Republic of Ireland

Belvederians who died in The Second World War 1939-1945 (8)

The island of Malta was in the hands of the Allies - but it stood on the direct sea route from Italy...

Bombing of Dublin

I went to stay in a hotel just outside Phoenix Park In Dublin 1940 — 1941... We felt the ground...

First Communion

The day that North Strand was bombed I was to take my 1st Holy Communion and this man came along and asked...

Grandad's Story

His responsibility was to protect Ireland's neutrality so every night he scanned the Atlantic ocean for...

Life on the Irish Front

My Grandfather, James Colclough was growing up on the Irish front in Dublin, Ireland... When the German...