Ger Browne Irish Military Historian & Author
Éire in
World
War II
The True Story History Forgot
Ger Browne’s Éire in World War II: The True Story draws on decades of historical research to challenge long-held myths surrounding Irish neutrality and reveal the overlooked contribution of Ireland and its people during World War II.
Inside the Book
Inside Ireland’s Hidden Wartime Record
Éire in World War II: The True Story moves beyond the familiar narrative of neutrality to examine the evidence, people, and decisions that shaped Ireland’s wartime experience. Through historical records, military cooperation, intelligence activity, weather reporting, and personal sacrifice, the book reveals a far more complex story than the traditional account suggests.
- Irish neutrality and Allied cooperation
- The Donegal Corridor, Foynes and Shannon
- Intelligence sharing and coastal defence
- Irish volunteers, merchant seamen and wartime service
- The human stories behind thousands of documented lives
Featured Stories
Four entries into a much larger human record.
Gallantry
David Lord VC
A story of courage, service, and the Irish lives caught inside the war’s fiercest moments.
Diplomacy
Seán Lester
The wartime pressures facing an Irish diplomat navigating a fractured Europe.
At Sea
Irish Merchant Navy
A story of courage, service, and the Irish lives caught inside the war’s fiercest moments.
Service
Irish Volunteers
The overlooked choices of men and women who crossed borders to serve in a global war.
FEATURED BOOK
Éire in World War II: The True Story
A deeply researched account of Ireland’s wartime neutrality, Allied cooperation, intelligence sharing, military preparation, and the thousands of Irish men and women whose service and sacrifice shaped a far more complex story than history often remembers.
SIGNED COPIES AVAILABLE
Get Your Signed Copy
Signed copies of Éire in WW2 – The True Story are available online from Ennis Bookshop.
Paperback €60 · Hardback €70
Also available in-store in Ennis and Lahinch, Co. Clare, Ireland.
FEATURED RESEARCH
Fort Shannon: A Remarkable Story of Wartime Cooperation
Explore the highly regarded study by Donard de Cogan and S. Swords examining Fort Shannon and its role in Anglo-Irish cooperation during the Second World War. The article offers valuable insight into the military planning, coastal defence, and strategic collaboration that existed behind Ireland’s official neutrality.
GER BROWNE — AUTHOR & HISTORIAN
Meet Ger Browne, Irish Military Historian
Ger Browne brings a researcher’s discipline and a storyteller’s urgency to Ireland’s World War II history. His work centers on evidence, names, records, and the human consequences hidden beneath the shorthand of neutrality.
Definitive. Documented. Human.
Discover The Story History Forgot
Explore the evidence. Meet the people. Understand the truth.