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G2, the Coastwatching Service and the Battle of the Atlantic: 1939-41

Feb 19th

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This paper is an early version of the introduction to the Guarding Neutral Ireland: the
coastwatching service and military intelligence 1939-45 (Four Courts Press, 2008)

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Irish Poplar

Aug 25th

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ABANDONED SHIP GAVE BIRTH TO IRISH SHIPPING’S WARTIME FLEET This article was first published in the Sunday Express on 19 February 1967.  It was reprinted in the Winter 2004 edition of Iris na Mara On the broad chest of the Atlantic the tramp steamer was at first only a speck to the German bomber crew.…

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Remember Irish MN Slave Labourers

Jan 16th

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During WW2 when Irish seamen were captured on British-flagged vessels they were not accorded POW status, they were treated as slave labourers. Remember them

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LOP 6 Howth Head

Jan 18th

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Michael Kennedy, author of Guarding Neutral Ireland, discusses the role of the Look Out Posts, in this case, the LOP on Howth Head, in recording events in the Irish Sea during World War II, known as “The Emergency”.

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The sinking of Arandora Star

Jan 18th

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‘Drowned like rats’ The torpedoing of Arandora Star off the Donegal Coast, 2 July 1940 Michael Kennedy (difp at iol.ie) This paper is a revised version of ‘Men that came in with the sea’ which appeared in History Ireland in 2008.   A PDF version of this article is available: click here   The torpedoing…

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History of the MII

Nov 24th

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This history of the Maritime Institute of Ireland was written by Dr. John de Courcy Ireland, author of many works on maritime history

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