World Wars
Irish history and interest stories surround World War I and World War II. The First and Second World Wars continue to be remembered and rightly so, "lest we forget".
Ireland's World War II shame - Irish soldiers faced hostility after arriving home
On This Day: Easter Rising leader Joseph Mary Plunkett was executed
Diary of Co Armagh soldier, 17, killed at Battle of the Somme
On This Day: WWII's Belfast Blitz begins, bringing horrendous losses
The Irish pigeon that played a vital role in World War II's D-Day landings
Last surviving pilot of WWII Battle of Britain has died aged 105
WWII ship where five brave Sullivan brothers died discovered on St. Patrick's Day
Holocaust Remembrance Day: The only Irish citizen to die at Auschwitz
My grandfather witnessed peace at Christmas from a WWI trench
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