tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19109033.post8745209093394633736..comments2024-02-23T18:38:06.253+00:00Comments on photopol: WHITAKER ONE TPólóhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08661092894104384856noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19109033.post-28400481753095770512017-01-13T17:25:29.692+00:002017-01-13T17:25:29.692+00:00Readers might like to be aware of this letter whic...<br />Readers might like to be aware of this letter which appeared in the Irish Times on 12/1/2017.<br /><br /><i>A chara, – When my father Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh died unexpectedly in 1967, he was a principal officer in the Department of Finance. Soon after the funeral, the secretary of the department, TK Whitaker, phoned my mother, Bríghid Uí Éigeartaigh.<br /><br />After expressing his condolences, he asked what would become now of the Irish-language publishing house Sáirséal agus Dill, run by my father and mother. Bríghid said it would have to close immediately, since it could not continue without my father’s salary.<br /><br />Whitaker then asked Bríghid if she would wish to continue the business, if adequate financial arrangements could be made. He thought special arrangements might be possible, and was willing to do what he could to help. After thinking for a few days, she told him she would be glad to continue, provided reliable financial assistance could be provided quickly. Negotiations followed, with unaccustomed speed, and Sáirséal agus Dill continued in business for a further 15 years.<br /><br />In the scale of Ken Whitaker’s achievements, this is a small matter. Nonetheless, I would welcome the opportunity to place this small stone on his cairn. – Is mise,<br /><br />CIAN Ó hÉIGEARTAIGH<br /><br />Dublin 14.</i><br /><br />I had done a post on <a href="http://photopol.blogspot.ie/2015/02/sairseal-agus-dill.html" rel="nofollow">Sáirséal agus Dill</a> some time ago.<br /><br />Pólóhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08661092894104384856noreply@blogger.com