Plan W
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Plan W, during World War II, was a plan of joint military operations between the governments of Ireland and the United Kingdom devised between 1940 and 1942, to be executed in the event of an invasion
Markings to alert aircraft to neutral Republic of Ireland ("Éire") during World War II on Malin Head, County Donegal
Éamon de Valera, Irish Taoiseach
The Irish Air Corps had four Gloster Gladiators similar to the British-marked aircraft shown here.
Frank Aiken
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Francis Thomas Aiken was an Irish revolutionary and politician. He was chief of staff of the Anti-Treaty IRA at the end of the Irish Civil War. Aiken later served as Tánaiste from 1965 to 1969 and Min
Aiken in 1944
A poster displaying the members of De Valera's 1932 government cabinet, in which Aiken served as Minister for Defence
Wreath-laying ceremony at Commodore John Barry Memorial in Wexford in 1963. Pictured are: US President John F. Kennedy, Mayor of Wexford Thomas Burne, Minister of External Affairs of Ireland Frank Aiken, US Ambassador to Ireland Matthew McCloskey (r), Naval Aide to the President Tazewell Shepard
Photograph of Frank Aiken and Maud Davin, taken upon the announcement of their engagement in August 1934