Tim Lombard (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Yesterday evening I took the unusual course of action of going back home to Cork to attend an event. I went back to Dunmanway at 5 o'clock yesterday evening. There was a commemoration of an event that happened 100 years ago, when 13 Protestants were shot in a 24-hour period in Dunmanway. Hundreds were relocated out of the area. It was an unfortunate and ugly part of Irish history. It is a part of our Decade of Centenaries, where we have to celebrate the good, the bad and the ugly. Unfortunately, this was one of the ugly parts of what happened 100 years ago. Church of Ireland families in that part of Cork were isolated, relocated and 13 of them were shot in a 24-hour period. I commend Bishop Colton on his amazing ceremony yesterday. The way he handled this sensitive issue needs to be acknowledged.