Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I said there were very few battles that we won but there are some. Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin, when he was here, would have mentioned the Battle of Clontibret when the Elizabethan army under Henry Bagenal was well hammered by the O'Neills in County Monaghan. It is an acknowledgement because it plays a role especially in a rural area. In a city it is buildings and so on. The Labour Party amendment refers to landscape in respect of battlefields. That can be interfered with in substantial ways by the modern construction of motorways, other roads or town development. In recent times it is the windmills that we are sticking up around the country. It is not that I am opposed to them; we need a lot more. However, we need to bear in mind the context when those plans go ahead. Just because the land is sometimes seen as cash cow, it should not always be seen as that because it has the context of all of our years of occupation of that land. I welcome the definition of "battlefield" and I support the Labour Party amendment on the landscape.

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