My favourite trivia on this topic is an interesting take on neutrality. POWs - generally shipwrecked sailors or downed airmen - were treated pretty well. Whic

My favourite trivia on this topic is an interesting take on neutrality. POWs - generally shipwrecked sailors or downed airmen - were treated pretty well. Which makes sense, they weren't POWs as we'd usually think of them, but just that Ireland wasn't handing combatants back. As part of being treated pretty well, they were allowed out on day release, and able to cycle in to town. Well, you can cycle to the UK (NI) from the freestate, but you can't cycle to Germany ..