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


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
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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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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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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?

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

REVISION
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WORKSHEET - the emergency [CREATED BY MS. CIARA BOYLE @CEYANE_CIARA]

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