Ireland’s Humanitarian Efforts in Post-War Europe, 1945-1950: The Forgotten Irish Helping Hand
Journal: Études irlandaises
Year: 2023

Ireland’s post-WWII humanitarian efforts in Europe are unknown. Yet as masses of archives across the continent show, the country sent important supplies of food, clothes, and medicines from Amsterdam to the Greek islands. It was a collective effort of the state and the nation, involving the government, Churches, people, and voluntary organisations. The present article gives a summary of this history.