, was married to the then powerful king of Leinster and Uí Chennseligh, Diarmuid Mac Murrough.—Yours etc.,
NICHOLAS FURLONG, FRSAI
Author of Dermot, king of Leinster and the foreigners (1974)
and Diarmait, king of Leinster (2006)