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Deportation due to Subversive Activities

  • 10-09-2021 4:41pm
    #1
    1tsThatGuy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15 ✭


    I am hoping someone is able to point me in the right direction. My Grandmother was deported from England back to ireland in the 1940s due to republican activity in Birmingham. I am curious about this and would like to see if anything has been printed or even recorded in official Irish or British gov. documentation about this.

    I have done the obligatory gooole search but nothing has come up. Where would be a good place to start searching?

    Thanks.



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  • #2
    Hermy
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 11,490 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hermy


    The National Archives might have a mention of her.

    I would also try the Irish News Archive - it's a subscription site but free in many libraries.

    Genealogy Forum Mod



  • #3
    1tsThatGuy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15 ✭1tsThatGuy


    Hermy, thanks for the help. I had a thorough search and couldn't find anything. I'm going to try and look through British newspaper archives next.

    Any recommendations from anyone?



  • #4
    pinkypinky
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 6,709 Mod ✭✭✭✭pinkypinky


    I'm not sure what UK ministry would cover it but it strikes me that you'd have a better chance in UK records. Maybe start with the National Archives catalogue. Might be something to do Freedom of Information request on.

    Genealogy Forum Mod



  • #5
    1tsThatGuy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15 ✭1tsThatGuy


    Thanks pinkypinky. From what I have experienced so far there' a lot of research to find little bits of information. I have discovered that any Irish citizen working in factories connected to the war effort were put on a register. The British were worried about Republicans working on behalf of Germany and there logic was that this was the best way to keep track of any subversives.



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