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".
How a promise helped a Belfast doctor survive a World War II Japanese POW camp
Churchill wanted Irish bombed from the air, refused Michael Collins' plea
Irish priest remembers role in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp liberation
Letters sent home to Ireland from World War I
On This Day: Irish MP Tom Kettle dies during Battle of the Somme
Sir John Gorman: Co Tyrone WWII hero's brave actions against the Germans
Ireland’s Titanic: The tragic sinking of the RMS Leinster in 1918
In search of Joseph Devlin: A grandson's call to the Newry community
Diary of Co Armagh soldier, 17, killed at Battle of the Somme
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