Tomorrow, 24 April, marks the 99th anniversary of the Easter Rising and it is appropriate that this House acknowledge that fact. Saturday, 25 April, marks the commemoration of Anzac Day, the day on which 3,000 Irishmen and boys died on the shore at Gallipoli. They were as Irish as the heroes of the 1916 Rising. The complexity of our history is illustrated nicely, or tragically perhaps, by Commandant Mike Malone, commander of the Irish forces who opposed the British at Mount Street Bridge. He rightly takes his place among the pantheon of Irish heroes. It is interesting to note that his brother was killed the year before, in 1915, during one of the pushes by the Dublin Fusiliers in France. That nicely illustrates the complexity of the birth throes of our nation. In the weeks, months and years ahead, we would do well to remember the complexity of our history. Instead of pigeonholing one side or the other as goodies and baddies, it is important that we have a balanced view and recognise that within the State at the time, which is probably still the case today, there were two traditions or two nations, which are equally deserving of our respect.