Irish contribution to building London documented in, 'We Built This City' film

[barryqwalsh]

The short film, commissioned for We Built This City panel discussion as part of the London Festival of Architecture, was produced and directed by David O’Sullivan of Dyehouse Films.

The fascinating footage was originally the prologue to a lively panel discussion which aimed to raise awareness and celebrate the contribution of Irish people to the material and cultural fabric of London — from historic to contemporary times.

We Built this City is a production by the Irish Architecture Foundation in collaboration with Irish Design 2015 and the Office of the Minister for Diaspora Affairs of Ireland. Irish Design 2015 is an initiative backed by the Irish Government celebrating and promoting Irish design in Ireland and internationally.

Watch it here:
Irish who built London honoured in We Built This City film

 

[whitehall]

Ireland was neutral during WW2 and Great Briton lost about 400,000 of it's men in the prime of their lives as well as about 70,000 civilians. Who the hell was left to rebuild London except the Nazi loving Irish?

 

[barryqwalsh]

Ireland was neutral during WW2 and Great Briton lost about 400,000 of it's men in the prime of their lives as well as about 70,000 civilians. Who the hell was left to rebuild London except the Nazi loving Irish?

neutral
ˈnjuːtr(ə)l/
adjective

1. 1.
   not supporting or helping either side in a conflict, disagreement, etc.; impartial.
   "neutral and non-aligned European nations"
   synonyms: impartial, unbiased, unprejudiced,objective, without favouritism, open-minded, non-partisan, non-discriminatory, disinterested, even-handed, equitable, fair, fair-minded,dispassionate, detached,impersonal, unemotional, clinical,indifferent, removed;More
   

No mention of "Nazi-loving"?

 

[Mr. H.]

You'd have to be Irish to tackle that high-rigging. They were probably drunk out of their minds.

 

[whitehall]

Ireland was neutral during WW2 and Great Briton lost about 400,000 of it's men in the prime of their lives as well as about 70,000 civilians. Who the hell was left to rebuild London except the Nazi loving Irish?

neutral
ˈnjuːtr(ə)l/
adjective

1. 1.
   not supporting or helping either side in a conflict, disagreement, etc.; impartial.
   "neutral and non-aligned European nations"
   synonyms: impartial, unbiased, unprejudiced,objective, without favouritism, open-minded, non-partisan, non-discriminatory, disinterested, even-handed, equitable, fair, fair-minded,dispassionate, detached,impersonal, unemotional, clinical,indifferent, removed;More

No mention of "Nazi-loving"?

O.K. I take back the "nazi loving". According to Wiki about 100 people in Ireland were killed in WW2. About 80,000 British civilians died and overall Briton lost about 500,000 not to mention the disabled numbers which may have been over a million. Granted the Brits probably wouldn't have hired the Irish on a good day but seriously, who was left to rebuild London after WW2 except the Irish?

 

[Thunderbird]

Ireland was neutral during WW2 and Great Briton lost about 400,000 of it's men in the prime of their lives as well as about 70,000 civilians. Who the hell was left to rebuild London except the Nazi loving Irish?

You should apologize for that statement.

Many ethnic Irish served in WW II. List of Irish-American Medal of Honor recipients - Wikipedia