German airmen were guests in Ireland not prisoners

On the 75th anniversary of the internment of German airmen in Ireland, Ryle Dwyer looks back at one of the strangest, most welcoming prison camps of the Second World War

There was little for the men to do at the Look Out Post at Brandon Point, Co Kerry on August 20, 1940. The area was shrouded in thick fog and visability was down to only a matter of yards.

Suddenly they heard an aircraft approaching. Although it was obviously flying low, nobody could see it from the ground.