Emigration (except to Britain) had been almost impossible during the war because of the dangerous sea lanes, which meant that tens of thousands of young people were in Ireland who in normal times would have been abroad.
Emigrarile (cu exceptia Marii Britanii) au fost aproape imposibil de realizat de-a lungul razboilui, din cauza liniilor maritime care constituiau un pericol, ceea ce inseamna ca zeci de mii de tineri erau in Irlanda, cand in alte circumstante erau in afara tarii.