Fidelma Collins, a grandniece of Mr Collins, was among those in attendance at the commemoration in west Cork on Sunday
Taoiseach Simon Harris has criticised attempts to silence elected politicians through violence and intimidation at a ceremony marking the death of Michael Collins.
READ MORE - These are the shocking scenes of vehicles on fire and attempted ramming of patrol car after Dublin funeral There was strong pushback against the treaty’s provision for an oath of allegiance to the British monarchy and for partition, which led to a civil war. He took aim at the “separate worlds” on social media and said “hate and violence” had become “common responses to difficult decisions”.
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