In the Dáil debate of 25 January 1921 on " Truce negotiations " , Sweetman was alone in disapproving of the conduct of the Irish War of Independence , and particularly the events of Bloody Sunday . He did not contest the 1921 elections . He formed part of the Sweetman political family in the 20th century . His cousin John Sweetman , was an Irish Parliamentary Party MP from 1892 to 1895 , and second president of Sinn Féin . His son Edmund Sweetman was a Senator from 1948 to 1951
Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday (1920)
Roger Sweetman