Northern Ireland

Irish Soldier

I was in service in Dublin. I was born in County Cavan and have 3 brothers and 1 sister....

Life across the border in Donegal 1939-45

There was a time change in Inishowen and then there was a different time in the North and sometimes there...

athenia's bride

Upon arrival in Magherafelt the next morning, mother was advised by my grandmother that the Athenia was...

My Wartime Experiences in the A TS

In January 1942, I was transferred to the Quartermaster's office at Omagh barracks, where the late...

Bishop Daly in Beleek during the war

This story is taken from an interview with Bishop Edward Daly, and has been added to the site with their...

Defending Portstewart Strand from the Nazis

But then Campbell College was taken over as an American hospital, and we then moved out to Portstewart...

Limerick Footballer in Derry Shipyard

It was very interesting to read the Edddie Davis article "A FOOTBALLERS WARTIME STORY IN DERRY" It...

Making A Few Quid in Derry When The Troops Arrived

Derry was much nearer the Atlantic than any other British port. There were Dance Halls in Derry....

The German bombing of Dublin

But Eamon St station was bombed, because they were going up from Eamon St Station in their thousands....

A Leicester Wren in Derry

The air-raids we had … training at Greenwich naval College, first night was the London blitz. We...

Precautions after the Belfast Blitz

The rest was all AFS stations or council, like Ballymena, run by the council... They opened full-time...

An Ulster Family and WW2

And she was always very concerned to read the latest casualty lists in the local newspapers and the Belfast...

Flying-Boats on Lough Erne

All able bodied men, labourers, joiners etc., were then employed on the shores of lough Erne, to build...

Why a Free State boy joined the RAF

Dun Laoghaire was bombed. Cairo, Aden, and a place just outside Nairobi in Kenya....

A day I shall never forget

I remember it well — the day I left my home in Dublin to travel to Belfast to join the ATS Auxiliary...

American losses in N Ireland

And their job was to bury those Americans who'd … quite a lot killed flying in, Flying Fortresses...

Smuggling antics across the border to Donegal

Story told by Eamon Gallagher and transcribed by Bruce Logan. And I was coming in, and this lady — a...

The Coast-Watch tower

From this vantage-point, the occupants had a clear view of the North Atlantic, from the Royal Navy boom at...

Moving to N. Ireland

By then the war was in its second year, food rations were in place, also clothing coupons and vouchers for...

Why Southern Irishmen joined the British Army

And I have to say, we who served in the irish regiments, and there were at that time 3 Irish infantry...

Note from Northern Ireland

In 1942, US Major Darby toured American military camps in Northern Ireland seeking members for this elite...

Americans and Italians in Newtownards

All I remember is, what used to be an Italian restaurant in the Square in Newtownards eventually became an...

Indian Rope Trick

Originally from England, but we came to NI about 1930-31 when my father was made Bursar at Campbell...

Ambulance Driving for the ARP

When I was 16 my Uncle Jim taught me to drive in his beautiful Riley with pre-selecting gears - that was an...

Far from Home

Included on the list of names on Portstewart War Memorial is the name of Jack Tannahill, who died serving...

Living Close to the Factories

I lived in Sydenham between the Shorts Airplane factory and the Belfast shipyard, Harland and Wolff. An...