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Northern Ireland World War II hero flew missions for clandestine RAF unit
Ballymena man David O’Neil was a pilot during World War II for the Photographic Reconnaissance ... In 1937 he left Northern Ireland to travel to Canada to live with his uncle where he took ...
Ireland may have been neutral, but this Dublin born flier helped beat the Nazis
World War II hero, RAF flyer. Born Dublin, July 17, 1919; died Dublin, March 17, aged 105. The Few are no more. The last of ...
Nazis, U-boats And The Battle For The Atlantic
At the heart of the battle against the U-boat killing machines of the Kriegsmarine – the German navy - was a small city in ...
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Ireland’s Opportunity? The First World War & 1916
No anti-imperialist, he had always maintained, as historian Fearghal McGarry has pointed out, that an Ireland under Home ... The First World War is crucial to understanding of the rebellion ...
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Northern Ireland and World War Two - CCEA
On 3rd September 1939, with Germany having failed to leave Poland, Britain declared war on Germany. The British feared conscription would cause unrest in Ireland and distract Westminster’s time ...
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Ireland’s Opportunity? The First World War & 1916
No anti-imperialist, he had always maintained, as historian Fearghal McGarry has pointed out, that an Ireland under Home ... The First World War is crucial to understanding of the rebellion ...