The Emergency was a state of emergency in the independent state of Ireland in the Second World War, throughout which the state remained neutral. It was proclaimed by Dáil Éireann on 2 September 1939,
Obverse: Ré na Práinne "The Emergency Period"
Reverse: Fórsa Cosanta Áitiúil 1939–1946
Frank Aiken, Minister for the Co-ordination of Defensive Measures, 1939–1945
Recruitment Poster for the Volunteer Reserve Forces, 1939.
The Emergency Powers Act 1939 was an Act of the Oireachtas enacted on 3 September 1939, after a state of emergency had been declared on 2 September 1939 in response to the outbreak of World War II. Th
Front cover of Emergency Powers Order, 1939, under the legislation