1940 AD - 4 / October to December
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:In
the
Irish Republic, 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 Ireland's
neutrality, and
further bloodshed. Winston Churchill, was well aware that if he
forced War on Ireland,
there would be Irish - American repercussions. 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 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. 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:In
the
Irish Republic,
disaffected by the
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 partitioned from 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
IRA membership in the Ulster
Province, at this particular time,
was very small.
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 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, and Owen "Roe" O Sullivan who died in 1784 AD. The first 3 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.