
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 WWII heroes long ignored tales explored in new TG4 documentary
Combat Kelly: Helicopter pilot killed in Vietnam War in 1964
Gabriel Byrne’s Samuel Beckett biopic to close San Sebastian Film Festival
Churchill wanted Irish bombed from the air, refused Michael Collins' plea
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
Hitler’s nephew, Willy, fought against him in the US Navy in WWII
The German airman who crash-landed in Wexford during WWII and fell in love with an Irish woman
The Monaghan man who filmed the devastation of Nagasaki and Hiroshima
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