[farming pharmer]

The Irish were no allies in WWII. Screw them.

[Maine Mariner]

They were neutral during WWII. I suspect because they hated the British.

[dfwgator]

Lord Haw Haw was an American-born Irishman.

[Kenny Bania]

The Irish were no allies in WWII. Screw them.

The Irish in Ireland weren't. Americans of Irish descent, however, served in droves - and with distinction. Big difference. Same with the Italians.

[Az Joe]

Read up on it....not good.

[Brown Deer]

The Irish were no allies in WWII. Screw them.

SCREW YOU!

WWII was about a hundred years later!

Seven Union generals were Irish-born while an estimated 150,000 Irish-Americans fought for the Union during the war.

The Union Pacific was built primarily by Irish laborers from the Eastern Seaboard who were veterans of the Union and Confederate armies during the Civil War.

[Az Joe]

Thankfully there’s this:

“Estimates of between 4,000 and 7,000 members of the Irish armed forces deserted to join the armed forces of belligerent nations, the majority serving in the British Army, Royal Air Force and Royal Navy.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emergency_(Ireland)

[Jimmy Valentine]

Consider that the very hearts blood of that island came here. What was left behind was the dregs.

[wardaddy]

The Ulster Irish sure were allies....in WWI and WWII

the 36th lost 2000 dead in a few hours at the Somme

My ancestry ...... ....though they were in the USA 18th century

Originally Cromwell orphans...