Achievements of the Irish Red Cross mentions that the seventeen year old son of the Irish Postmaster General helped the organisation in Dublin in 1916. His name was Nevil Norway better known as the author Nevil Shute.
An article in the Sunday Mirror on May 18th 2003
"TV: Operation Shamrock" written by Nicola Tallant tells
the story about the Irish Red Cross bringing more than 1000 young European refugees into homes all over the country.
"True Lives: Hitler's Irish Orphans" was screened on RTE One at 10.10pm on Tuesday 20th May 2003.
