Roll of honour for Irish WWII dead
Men and women from the Irish Free State who fought in World War Two have not been given the respect they deserve, a historian has said.
A new study by the University of Edinburgh has found more than 3,600 soldiers from the south of Ireland died on active service during WWII.
Their names join those of almost 3,900 fallen combatants from Northern Ireland on a roll of honour being unveiled at Trinity College Dublin on Friday.
The study estimates that in the British army alone, as many as 100,000 people from the island of Ireland served in WWII, despite the Irish Free State's neutrality in the conflict.
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A new study by the University of Edinburgh has found more than 3,600 soldiers from the south of Ireland died on active service during WWII.
Their names join those of almost 3,900 fallen combatants from Northern Ireland on a roll of honour being unveiled at Trinity College Dublin on Friday.
The study estimates that in the British army alone, as many as 100,000 people from the island of Ireland served in WWII, despite the Irish Free State's neutrality in the conflict.