ABOUT IRELAND
A couple of stories which I picked up during a visit to Dublin. An old woman was arguing that in her opinion the Germans were going to give the British the beating of their lives, and she hoped that they would sink the whole British Navy and conquer the whole pestiferous island. “But maybe the Germans would then conquer us Irish, too?” suggested a friend. “Sure, they’ll never do that.” the old woman declared, “the British Navy will never let them!”
And here’s another story. In the late summer of 1940 an American citizen was travelling from Holyhead to Dublin in the company of a voung Irishman. The American vehemently attacked Eire’s policy of neutrality, and the Irishman just as vehemently defended it. The argument began to get personal. “England seems good enough for you to earn your living in’,’ the American ieered; “I suppose you’ve got a fine job there?” “Why, yes, I have.” the young Irishman answered; “I’m a fighter-pilot.” . . . which is a reminder that, although Ireland is neutral, scores of thousands of young Irishmen are not.— (Prof. W. K. Hancock in “Argument of Empire.”)
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 79, 18 April 1944, Page 3
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189ABOUT IRELAND Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 79, 18 April 1944, Page 3
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