Going to Ireland in April. Anything WW2 related to see?

Like the thread title states I'll be vistiing Ireland in April next year. Is there anything there to visit that is related to WW2 or maybe some kind of mueseum?

 

There isn't much in the Republic, as it was neutral in WW II. In spite of this, nearly 80,000 men from the then Free State enlisted, including 5,000 who "deserted" from the Free State Army to do so.

If you are in Dublin, do visit the National War Memorial Garden at Islandbridge on the west side of the city. It commemorates the Irish dead of both world wars, and is really lovely.

In Northern Ireland, there are military museums in Armagh (Royal Irish Fusiliers), Ballymena (Royal Irish Regt.) Belfast (Two: North Irish Horse and Royal Ulster Rifles) and Enniskillen (Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers). You can get more information at http://www.armymuseums.org.uk/amot-search/default.asp?Category=Amot&Service=Museum-Display.

Enjoy your visit! Belville

http://www.irishwarmemorials.ie

[ 10. December 2006, 06:12 AM: Message edited by: Belville ]

 

Landing scenes in Saving Private Ryan were shot in Ireland.
From The Saving Private Ryan Online Encyclopedia
"Sanders and his team then transformed the Irish coast into the German stronghold at Normandy, complete with the defensive Belgian gates and iron hedgehogs. On the beach, they built a "shingle," a low seawall of rocks and sand topped with barbed wire. They also dotted the cliffs with pillboxes, the mini-forts from which the Germans rained down a relentless barrage of gunfire."

I don't know if those bunkers and wires still stand there.

 

hi henry....there is a german war cemetary at a place called glencree in the dublin mountains...set in a v beautiful part of dublin/wicklow...contains the remains of first and second world war soldiers, sea and airmen who were unfortunate enuf to been washed up on irish shores or fallen out of the skies....enjoy if ye get the chance to go there

 

The German war cemetery and memorial in Glencree can be seen on my website at Glencree

Belville

 

I don't know if there is anything to commemorate it in the City of Derry museum but Derry/Londonderry was a key naval base in the fight against the U-Boats in the Atlantic.

 

Make a visit to Collins barracks on the banks of the Liffey and opposite the Guinness brewery.Until recently it was the oldest operational military barracks in the world but is now a fabulous museum which amongst other things has a military history section that houses all things relevant to the Irish who fought in conflicts through the ages.It has a selection of artefacts including weapons,flags and aircraft covers all wars where Irish units fought in the U.S. and British Armies,as well as some others.While it does not exclusively cover WW2,it is worth a visit for the insight it gives into the Irish position re: WW2 and neutrality.