On the 1st of September 1939 Adolf Hitler ordered the invasion of Poland and with it the start of World War 2. Committed to remaining neutral in the conflict Dáil Éireann declared a State of E...
On the 1st of September 1939 Adolf Hitler ordered the invasion of Poland and with it the start of World War 2. Committed to remaining neutral in the conflict Dáil Éireann declared a State of Emergency and for the next six years Ireland struggled in the face of adversity to retain its stability and its sovereignty. Drunken Nazis in Dingle, a US ambassador communing with the dead, threats of invasion from both Germany and Britain and an armed paramilitary which regarded itself as the legitimate government of the Republic, Ireland would face numerous challenges while also aiding the Allied cause. Abroad, serving in the Allied armed forces, Irishmen would fight in many of the major battles of the Second World War, would hide Jewish refugees in the Vatican and one Irish POW would even survive the bombing of Nagasaki. Subscribe to be kept up to date with new episodes covering the events of the Emergency.
References:
Brian Girvin - “The Emergency”
Fearghal McGarry - “Eoin O’Duffy”
Adrian Hoar - “In Green and Red”
David McCullagh - “Éamon de Valera: Rule”
David Gray - “A Yankee in De Valera’s Ireland”
Emergency Powers Act 1939 - http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1939/act/28/enacted/en/print
De Valera’s address to the Nation - https://www.rte.ie/archives/2014/0902/640983-the-great-european-powers-are-again-at-war/
Dáil Éireann debate 2nd September 1939 - https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1939-09-02/
Social Media:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/theirishnation
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheIrishNationLives/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theirishnationlives/
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/theirishnationlives
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ie/podcast/the-irish-nation-lives
Photos:
Military Archives
NLI Flickr account
Wiki Commons