1941 - 2

July: The Irish Government learnt second hand that the American Government was to set up a naval base in Derry in Co. Derry in the north - east of the Ulster Province, one of the 6 Counties artificially partitioned from the 9 in the Ulster Province and still under the control of the British Imperial Government. Eammon de Valera sent a note through David Gray the American ambassador to their State Department, who refused to admit it, and said it was between Ireland and Britain. David Gray was always antagonistic towards the Irish Government and would seek any opportunity to create problems for them.

July 23rd: Stephen Hayes, was bought before an IRA Court Martial headed by Sean Mac Caughey and other IRA members, who he had never seen before, and was sentenced to death by them the next day.

August: In the Irish Republic, Captain Hermann Goertz the German agent, now tried to leave Ireland for France, but the boat he was on broke down in Brittany Bay and he was forced to return once again to Ireland.

September: Captain Hermann Goertz the German agent, once again tried to leave Ireland, but was swamped by the sea, which also flooded the motor, and he was forced to return to Ireland again.

September 8th: In the Irish Republic, Stephen Hayes the previous IRA Chief of Staff, who had been accused of collaboration with Eamonn de Valera and sentenced to death, was beaten up again by some of the IRA members. Later on he somehow managed to escape from their clutches either by design or just plain good luck, but he was still in manacles when he was to eventually surrender to the Irish Civic Guards.

September 10th: In the Irish Republic, the IRA released pamphlets containing the confessions of collaboration with the Irish Government by their previous leader, Stephen Hayes, who was now betraying all of the IRA secrets to the Irish Garda police, and many of the IRA members were arrested together with their sympathisers, which included Seamus O Donovan. Sean Mac Caughey, now became the new IRA Chief of Staff and Captain Hermann Goertz / Mr. Robinson the German agent had by now also gained great respect for his leadership qualities, and his commitment in trying to stop the IRA members from harassing the Irish Government and concentrate their IRA efforts instead in the 6 Counties artificially partitioned from the 9 in the Ulster Province. still under the British Imperial Government control.

September 23rd: In the Irish Republic, Patrick Davern, an IRA member, led the Irish Garda police to a cave situated in Co. Tipperary in the north - east of the Munster Province, where they found the remains of Michael Devereux the previous IRA officer who had been missing for a year, and who had been shot in the head.

November: In the Irish Republic, George Plant and Joseph O Connor, who were both IRA members, were charged with the death of Michael Devereux, and both Patrick Davern and Michael Walsh were to give evidence against them who suddenly had a change of mind at the last minute.

November: In the Irish Republic, Herrmann Goertz the German agent, who had been at large for 19 months in Ireland, was captured by detectives at Blackheath Park, while they were looking for Pearse Kelly who was now the IRA Chief of Staff after taking over from Sean Mac Caughey. Eduard Hempel, the German ambassador was relieved that Hermann Goertz had been captured, as he was a constant worry as a threat to Ireland's neutrality, and he was now interned for the duration of the War.

December 1st: Winston Churchill the Conservative Coalition Prime Minister of Britain, endeavouring to increase the pressure on the Irish Government, ended the trade embargo with Ireland, as he wanted, " To loosen things up and make Eamonn de Valera more ready to consider common interests."  The Irish Shipping that had been handed over to Britain at the start of the 2nd War for Irish - British Trade, was not returned ensuring that Ireland had now to get on the best way it could. - When the Fianna Fail Party were first in government in 1932, there was only 21,000 acres under wheat in Ireland, but by 1939 due to their policy of self sufficiency by now 220,000 acres were sown down, which stood Ireland in good stead, but despite this rationing still had to be introduced.

December 8th: America and Great Britain declared War on Japan, after their attack the previous day on Pearl Harbour, and Winston Churchill the British Conservative Coalition Prime Minister elated sent a direct message through Sir John Maffey to Eammon de Valera to meet with him to convince him that now was the time to bring Ireland into the War, but he continued to keep Ireland neutral. He also refused the request of the German Government for a Military Attaché to be stationed in Ireland.

December 9th: The Irish Dail Eireann Cabinet met in Dublin, where they discussed Winston Churchill's request, and decided it would be far better if Lord Cranborne was to visit Ireland were he would be advised personally of the Irish position.

December 14th: Eammon de Valera while giving a speech in Cork in Co. Cork in Southern Munster, expressed Ireland's sympathy with America having to be involved in the War, as many Irish - Americans would now have shed their blood also.  

December 15th: Eduard Hemple the German Ambassador was quick to bring a complaint as to the Irish Government's sympathy with America, but Frank P. Walshe the Secretary of External Affairs, soon pulled him into line by reminding of their nefarious activities and the previous capture of Captain Hermann Goertz.  

December 16th: Lord Cranborne / Salisbury on behalf of the British Imperial Government, arrived in Dublin to discuss Ireland's neutral position with the Irish Government in the scheme of things.

December 17th: Lord Cranborne met with Eammon de Valera at Iveagh House, but nothing was concluded, as there was no offer put on the table of any chance of Irish reunification of the 6 artificially partitioned Counties from the 9 in the Ulster Province, and therefore ruling out any chance of Ireland entering into the War.

December 25th: All of the German agents being held In the Irish Republic, were now situated in Mountjoy Jail, from were Guenther Schuetz desperately wanted to escape, and he personally met with Stephen Held, who had made contact for him with the IRA, who also had 200 of their members being held there also.  

     Richard Mulcahy, was to be the T.D. for Co. Tipperary in the north - east of the Munster Province in Eire / Ireland until 1961.

    James Joyce, who had been born in 1882 in Dublin, who had written Ulysses, Finnegan's Wake, Dubliners, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, and who had left Ireland in 1902 to teach languages in France, Italy and Switzerland, died this year - A.E. / George William Russell, who had been born in the Ulster Province, had a studio at Sheephaven at Marble Hill on the coast of Co. Donegal in the west of the Ulster Province. 

     In the 6 Counties artificially partitioned from the 9 in the Ulster Province, by the British Imperial Government, J.M. Andrews had succeeded James Craig as their Ascendancy "Official" Unionist Stormont Prime Minister until 1961. - Hugh Mac Ateer who was now the IRA Chief of Staff, stated his aim was to gain overall Independence for the whole of Ireland, and the removal of the British Imperial Government's control from the 6 Counties in Ulster. He had grown up in the 1930s, when all the children in the 6 Counties under the control of the Ascendancy "Official" Unionist Government there, were turning green with malnutrition, and it was only through the intercession of the Christian Brothers, physically giving them daily doses of Cod Liver Oil, that they were able to survive at all.  - In Belfast in Co. Antrim in the north - east of Ulster, 6 youths were sentenced to death, with no chance of leave to appeal to the House of Lords in England, as the Westminster Parliament was not in Session. Despite this their sentences were to be eventually committed. "

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