Irish maritime events during World War II explained
See main article: Irish Mercantile Marine during World War II. Below is the timeline of maritime events during the Emergency,[1] [2] (as World War II was known in Ireland). This period was referred to as The Long Watch by Irish Mariners. This list is of events which affected the Irish Mercantile Marine,[3] other ships carrying Irish exports or imports, and events near the Irish coast.
Timeline
In this list, the nationality of non-Irish ships is given, the phrase "British-flagged" is used for ships which transferred from the Irish registry.
1945
See also
Notes
- "The Emergency" was an official euphemism used by the Irish Government to refer to its position during World War II.
- 1939-09-02 . Existence of National Emergency . Dáil debates . 77 . 19–20 . . 2008-07-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110607110636/http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/D/0077/D.0077.193909020007.html . 7 June 2011 .
- In Ireland it is the "Mercantile Marine"; in the United Kingdom it is the "Merchant Navy"; in the United States it is the "Merchant Marine". "Irish Mercantile Marine" refers to the fleet of Irish registered merchant ships, be they privately or government owned, engaged in the commerce or transportation of goods in and out of the navigable waters of Ireland.
Bibliography
- Book: Forde, Frank . The Long Watch . New Island Books . Dublin. 1-902602-42-0. 1981. 2000 .
- Book: Griven, Brian . The Emergency . 2006 . Macmillan . London . 978-1-4050-0010-9 .
- Book: Gray, Tony . The Lost Years . 1997 . Little Brown and Company. London . 0-316-88189-9 .
- Book: Coogan, Tim Pat . Ireland in the Twentieth Century . 2003 . Jutchinson . London . 0-09-179427-7 .
- Book: Duggan, John P. Herr Hempel. Irish Academic Press. 2003. 0-7165-2757-X.
- Book: Kennedy, Michael . Guarding Neutral Ireland . 2008 . Four Courts Press . Dublin . 978-1-84682-097-7 .
- Book: Eunan, O'Halpin . Spying on Ireland . 2008 . Oxford University Press . Oxford . 978-0-19-925329-6.
- Book: Spong, H. C.. Irish Shipping Ltd., 1941-1982. World Ship Society. 1982. 978-0-905617-20-6.
- Book: MacGinty, Tom. The Irish Navy. The Kerryman. Tralee. 1995. 0-946277-22-2.
- Book: Wills, Clair. That Neutral Island. Faber and Faber. London. 2007. 978-0-571-22105-9.
- Book: Carroll, Joseph T. Ireland in the war years. International Scholars Publications. 1998. 978-1-57309-186-2 .
- Book: Dwyer, T Ryle. De Valera's Finest Hour. Mercier Press. Cork. 1982. 0-85342-675-9 .
- Book: Fisk, Robert. In Time of War. André Deutsch . London. 1983. 0-233-97514-4 .
(Later republished as:Book: Fisk, Robert . In Time of War: Ireland, Ulster and the Price of Neutrality, 1939-45 . 1996 . Gill & Macmillan Ltd . 978-0-7171-2411-4 .)
- Book: McIvor, Aidan. A History of the Irish Naval Service. Irish Academic Press . Dublin. 1994. 0-7165-2523-2 .
- Book: Share, Bernard. The Emergency. Gill and Macmillan. Dublin. 1978. 071710916X. registration.
References
- "The Emergency" was an official euphemism used by the Irish Government to refer to its position during World War II.
- 1939-09-02 . Existence of National Emergency . Dáil debates . 77 . 19–20 . . 2008-07-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110607110636/http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/D/0077/D.0077.193909020007.html . 7 June 2011 .
- In Ireland it is the "Mercantile Marine"; in the United Kingdom it is the "Merchant Navy"; in the United States it is the "Merchant Marine". "Irish Mercantile Marine" refers to the fleet of Irish registered merchant ships, be they privately or government owned, engaged in the commerce or transportation of goods in and out of the navigable waters of Ireland.
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