during the Irish War of Independence. In the UK, the WW2 Jewish refugee intake was circa 40,000; in stark contrast to the ...

Both incidents happened during World War Two and both involved American soldiers based in Northern Ireland. At one stage during the war, US military personnel made up about one tenth of Northern ...

Over 80 Éire signs were dotted around the coast in WW2 to warn bombers they ... declared that the Republic of Ireland would remain neutral during the war. However, in practice Ireland operated ...

Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty was a strapping great Irish priest with the solid ... lived in Italy during the darkest years of World War II, during which time he held a secretarial position in the ...

USS The Sullivans (DD-537), the ship named for the five Irish American brothers who were all killed on November 13, 1942, while serving together in the US Navy during World War II, was ...

Historian Dr Margaret Ward, QUB, talks to RTÉ’s Bryan Dobson about the various roles that women played during the Irish war of independence. This is an excerpt from an interview filmed by ...

At nearly 103 years old, World War II veteran Joe Schott said he believes he has a lot of service ahead of him.