Irish airspace transit right given to Britain during WW2
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The Donegal Corridor (Irish: Muinchinn Dúin na nGall) was a narrow strip of Irish airspace linking Lough Erne to the international waters of the Atlantic Ocean through which the Irish Government permitted flights by British military aircraft during World War II.[citation needed] This was a contravention of Irish neutrality and was not publicised at the time.[citation needed]
The DonegalCorridor (Irish: Muinchinn Dúin na nGall) was a narrow strip of Irish airspace linking Lough Erne to the international waters of the Atlantic...
unpublicised contraventions of this, such as permitting the use of the DonegalCorridor by Allied military aircraft, and extensive co-operation between Allied...
in the United States, to be flown by the RAF. This was known as the DonegalCorridor. Navigational markings are still, faintly, visible on mountains, such...
aircraft. On 21 March 1941, an RAF Catalina flying boat (AM265) using the DonegalCorridor crashed into the mountain at Glenade, County Leitrim on the east side...
Atlantic from its base on Lough Erne in Northern Ireland across the DonegalCorridor. It was piloted by the British Flying Officer Dennis Briggs and co-piloted...
Seanaidh, meaning 'the mouth of Seannach's ford') is a town in County Donegal, Ireland. It is located at the southern end of the county where the N3...
numeric names: authors list (link) "The DonegalCorridor, A Contradiction of Irish Neutrality during WWII | Donegal Diaspora". www.donegaldiaspora.ie. Retrieved...
as well as allowing allied aircraft over Irish airspace through the DonegalCorridor and providing access to weather reports from the Atlantic Ocean which...
aeroplanes based in Northern Ireland. This flight path became known as 'The DonegalCorridor'. An example of the many ways Ireland assisted the allies while remaining...
Germany. Ireland also secretly allowed Allied aircraft to use the DonegalCorridor, making it possible for British planes to attack German U-boats in...
neutral, tacitly supported the Allies in several ways. For example, the DonegalCorridor allowed British military aircraft based in County Fermanagh to fly...
Irish Free State in 1922. In the Second World War, it was close to the DonegalCorridor. In August 1969 there was false speculation in the media that Taoiseach...
first flight by a British Royal Air Force flying boat through the "DonegalCorridor", Irish airspace between its base in Northern Ireland and the Atlantic...
allowed aircraft to fly from Lough Erne to the Atlantic along the DonegalCorridor. In May 1941 the German battleship Bismarck was found during a routine...
The County Donegal Railways Joint Committee operated an extensive 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railway system serving County Donegal, Ireland, from 1906...
passes through nine counties and three provinces, stretching from County Donegal's Inishowen Peninsula in Ulster to Kinsale, County Cork, in Munster, on...
invasion subsided The Irish government allowed RAF planes to fly the DonegalCorridor beginning in 1941. This was a contravention of Irish neutrality and...
signs have been renovated such as the one in Loop Head, County Clare. DonegalCorridor Irish Neutrality WW2 Peter Homer, A Brief History of Malin Head, pp...
February 21 – The first flight by a British RAF flying boat through the "DonegalCorridor", neutral Republic of Ireland airspace between its base in Northern...
February – First flight by a Royal Air Force flying boat through the "DonegalCorridor", neutral Republic of Ireland airspace between its base in Northern...
Port and City of Derry Airport. Derry is close to the border with County Donegal, with which it has had a close link for many centuries. The person traditionally...
of a North-Western Rail Corridor is the suggested construction of a railway connecting Sligo, Bundoran, Ballyshannon, Donegal Town, Letterkenny and Derry...