If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)

Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie

Hi there,
There is an issue with role permissions that is being worked on at the moment.
If you are having trouble with access or permissions on regional forums please post here to get access: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058365403/you-do-not-have-permission-for-that#latest

Travel between Ireland and France 1940-1944?

Hyus · 2020-08-28 16:50:11

Just curious, at least before D-Day turned France into a hotzone, was civilian travel possible at all between Ireland and France ca. 1940-1944? I know there were definitely Irish nationals living in France when it came under Nazi occupation, and being neutrals they weren't interned (unless they held British passports), so…

28-08-2020 4:50pm

#1

Hyus

Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14 ✭

Join Date: August 2020

Posts: 8

Just curious, at least before D-Day turned France into a hotzone, was civilian travel possible at all between Ireland and France ca. 1940-1944?

I know there were definitely Irish nationals living in France when it came under Nazi occupation, and being neutrals they weren't interned (unless they held British passports), so I got to wondering whether Irish people could get in or out during this period. If so, how did they travel? Could you get a boat direct from France to Ireland at the time, or did you have to take a more roundabout way? The Channel and the North Atlantic was full of mines, uboats, etc, so it would've been a risky trip if it did happen.

0