'Open, reflective debate' urged at Treaty centenary

Pictured at the event to commemorate the centenary of the handover of Dublin Castle were Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Tánaiste Leo Varadkar chatting with Elizabet Berney (nee Mulcahy) the eldest daughter of General Richard Mulcahy. Picture: Julien Behal

Descendants of the people who represented Dáil Éireann at the Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiations in 1921 commemorated its 100th anniversary with President Michael D Higgins today.

As part of a series of events marking the 100th anniversary of the Treaty, the descendants of some of the 70-strong negotiating team have been traced, including descendants of Michael Collins, Cathal Brugha, Robert Barton, Kathleen McKenna, Seán Milroy, Tim Smiddy, Diarmaid Fawsitt, Fionan Lynch, Bridget Mary Lynch (nee Slattery) and Ned Broy.