Northern Ireland

Poem "The Bus Run"

Remember the bus runs during the war, to Monaghan or Dundalk....

The Colour Yellow

It so happened that all life jackets or Mae Wests used by the Germans were coloured this fierce yellow so...

The Letter

One brother Sandy joined the Air Force,a sister May was in the A.T.S. Tragically he was killed in action 10...

Soldiers on Holiday: In Northern Ireland

William James Nevin joined the Irish guards in 1928 at the age of sixteen - he lied about his age. After...

My Brother Reggie

I also remember my eldest brother Reggie joining the Navy... One day as I recall a neighbour came to our...

Ireland, North and South — VE Day

I had a sister in Birmingham and another sister was a Nurse in England, worked in London and her hospital...

WW2 in Ligoniel

I grew up in Belfast in a place called Ligoniel, in the north of the city. Although Ligoniel was a suburb,...

Yanks: CHildhood Memories of Northern Ireland

I would have been four or five years old at the time and my brother 18 months younger. White men in...

In the RAF in Aldergrove

Richie Edwards from Prestatyn, now living in Rhyl tells us of his memories in the RAF in Northern Ireland....

Ivy and Sadie's Story as Told by the Children of Strand Primary School: Memories of Belfast

Ivy and Sadie's Story as Told by the Children of Strand Primary School: Memories of Belfast. But Ivy...

Sam Halliday's Memories of Cregagh

In September 1940, because we lived outside the city boundary, all the school children were moved for their...

Poem " Changing Times"

These things we all were used to, nothing worn for style A patch in the back of your trousers, you could...

The Story of Isobel as Told by the Children of Strand Primary School: Memories of Belfast

The Story of Isobel as Told by the Children of Strand Primary School: Memories of Belfast. The bunker was...

Story of the Virgin Soldier (News of the Blitz in Belfast)

As he recalls, letter writing was no bother for Robert McIlroy and he would have even seen himself as a...

My Wartime Memories

I was 12 years old and living in the Bloomfield area of Belfast when the war broke out. I remember thinking...

Going Back

I meet Jim again three months after that and found out that all his family was killed in the bombed air...

June Martins Memories of a Belfast Childhood during WW2 (Rationing)

Each autumn my brother and I were sent “to the country”, by train, with a basket each, to buy...

Yankie Surprise: Hitching a Lift in Dungannon

My father-in-law John McKee worked in the linen industry during the war and was based at Moygashel outside...

World War 2 Story as told by Greta McDowell

The next morning we were transported in army lorries as evacuees to Bushmills County Antrim. Lily was...

My Granda as an Evacuee.

The Germans bombed these factories and shipyards to stop making weapons like guns and tanks to defend...

Wartime Warrenpoint

Boats travelled between Warrenpoint and Omeath which is on the other side of Carlingford Lough and in the...

June Martins Memories of a Belfast Childhood during WW2 (air raids)

June Martins Memories of a Belfast Childhood during WW2. Although the air raids on Belfast and other cities...

A Welcome from the Belfast 'Kids'

Our grown-ups were not so gracious, many said they were "Over here, over paid and over sexed" We...

The Yanks Come to Town by Bernard MC Cormack

The Yanks Come to Town by Bernard MC Cormack...

The Apple box

They must have been travelling light..... there was chocolate, apples , oranges and all manner of goodies...

Almost a Soldier

During the war I was employed at the Ulster Transport workshops in University Street, Belfast. Not long...