With the outbreak of World War II in 1939 the the Irish Free State adopted a policy of neutrality, a period called 'The ...

The US Ambassador to Ireland during World War II sparked controversy when he was quoted in a newspaper as claiming that large numbers of spies were operating from the German, Japanese and Italian ...

The US ambassador to Ireland during the second World War David Gray was a frequent thorn in the flesh of the Irish government. Gray’s relentlessly needled the government about Irish neutrality ...

Master of stealth, king of sabotage, and SAS legend, Paddy Mayne was a remarkable figure for the Allies during World War II. Feared admirably in North Africa, and admirably feared post-war by the ...

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 ...

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 ...