True To IrelandIn the 1930s, a number of Irishmen came to New Zealand seeking a better life. Many carried bitter memories of the atrocities committed by the Black and Tans and the British during WWI and the early 1920s. With the onset of WWII came the threat of conscription into the armed forces. As citizens of a neutral country, many Irishmen refused to betray their homeland by fighting for New Zealand and, by default, Britain. They formed the Eire National