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The good old anti-British days - Margaret Thatcher haters and spats in New York during World War II (IrishCentral)

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 05:18:08 PDT

A graffiti sign on the Falls Road in Belfast last weekShaemas O’Sheel probably would have wondered what all of the fuss was about A fellow like Shaemas -- and, yes, that is how he chose to spell his name -- probably would have been outraged that some people chose not to celebrate the passing of Maggie Thatcher last weekThe former British prime minister, of course, will be buried this week with much fanfare, at great expense READ MORE

WWII hero priest who saved thousands from the Nazis honored by the Irish State (IrishCentral)

Tue, 13 Nov 2012 05:17:48 PST

By: DARA KELLY

Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty, an Irish priest who saved more than 6,500 people during World War II is being honored by the Irish State.

New search for long-lost Irish World War II pilot to begin - VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Fri, 05 Oct 2012 12:16:43 PDT

By: DARA KELLY

A UK team will begin searching the Egyptian desert in October for the remains of an Irish World War II fighter pilot, reports the Irish Independent.

How Navy saved Notre Dame after World War II – the team’s shared histories (IrishCentral)

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 04:16:50 PDT

By: BRYAN FITZGERALD

This Saturday’s game between Notre Dame and Navy at Aviva Stadium in Dublin will mark a momentous occasion for both sides, the latest chapter in a relationship that dates back to 1914.

The Irish World War II shame - Irish soldiers faced hostility after arriving home (IrishCentral)

Thu, 24 May 2012 05:30:07 PDT

Bernard Kelly's new book: Returning HomeThis week we're going to give you a break from the mind-numbing economics and politics of the euro crisis and the referendum here on the Fiscal Compact Treaty It will be unavoidable next week in the run up to the vote in Ireland on May 31, so make the most of your time off!So this week we will ignore all that euro stuff There also happens to be a good reason for switching the focus this week because it gives us the chance to take a look at an important new book which was published in Dublin on Tuesday, May 22 The book, Returning Home, is by the young Galway historian Bernard Kelly, and it investigates the shameful way the estimated 12,000 Irish veterans who returned to Ireland after the end of the Second World War were treated READ MORE

Irish-based family of missing WW2 pilot hope to find his body in Egyptian desert - VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Mon, 21 May 2012 05:49:44 PDT

By: DARA KELLY

Members of the extended family of Flt. Sgt. Denis Copping, who are based in Kinsale, County Cork, have renewed hope of finding the pilot, who went missing in June 1942 after his plane crashed in Egypt.

Granny refuses to pay household levy and likens Irish conditions to World War II times (IrishCentral)

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 06:06:07 PDT

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

An 81-year-old Irish grandmother is leading the fight against the government imposed household levy – after describing conditions in Ireland as akin to the Second World War.

Irish woman saved Jewish brothers and countless children from Auschwitz in World War II (IrishCentral)

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:37:26 PST

By: KERRY O'SHEA

A new exhibit in Dublin, the Holocaust in Europe, tells the story of Cork native Mary Elmes and how she helped save a number of Jewish people from being sent to the Auschwitz death camp.

Irish Minister says Ireland’s neutrality on Hitler was morally bankrupt (IrishCentral)

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:37:09 PST

By: CATHY HAYES

Ireland’s Minister for Justice, Alan Shatter, has apologized for the way the 10,000 Irishmen who fought Hitler were treated after World War II. The minister also said Ireland’s stance of “neutrality” during the war was morally bankrupt.

World War II Spitfire guns 'like-new' after 70 years in an Irish bog (IrishCentral)

Sun, 13 Nov 2011 06:02:01 PST

By: ANTOINETTE KELLY

After 70 years of being buried in the highlands of Donegal, machine guns that were attached to the remains of a World War II fighter plane are still in working order.

Irishman leads recovery of $230million worth of silver from World War II ship - VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 05:17:21 PDT

By: CATHAL DERVAN

Irishman Andrew Craig has helped locate a silver haul worth over $230million dollar off the Atlantic Coast.

Missing remains of Irish American World War II vet finally laid to rest (IrishCentral)

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 11:31:37 PDT

By: JORDANA KOZUPSKY

After being killed in a bloody, WWII battle in Süggerath, Germany that took the lives of 2,000 others, the 66 year-old skeletal remains of 23 year-old Private First Class Edward L. O’Toole have finally been buried in San Francisco, CA.

70th anniversary: Belfast remembers World War II Blitz - PHOTOS (IrishCentral)

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 05:11:07 PDT

By: MOLLY MULDOON

SEE GALLERY- The Belfast Blitz- Images from the Belfast Telegraph's Archive

Chief US spy in Ireland during World War II has died (IrishCentral)

Mon, 14 Feb 2011 04:50:24 PST

By: CATHY HAYES