Tag: Ireland in World War Two
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Roman imbroglio – Italy and the Irish, 1939-1945
This website has been created to parallel the launch of ‘Roman imbroglio: Italy and the Irish during World War Two’. The book explores Ireland’s links to Italy in the period 1939-1945—in part using the rich, fascinating material left by the Irish minister to Rome, Michael MacWhite, but also by the Irish minister to the Vatican,…
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Chronology, 1938-1946
27 April 1938 – Michael MacWhite arrives in Rome as Irish Minister to the Quirinale. 23 July 1938 – Running street fights between Italian navy cadets and Irish anti-Fascists around O’Connell St., Dublin. 21 November 1938 – Vincenzo Berardis arrives in Dublin as Italian Minister to the Irish Free State. March 1939 – Eamon de…
Roman imbroglio 