“Here, in Cork district, you have in combination all the dangers which war can inflict.” WarDangerCombinationCork Author:Eamon de Valera
“An independent Ireland would see its own independence in jeopardy the moment it saw the independence of Britain seriously threatened. Mutual self-interest would make the peoples of these two islands, if both independent, the closest possible allies in a moment of real national danger to either.” IfsTwoRealSelfMomentsInterestHistorySawsDangerIndependentIndependenceIslandsBritainMutualAlliesIrelandClosestThreatenedSelf InterestJeopardy Author:Eamon de Valera