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This is Henry Hennigans story as told to Sheila Jones.The author is aware of the terms and conditions involved in adding the story to the website

My name is Henry Hennigan and I was 9 years old when war broke out. I lived in the west of Ireland on a farm. We were kept aware of events through daily newspapers and by listening to the one radio in the village. Lots of locals would gather around the radio, 大象传媒. Would listen to the news reports and then talked about it; it became a social event for us.
There was also rationing in Ireland and certain luxury items were not available. However living on the farm we had access to food that towns people would probably not have. We produced extra stock for export to the UK, poultry and livestock.
I remember hearing the planes going over, probably the Americans but they may have been German. It was always in the back of our minds that we could be hit. We were very aware of the bombing raids in England.
I remember having to make sure our curtains were drawn at night, but cannot say whether this was compulsory or not.
Schooling was not affected but we were expected to do much more work on the farm and we had less homework. As children this was a bonus.
I remember the end of the war and everyone鈥檚 joy and relief although we did not have the celebrations as in England.
I volunteered to go into National Service in 1956, in the army - The Royal Irish Fusiliers. This experience made me much more aware of what the people had gone through during the war years.

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