Irish didn’t even bother to fight Hitler, they wanted England to lose.
I was born in Scotland in 1940. We certainly didn’t want Britain to lose in W.W. 2, but our Scots/Irish family always considered England “the auld enemy”. Wales wasn’t that keen about England, either. However, England called the shots coz’ “might equaled right” so we were all stuck with it. I think a lot of the continuing resentment was helped along because the schools then were either Catholic (free) or Protestant (free) and if you wanted to go to a non-religious school (called Public School for some reason) you had to pay tuition. I doubt Scottish, Irish, Welsh nationalism is as strong these days because all schools are public, unless you specifically pay to go to a religiously run school, and with the advent of T.V. and national news countries are not as insular as they used to be.
I was born in Scotland in 1940. We certainly didn’t want Britain to lose in W.W. 2, but our Scots/Irish family always considered England “the auld enemy”. Wales wasn’t that keen about England, either. However, England called the shots coz’ “might equaled right” so we were all stuck with it. I think a lot of the continuing resentment was helped along because the schools then were either Catholic (free) or Protestant (free) and if you wanted to go to a non-religious school (called Public School for some reason) you had to pay tuition. I doubt Scottish, Irish, Welsh nationalism is as strong these days because all schools are public, unless you specifically pay to go to a religiously run school, and with the advent of T.V. and national news countries are not as insular as they used to be.