Memories of World War II (the Emergency)

Sean Norton
Interviewed for MAOHP - 30/01/2017
Reference Code: IE_MA_MAC_006_MAOHP_003_C
Location(s): North Strand Sandymount
Length: 1.24

Colonel Seán Norton enlisted in the Irish Army in January 1955 at the age of nineteen. Sixty-two years later, he sat down at Cathal Brugha Barracks to offer his memories to the MAOHP. In this clip, Colonel Norton recalls Pearse Square in Dublin during World War II (The Emergency) and recalls the bombing of the North Strand. The bombing of the North Strand area which Seán is recalling, occurred on 31 May, 1941 when four German bombs fell in north Dublin. 28 people were killed in the North Strand during the bombing. Colonel Norton also recalls around the same time being in Sandymount, when he saw an American plane chasing a German plane in the sky over Sandymount.

Bombing of Campile in Wexford

Tony Kearns
Interviewed for MAOHP - 12/12/2016
Location(s): Campile

Length: 6.26

Tony Kearns, a civilian historian to the Irish Air Corps has spent over fifty years researching and writing about the organisation. In this clip, he discusses in detail the bombing of Campile in Wexford (26 August 1940), during World War II or 'The Emergency' as it was known in Ireland....

Bombing of the North Strand in Dublin

Tony Kearns
Interviewed for MAOHP - 12/12/2016
Location(s): North Strand

Length: 5.57

Tony Kearns, a civilian historian to the Irish Air Corps has spent over fifty years researching and writing about the organisation. In this clip, Tony speaks about a number of German Bombing incidents during World War II (Emergency) including the bombing of the North Strand. He affirms that after significant...

Discussions with German Pilots from World War II (Emergency)

Tony Kearns
Interviewed for MAOHP - 12/12/2016
Location(s): Faha Mountain

Length: 2.20

Tony Kearns, a civilian historian to the Irish Air Corps has spent over fifty years researching and writing about the organisation. Here, Tony discusses meeting German pilots and crews who had flown during World War II as part of his research. He refers to a German air craft commander who...

Irish Neutrality during World War II (Emergency)

Tony Kearns
Interviewed for MAOHP - 12/12/2016
Location(s): Casement Aerodrome

Length: 1.40

Tony Kearns, a civilian historian to the Irish Air Corps has spent over fifty years researching and writing about the organisation. In this clip which comes from the third in a series of interviews undertaken by Michael J. Whelan, Tony outlines the position of Irish neutrality including the reaction to...

Lieutenant Colonel Louis (Louie) Lawrence Treacy and World War II (the Emergency)

Tony Kearns
Interviewed for MAOHP - 24/10/2016
Location(s): Casement Aerodrome

Length: 2.39

Tony Kearns, a civilian historian to the Irish Air Corps has spent over fifty years researching and writing about the organisation. In this clip which comes from the second in a series of interviews undertaken by Michael J. Whelan, Tony and Michael discuss Lieutenant Colonel Louis (Louie) Lawrence Treacy (22nd...

Plane crashes during World War II

Tony Kearns
Interviewed for MAOHP - 12/01/2017
Location(s): Ballinduff

Length: 4.37

Tony Kearns, a civilian historian to the Irish Air Corps has spent over fifty years researching and writing about the organisation. In this clip which comes from the third in a series of interviews undertaken by Michael J. Whelan, Tony discusses some of the many plane crashes which occured in...

The Irish Air Corps during World War II (Emergency)

Tony Kearns
Interviewed for MAOHP - 12/01/2017
Location(s): Casement Aerodrome

Length: 2.35

Tony Kearns, a civilian historian to the Irish Air Corps has spent over fifty years researching and writing about the organisation. In this clip which comes from the third in a series of interviews undertaken by Michael J. Whelan, Tony discusses the position of Air Corps pilots who were taking...

The Lieutenant Alan Thornton story (1942)

Tony Kearns
Interviewed for MAOHP - 12/12/2016
Location(s): Shannon Airport

Length: 4.35

Tony Kearns, a civilian historian to the Irish Air Corps has spent over fifty years researching and writing about the organisation. In this clip which comes from the second in a series of interviews undertaken by Michael J. Whelan, Tony discusses a little known piece of Air Corps history. He...

WW II German Pilot Paul Stormer

Tony Kearns
Interviewed for MAOHP - 12/12/2016
Location(s): Tramore Belfast

Length: 2.26

Tony Kearns, a civilian historian to the Irish Air Corps has spent over fifty years researching and writing about the organisation. In the clip, Tony refers to Paul Stormer, a German pilot who spoke to him about flying on a photographic reconnaissance mission to the Belfast area when they were...