The worst single episode of loss of life suffered by the Irish Defence Forces since the Civil War. By Terence O’Reilly By September 1941 the Second World War had been ravaging the continent of Europe for two full years. Ireland had successfully remained neutral, owing in no small part to the rapid expansion of the … Read more
The annual release of government files under the so-called ’30 year rule’ means that as of today, 27 December, one can now peek behind the scenes at some of the events of 1983. But having looked through some of the files during the National Archives’ media preview in early December, one from ‘The Emergency’ caught … Read more
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[sc_embed_player fileurl=”https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/history2013/20130425-HistoryIrelandShow-008-IrishArmyDesertersAndTheMoralityOfNeutrality.mp3″] Click the Play button to listen To download file, right click this link and select “Save link as..” Venue: National Library of Ireland, Date and time: 7.30pm Wednesday 16 May Brian Girvin (Uni. of Glasgow), Michael Kennedy (RIA, Documents of Irish Foreign Policy), Geoff Roberts (UCC) and Eunan O’Halpin (TCD).
Hugh O’Flaherty was actually born in Cork in 1898 (his father was in the RIC) but he grew up in Killarney, where his parents had settled down. A noted athlete in his youth, he trained as a missionary priest and embarked on a globe-trotting career that saw him serve the Vatican in a range of … Read more