Sunday, January 19, 2025

Interview with my Dad - Part 4

Dad lived through the Second World War - he was eight years old when it started, and fourteen when it finished. In this audio clip he tells us about seeing German war planes on their way to bomb Belfast, sleeping though the North Strand bombings by the Germans, sentiment towards both the Germans and the British, how the war united Irish people for the first time since the Civil War (which had only ended 16 years earlier and was still fresh in people's memory), and petrol bombs in Tomacork! There is also a lovely story about listening to The Archers radio programme with his sister Breda.

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