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November 5th: Winston Churchill, the British Prime Minister, in the British House of Commons, lambasted Eammon de Valera for not giving him access to the Irish ports, which were closed to the British Navy, as the German U - Boats were giving them trouble, and if they had those Ports they could better defend themselves, and the newspapers took up his cry, and they began an anti - Irish Campaign in Britain.

November 7th:In the Irish Republic, Eamonn de Valera, affirmed that there was no chance of Ireland handing over the Irish Ports to anyone, as this would only lead to loss of Ireland's neutrality, and further bloodshed. Winston Churchill, was well aware that if he forced War on Ireland, there would be Irish - American repercussions. Instead, he appealed to Franklin Roosevelt the American President, to try and bring pressure on the Irish Government, to obtain bases for America in Ireland, to protect the shipping or at least obtain them for Great Britain. David Gray, the American Ambassador to Ireland, gave Eammon de Valera a letter stating, "Nations that are not co - operating with the British Government are regarded as not in sympathy with the interests of America."

One quarter of the Irish male population, had already enlisted in the Allied Armies, and the local Security Forces, and Eamonn de Valera advised America that Ireland needed assistance, as an invasion by either Germany, threatening through shipping blockades, or the British Government, who were threatening by words and economic reprisals. The German Government, knowing that Ireland was fearing an attack by the British Government, offered to assist the Irish Government by supplying captured weapons, similar to those in use in Ireland.

November 14th:In the Irish Republic, disaffected by the IRA, who he considered actually doing nothing worthwhile and leaderless, and realising there wasn't anything to gain by remaining in Ireland, Captain Hermann Goertz / Mr. Robinson, the German agent, escaped to Spain to return to Germany, going against his original orders.

November: Sir James Craig / Lord Craigavon, the Ascendancy Official Unionist leader, had died, who had stated, "The Stormont Parliament in the 6 Counties, Partitioned from the Ulster Province, was for an "Ascendancy State," and he was replaced by J.M. Andrews, as the new Official Unionist leader, only 5 minutes after the first German raid there, and he obtained from the British Government additional safeguards for these 6 Counties, in Ulster, to remain under the control of the Ascendancy Official Unionist Party.

The IRA membership in the Ulster Province, at this time, was very small.

December: Increasing the pressure on the Irish Government, Franklin D. Roosevelt, the President of the United States of America, went on radio and warned the Irish of an imminent invasion by Germany.

December: The Irish Ambassador in Madrid, was informed of the fate of Frank Ryan.

Dr. Edward Mac Lysaght, became the first Irish Chief Herald, and instituted the recognition of the Irish Chiefs of the Name, following on from the aristocratic Gaelic Irish under the Irish Brehon Laws.

Seamus Murphy's monument to the "4 Irish Poets" was installed in Killarney in Co. Kerry in Southern Munster, opposite the Franciscan Friary, and among these were Pierce Ferriter, who had been hung by the English nearby on the Hill of Sheep in 1643 AD, Geoffrey O Donoghue who had died in 1677 AD, Eogan O Rahilly who had died in 1728, and Owen "Roe" O Sullivan who died in 1784 AD. The first 3 are interred in Muckross Abbey, where there is the Torc Waterfall above, near Loch Leane, which is the largest of the Killarney lochs, while Owen "Roe" O Sullivan, who was born at Rathmore, was interred at Knocknagree on Slieve Luachra.
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