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What was the impact of world war 2 on ireland north and south
introduction
ireland was divided by partiton (north and south)
DV annoced irish neutrality on the day germany invaded poland
neutrality made psoible by
statue of westminister - no obligtion to fight for britan anymore
1938 return of treaty ports to ireland
DV refused british offer to use irish ports
neutrality justfied by
irish history
ecnomic weakness
partiton of the country
neutrality was popular with the public
economic stagnation
ireland declared a state of emergancy
neutrality caused weakness for wartime markets
sever shortages of food,fuel,raw materials
sean lemas(minister for supplies) introduced rationg
scare goods : sugar,tea,exotic and luxry goods
"the glimmer man" enforced fuel and gas restrictions
irish shipping company set up to limit import supplies
industry decline due to lost of british markets eg inflation,unemployment and wage limit bill introuced
rationing lasted until 1951
economic hardshiped worsened by neutrality
north strand bombing
main attack bombin in north strand dublin 30th may 1941
35 killed and 90 injured
hundreds of homes destroyed
DV atteneded funerals and thanked volunteers
protests loged with german embassador eduard hempel
germany stated bombing was an accident
tricolour flares were visable -doubts over german explantion
some believed bombing was a warning due to irish aid to belfast
event increased public support for neutrality
FF loose of popularity
neutrality supported amongst parties
helped cease civil war tensions
exception: james dillion
called for joing the allies
expelled from fina gael 1942
finna fail lost support due to
economic stagtation
wartime hardship
DEV critised for:
Economic neglect
refusal to expell axis diplomats
1944 general election
power retained
support clearly weakening
refusal to expell axis diplomats
IRAs threat to neutrality
IRA lead by sean russel
planned bobming campagin in england
contact established with nazi germny 1939
Irish intelegence G2 intercepted communications
DEV feared british invasion and forced involvement into war
actions taken :
internment reintroduced in the curragh
500 IRA members arrested as result
german spies parachuted into ireland
all spies captured eg herman grotz 1941-46
IRA german links posed great threat on neutrality
britans offer to end partiton
britan hoped ireland would join the war
DEV refused war involvement and use of treaty ports
winston churchill strongly critised irelands neutrality
british propsal via malcolm macdonald
irish unification for joining the war
problems with the proposal = unionists opostion in N.Ireland
DEV counter offer was allow allies use ports after unificaiton
churchill rejected counteroffer
anglo irish relations worsened
irelands foreign affairs
USA strongly opposed ireladns nuetrality
USA representitive david gray openly critical
US forces used northern ireladn ports
DEV refues acess to southern ports including d-day
despite neutrality british serivceman returned home while germans were imprisoned
ireland shared vital weather reports
Irish weather data aided d-day landings
belfast economic affairs at the time
DEV maintained strict diplomatic neutrality