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Irish ‘Mick’ fighter pilot was one of the British RAF’s best pilots in World War One (IrishCentral)

Fri, 17 May 2013 11:58:14 PDT

By: IrishCentral Staff Writers

A new book details the contribution of the Irish aces involved in the Allied flying services World War One.

Hatchets and hunger strikes for the vote - Irish suffragettes grew militant before World War I (IrishCentral)

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:47:17 PDT

By: MICHELLE K. SMITH

Irish suffragettes resorted to some violent means in the early twentieth century. They threw hatchets and burning chairs before Ireland had even gained Home Rule or independence.

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.

Poppy fascism used against Irish leaders in politics and sport -- No reason to glorify horrific deaths in World War I (IrishCentral)

Tue, 13 Nov 2012 04:31:01 PST

Irish leader Enda Kenny made the decision not to wear a Remembrance Day poppyI see Irish leader Enda Kenny, Foreign Minister Eamon Gilmore, rugby star Brian O’Driscoll, and soccer star James McClean have all been attacked for not wearing the poppy on Remembrance DayThat is poppy fascism at its finestJohn Snow, the distinguished British commentator, refuses to wear a poppy for that very reason, as he rails against the Poppy fanatics who regard not wearing one in honor of Britain’s war dead as close to treasonI’ll wear my own poppy when the British wear an Easter Lily remembering the Easter Rising of 1916 dead – that is it, pure and simple READ MORE

Veteran’s Day ‘Lest we forget’ – The Irish who died in World War One (IrishCentral)

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 04:07:16 PST

By: CATHY HAYES

It has been calculated that 210,000 Irishmen served in the British forces during World War I, with 140,000 volunteering to fight. In all 35,000 Irishmen died.

First World War wills of 9,000 Irish soldiers will go online (IrishCentral)

Sun, 04 Nov 2012 06:04:32 PST

By: ALICE JACKSON

The wills of 9,000 World War I Irish soldiers who fought in the British Army will be posted online this week the Irish Sunday Times reports.

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.

Irish Minister compares Famine to American Civil War and World War 2 (IrishCentral)

Mon, 01 Oct 2012 05:16:48 PDT

By: KERRY O’SHEA

Irish Tourism Minister Minister Leo Varadkar, who officially opened Ireland’s Great Hunger museum near the campus of Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut, stated the Famine’s impact on Ireland was similar to the Civil War in the US and World War 2 on Europe.

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.

Youngster finds Second World War mortar shell on Derry beach (IrishCentral)

Sun, 26 Aug 2012 06:55:47 PDT

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

A young Derry boy has escaped serious injury after he found a Second World War mortar shell on a beach in Northern Ireland.

Irish Government apologizes for treatment of soldiers who returned from Second World War (IrishCentral)

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 04:22:23 PDT

By: CATHY HAYES

It's taken almost seventy years but the Irish government has finally apologized for its treatment of Irish soldiers who deserted to fight for the Allied Forces against Hitler's Nazi Germany.

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.

US won a world war in 4 years, yet after 10 years we are still getting killed in Afghanistan (IrishCentral)

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 04:45:14 PST

US Marines walking through opium fields US guards at a prison holding dangerous combatants in Afghanistan, discovered defaced Korans had been used to pass information amongst the prisoners Evidently our soldiers hadn't gotten the latest Fatwah regarding proper disposal of defaced Korans and had ended up burning them in a small bonfireThe innocent burnings of these books has sparked religious outrage and caused the murder and injury of US troops throughout this country For days all hell has broken loose in this land, as if a floodgate had been thrown open,But is this just symptomatic of something far greater than the burnings of a few books? How many Korans have been destroyed and burned by Taliban terror strikes on the people of Afghanistan? READ MORE

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.

Liam Neeson is to appear as a hologram in the stage version of ‘War of the Worlds’ (IrishCentral)

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 05:24:19 PST

By: BUZZ BRADY

The ‘Schindler’s List’ actor will be shows as a full body hologram narrating the musical, which will be staged on an arena tour across the UK next year.

President Higgins pays tribute to those Irish who died in two World Wars (IrishCentral)

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 05:08:44 PST

By: CATHAL DERVAN

Michael D Higgins proved a big hit as he went to work in his new job as President of Ireland – with contrasting duties on both sides of the border.