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".
Irish woman who provided vital D-Day weather report dies aged 100
WWII ace-turned-bank robber: The unlikely life of Chris Magee
Irish American WWII spymaster William J. Donovan who was awarded the US Medal of Honor
Irish leaders lays wreath in Fermanagh honoring Remembrance Day
Armistices Day: Irish World War I soldier describes his experiences
Irish WWII heroes long ignored tales explored in new TG4 documentary
Gabriel Byrne’s Samuel Beckett biopic to close San Sebastian Film Festival
The anti-fascist fighter from the Cork/Kerry border
On This Day: World War I air ace Edward “Mick” Mannock was killed in action in 1918
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