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State & history

What was the usual official name in Ireland for the period of the Second World War, during which the State remained neutral?

  • A The Great War
  • B The Troubles
  • ✕ The Famine Years Your answer
  • ✓ The Emergency

Not quite.

Ireland stayed neutral in the Second World War, and the period was officially called "the Emergency". Emergency powers were passed by the Oireachtas, and many Irish people also served in the British forces or worked abroad during those years.

Source: Emergency Powers Act 1939; National Archives of Ireland; Encyclopaedia Britannica

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