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    • 1798 IRISH REBELLION
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    • THE EUROPEAN UNION
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    • THE TROUBLES IN NORTHERN IRELAND
    • WOMEN IN TWENTIETH CENTURY IRELAND
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    • ANCIENT ROME
    • MEDIEVAL TIMES
    • THE RENAISSANCE
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    • THE REFORMATION
    • PRE TWENTIETH CENTURY REVOLUTION >
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      • THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
    • COMMUNISM AND FASCISM >
      • COMMUNISM IN RUSSIA
      • FASCISM IN ITALY
      • FASCISM IN GERMANY
    • WORLD WAR II
    • THE HOLOCAUST
    • THE COLD WAR
    • THE EUROPEAN UNION
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IRELAND DURING WORLD WAR II

IRELAND
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rté archives - éamon de valera - address to the nation following british declaration of war 1939

the irish story - the emergency - a brief overview

the journal.ie - Rationed petrol, weekends cutting turf ... and the glimmer man: Here's what life in Ireland was like during The Emergency

rté brainstorm - podcast - what ireland ate and drank during the second world war

youtube - ireland during ww2


​the military archives -
 The Destruction and Preservation of Ireland's Second World War Lookout Posts
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the irish times - The North Strand bombing: Remembering the terror 80 years on
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documents in irish foreign policy - government memo on the north strand bombing

RTÉ Brainstorm - How the 1941 North Strand bombings wiped out an entire family
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rté archives - éamon de valera - taoiseach outlines ireland's right to remain neutral 1945
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rté brainstorm - How Irish and British forces worked together during World War II

the irish examiner - The American plot against Ireland

German airmen were guests in Ireland not prisoners
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rté culture - 100 Buildings: Guarding Sligo - the story of Look Out Post No. 67
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rté brainstorm - How 'black bread' contributed to poor public health in Ireland during WWII


northern ireland
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bbc world service - witness - the belfast blitz
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history ireland hedge school - The Belfast Blitz (75th anniversary)
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bbc news ni - Wartime evacuee recalls 'life of fun and happiness'


more resources

the irish times - Maureen Flavin, the Mayo weather woman who made D-Day work
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thejournal.ie - Quiz: How much do you know about Éamon de Valera?
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retrieval challenge grid

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FOCUS TASK
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Write a journal account of a person living in Ireland during the Emergency.

REVISION
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chronicles - quizlet set: ireland during world war two

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TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE
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chronicles - quizlet test: ireland during world war two [printable]

Answer the true or false questions.
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  • HOME
  • ABOUT
  • A POSSIBLE APPROACH
  • STRAND ONE
    • THINK LIKE A HISTORIAN
  • STRAND TWO
    • EARLY CHRISTIAN IRELAND
    • THE ENGLISH PATTERN OF SETTLEMENT IN IRELAND
    • 1798 IRISH REBELLION
    • THE GREAT FAMINE AND THE IRISH DIASPORA
    • THE PARLIAMENTARY TRADITION IN IRISH POLITICS
    • THE GAA
    • THE RISE OF NATIONALISM AND UNIONISM, 1911-23 >
      • HOME RULE CRISIS, 1912-14
      • 1916 RISING
      • RISE OF SINN FÉIN
      • IRISH WAR OF INDEPENDENCE, 1919-21
      • ANGLO-IRISH TREATY, 1921
      • IRISH CIVIL WAR, 1922-23
    • IRELAND AND THE WORLD AT WAR >
      • IRELAND DURING WORLD WAR I
      • IRELAND DURING WORLD WAR II
    • THE EUROPEAN UNION
    • IRELAND IN THE 1960s
    • THE TROUBLES IN NORTHERN IRELAND
    • WOMEN IN TWENTIETH CENTURY IRELAND
  • STRAND THREE
    • ANCIENT ROME
    • MEDIEVAL TIMES
    • THE RENAISSANCE
    • THE AGE OF EXPLORATION
    • THE REFORMATION
    • PRE TWENTIETH CENTURY REVOLUTION >
      • THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
      • THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
    • COMMUNISM AND FASCISM >
      • COMMUNISM IN RUSSIA
      • FASCISM IN ITALY
      • FASCISM IN GERMANY
    • WORLD WAR II
    • THE HOLOCAUST
    • THE COLD WAR
    • THE EUROPEAN UNION
    • EUROPE AND THE WIDER WORLD IN THE 1960s
    • TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION
    • PATTERNS OF CHANGE >
      • HEALTH AND MEDICINE [OPTION ONE]
  • ASSESSMENT
    • CBA 1: THE PAST IN MY PLACE
    • CBA 2: A LIFE IN TIME
    • ASSESSMENT TASK
    • EXAM HUB
  • ACTION VERBS FOR LEARNING OUTCOMES
  • HISTORY MATTERS 365 BLOG
  • TEACHING STRATEGIES
  • WEBLINKS
  • CHRONICLES
  • TEACHER MAILING LIST
  • MY CLASSROOM
  • CONTACT