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fromIrish Independent
2 days ago

Indo Daily: State Papers - Ireland's role in the downfall of Edward VIII, and concerns over peace process after 9/11

The latest tranche of the National Archive of Ireland's State Papers has revealed the high level of sensitivity to the release of any and all documentation relating to the royals. As such, the papers point to a what London termed "a crucial conversation" in the 1960s between then-taoiseach Éamon de Valera and a British civil servant by the name of Harry Batterbee, with a request made that Ireland withhold documents connected to the abdication of King Edward.
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fromIrish Independent
1 week ago

'Nationalist alienation', Ping Ping's death and one family's five-decade fight over ship bombed by Germans: Day Two of the Irish State Papers

Deployment of more British troops risked dramatic nationalist alienation; the government feared penalties for women traveling for abortions and worried about antisemitic attack coverage.
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