1940 AD - 4 / October to December
" British Anti - Irish Campaigns"
1940 AD November 5th:
Winston Churchill,
the British Conservative Coalition Prime Minister, in the
British House of Commons, "lambasted" Eammon de Valera for not
giving him "access" to the Irish ports, which were closed to the British Navy, as
the
German "U - Boats" were giving them trouble, and if they had those "Ports" they could
better defend themselves, and the "newspapers" took up his cry,
and they began an "anti - Irish" campaign in
Britain.
November 7th: Eamonn de Valera,
affirmed that there was no chance of Ireland
handing over the Irish
"Ports" to anyone, as this would only lead to loss of Eire / Ireland's
"neutrality," and
further bloodshed. Winston Churchill, was well aware that if he
forced "War" on Ireland,
there would be Irish - American repercussions so instead, he appealed to
Franklin Roosevelt
the American President, to try and bring "pressure" on the
Irish Government
to obtain "bases" for America in Ireland, to protect the shipping or at least
obtain them for
Great Britain. David Gray,
the American Ambassador to
Ireland,
gave Eammon de Valera a letter stating, "Nations
that are not co - operating with the British Imperial Government are regarded as
not in sympathy with the interests of
America."
One quarter
/1/4 of the
Irish male population, had already "enlisted" in the
Allied Armies, and the local
Security Forces, and Eamonn de Valera advised
America that
Ireland needed
"assistance," as an invasion by either
Germany who were threatening through shipping
blockades, or the British Imperial Government, who were threatening by words and
"economic reprisals"
and the German Government, knowing that
Ireland was fearing an attack by the
British Government, offered to assist the Irish Government
by supplying "captured" weapons, similar to those in use in Ireland.
November 14th:,
Disaffected by the "Anti - Treaty
IRA," who he considered were actually doing "nothing
worthwhile" and were leaderless, and realising there wasn't anything to gain by remaining
in Ireland, Captain Hermann Goertz
/ Mr. Robinson, the German agent, went off to "Spain" to
return to Germany, going against his original orders.
November: Sir James Craig
/ Lord Craigavon, the Ascendancy "Official"
Unionist leader,
who had since died, had previously stated that, "The Stormont Parliament in the 6 Counties
"artificially partitioned" from the
9 Counties in
the
Ulster Province was for an
"Ascendancy State," and he was replaced by J.M. Andrews, as the
new "Official" Unionist leader, only 5 minutes after
the first
German "raid"
The
"Anti - Treaty IRA" membership in the Ulster
Province, at this particular time,
was very low.
December: Increasing the pressure on the
Irish
Government, Franklin D. Roosevelt, the President of the United States of America, went on radio and warned the Irish
population of
an "imminent invasion" by Germany.
December:
The Irish Ambassador in
Madrid, was informed of the
previous fate of
Frank
Ryan.
Dr. Edward Mac Lysaght, became the "first" Irish Chief Herald, and instituted the "recognition" of the Irish Chiefs of the Name, following on from the aristocratic Gaelic Irish leadership under the previous Irish Brehon Laws.
Seamus Murphy's monument to the "4 Irish Poets" was installed in Killarney in Co. Kerry in Southern Munster opposite the Franciscan Friary, and among these were Pierce Ferriter, who had been "hung" by the English nearby on the Hill of Sheep in 1643 AD, Geoffrey O Donoghue who had died in 1677 AD, Eogan O Rahilly who had died in 1728 AD and Owen "Roe" O Sullivan who died in 1784 AD. The first 2 are all interred in Muckross Abbey, where the Torc Waterfall is situated above near Loch Leane, which is the largest of the Killarney lochs, while Owen "Roe" O Sullivan, who was born at Rathmore, was interred at Knocknagree on Slieve Luachra.