Childhood misery
Sir — May I just refer to a letter in your excellent series ‘The letter I wish I’d sent’ by Brendan Cullen (Sunday Independent, August 6).
He writes about the dreadful brutality of the sadistic monster who taught him in primary school in the early 1950s.
In the second week of the series (June 11), I wrote about my dreadful experiences at the age of eight, in a boarding school run by nuns in the late 1950s.
Brendan’s first sentence says it all, as follows: Dear Sir, “I will never forget you, but God knows I have tried many times.” Indeed Brendan, your childhood never leaves you, and affects the whole of your life. Brian McDevitt, Glenties, Co Donegal