In this final episode, Tim and David ask if Eire should have stayed neutral in World War II. Tim believes that the new Irish state had no choice and was right morally and politically to stay neutral as taking part in the war would have left the country extremely vulnerable to attack at a time when it was simply unable to defend itself.

There's no doubt that lingering anti-British feeling also played a part. Tim also has a personal connection as his great-aunt was interned during the war in an Armagh jail. David argues that if the Nazis had plans to invade Eire at the time they would not have conformed to the niceties of neutrality. However, the politics were such that it was difficult for the state to enter the war with her old adversary the UK.

Eire though could have set aside the politics of partition and opted for a common good, especially as many of her citizens joined the British in the army and spied for the allies. Tim and David both visit the World War II Memorial in Belfast, Tim's in Derry to find out more about the Donegal corridor and how Eire helped with the conflict north of the border and David heads to St George's market in Belfast which played an important part in history following the Belfast Blitz. Show less