#OnThisDay 1932 Éamon de Valera announces Ireland will stop land annuities owed to Britain from the various Land Acts, thus starting the Economic War. Although there was the Coal-Cattle Pact in 1935 between the two nations, the war ended in 1938 with the Anglo-Irish Agreement which saw the Irish Gov pay Britain a lump sum of £10,000,000 in return of the three Treaty Ports which ensured Irish ‘neutrality’ in WW2. Irish Neutrality during the Second World War being as nebulous as it was.

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Hi,
I'm David, I'm from Ireland. I am an avid fan of history. I have my B.A. in History, my M.A. in Military History and Strategic Studies,a Post Qualification Diploma in History and I've been teaching History for five years now.
I wanted to create a podcast that examines, in great detail, major Irish battles and battles allover the world in various wars that Irish people played a significant part in.
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