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During World War II, Ireland’s official policy was one of neutrality. Under international law, the state was required to arrest and intern belligerents who landed here by accident – or in some cases were rescued by Irish ships. A total of 314 belligerent personnel were interned at the Cu

Badge of the Royal Irish Constabulary On the 29th of June 1871, Royal Irish Constabulary inspector Thomas Hartley Montgomery robbed the Northern Banking Company in Newtownstewart, County Tyrone and murdered cashier William Glass.

Sir Cusack Patrick Roney, Illustration of the "Long Hole" on Ireland's Eye, where Sarah Kirwan's body was found On the 6th of September 1852, William Bourke Kirwan took a boat to Ireland’s Eye, an island off the coast of Dublin, with his wife of twelve years, Sara Maria Louisa K