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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

youtube - ireland during ww2

Royal Irish Academy (RIA) - ​‘The Coastwatchers – guarding Ireland’s Second World War frontline’
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the military archives - The Destruction and Preservation of Ireland's Second World War Lookout Posts

punch magazine - cartoon archive - eamon defying the lightning 
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the irish times - The North Strand bombing: Remembering the terror 80 years on
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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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the irish examiner - The American plot against Ireland

German airmen were guests in Ireland not prisoners

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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'

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more resources

the irish times - Maureen Flavin, the Mayo weather woman who made D-Day work
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Documents in Irish Foreign Policy (DIFP) - ​The Emergency: Ireland in a world at war, 1939-45
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thejournal.ie - Quiz: How much do you know about Éamon de Valera?

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