Sir, – In the art, antiques and collection report in Friday's Irish Times (August 13th), it was reported that in Howth Castle a place has been set at the dining table for the pirate queen Granuaile for the past 450 years.
Is this an early instance of someone booking a restaurant and then failing to turn up? – Yours, etc,
BOB MORRISON,
Mullingar,
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Co Westmeath.