I listened while others were talking about the upcoming anniversary. There is another anniversary coming up, as the Taoiseach is aware, with regard to Ballyseedy. People may or may not know of the incident, nearly 100 years ago, when eight prisoners were taken from custody, tied to a landmine and blown up. I recently spoke to the nephew of one of the men who was killed. He is upset that, following the massacre, a court of inquiry was established and the results of that inquiry were read into the Dáil record, stating, "The civilians in question lost their lives in explosions while removing obstructions on the road placed there by Irregulars." That is clearly not the case, which, in fairness to the Taoiseach, he has acknowledged. I will be writing to the Ceann Comhairle to see how the Dáil record can be corrected. I am asking the Taoiseach to support us in our endeavours to ensure that happens and to acknowledge those events did not happen in the way suggested.

I thank the Deputy. This is a sensitive matter. Perhaps we can try to deal with it in the way he has mentioned, that is, through correspondence with the Ceann Comhairle and other engagements. I acknowledge that things happened during the Civil War that should not have happened. Atrocities were committed on the side of the National Army and the Government and on the side of the Irregulars and those who opposed the Anglo-Irish Treaty.

Indeed, many atrocities have been committed more recently than that by people who decided to use violence for political ends. We need to respond to these things in the round.