22 September 2020
The diplomatic documents published by DIFP often reveal a lot about Ireland's social and cultural history; in this case, some official attitudes towards Irish women emigrating to Britain after the Second World War.
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26 August 2020
This new teaching resource for second-level history uses original documents to explore Ireland's experience of the Second World War; the 'Emergency'.
10 August 2020
After the Second World War Irish diplomats began to consider new ways of representing Ireland overseas; a conscious commitment to 'cultural diplomacy' was the outcome.
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