Ireland in the 1940s

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Northern Ireland in the Second World War

The IRA during the Second World War

Eire and the Emergency

Political Parties, Personalities and Events in Eire after the Emergency

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Northern Ireland in the Second World War
Northern Ireland in the Second World War	secondworldwarni
The Belfast Blitz is remembered	BBC
The Belfast Blitz	BBC
The Belfast Blitz - experiences of bombing	University of Cork
People's War	BBC Radio Foyle
Photos from World War Two Ireland	American army
55th Anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic marked in Londonderry	BBC

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The IRA during the Second World War
Sean Russell, Chief of Staff	Wikipedia
IRA bomb in Coventry	BBC
IRA bombing campaign against Britain (S-Plan)	Wikipedia
A Past We'd Rather Forget	Guardian Observer
Sean  Russell and the Nazis	The Blanket
Herman Görtz (German spy)	Wikipedia
Nazis 'planned NI invasion'	BBC
Hitler and the IRA	The Truth Seeker
Stephen Hayes, Chief of Staff	Wikipedia
McCaughey's Doom	Time
1939 - 1967: Relative calm before the storm	BBC

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Eire and the Emergency
The Emergency	hoganstand
The Emergency	Wikipedia
Ireland during the Second World War	atireland.ie
Censorship in Ireland, 1939 - 1945: Neutrality, Politics and Society (on-line book)	Books at Google
Eamon De Valera's speech on Irish neutrality, Cork, 1941	ibiblio
De Valera, neutrality and the notorious visit	The Poor Mouth blog
U-boats refuelling in Ireland was a myth	uboat.net
Ireland's close encounter with a German U-Boat	Irish Examiner
Book review: The Irish Experience during the Second World War	stonebooks
Irish who fought on the beaches	BBC
The challenge of the Irish volunteers of World War II	Reform movement
Ireland in the Second World War	Telegraph
The Economic War and the Second World War	wesleyjohnston
Plan W: British planning concerning Ireland	Wikipedia
Irish President offered Nazis condolences	CBS
George Bernard Shaw's letter in response to De Valera's offer of condolence	Institute for Historical Review
De Valera and broadcasting; De Valera responds to Winston Churchill	RTÉ

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Political Parties, Personalities and Events in Eire after the Emergency
Fine Gael	Wikipedia
John A Costello (Taoiseach 1948 - 1951)	Wikipedia
W.T. Cosgrave, Fianna Fail leader until 1944	Wikipedia
Clann na Poblachta, republican party founded by Sean MacBride in 1946	Wikipedia
Clann na Poblachta	University College Dublin
Seán MacBride	Wikipedia
Mother and Child Scheme	Wikipedia
Noel Browne, Minister for Health	Wikipedia
Noel Browne's struggle with the church	Socialist Party archives
Irish General Election 1948	Wikipedia
The Republic of Ireland Bill, 1948	oireachtas.ie
Articles 2 and 3 of the Constitution of Ireland	Wikipedia
Ireland Act 1949	Wikipedia
Ireland Act 1949	United Settlement
The foundation of the Republic	wesleyjohnston
William Craig's 1972 reminder of British guarantee of Northern Ireland's exemption from the Republic	CAIN

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