The Emergency – A Brief Overview
A short history of Ireland during the Second World War, by John Dorney. The Second World War was the defining event of …
The IRA and the Emergency – An interview with Brian Hanley
John Dorney caught up with Brian Hanley to discuss the IRA during the Emergency (World War II). Click on the Link …
Book Review: Ireland’s Arctic Siege
Ireland’s Arctic Siege, The Big Freeze of 1947, by Kevin C Kearns, Gill & MacMillan, 2011. Reviewer: Rhona McCord We have suffered some …
Today In Irish History – The Belfast Blitz, 15 April
~1941~ We tend, at least in the South, to think of Ireland as some kind of neutral island during the war. Indeed …