The years of the Second World War (1939-1945), a period known as The Emergency in Ireland, were pivotal for the development of the nation. Immediately after the outburst of the war in the continent, the Fianna Fail cabinet led by Eamon de Valera declared the state of emergency and adopted a neutrality policy. To ensure this, the government imposed strict censorship control, especially on journalism and the media. The aim of the censorship system was to ensure that war facts were presented as neutrally as possible to avoid any potential retaliation from any of the belligerents. This censorship apparatus, however, affected many intellectuals of the time who felt that their freedom of expression had been restrained even more. One of these dissenting writers was Brian O’Nolan (1911-1966), better known as Flann O’Brien or Myles na gCopaleen. For more than twenty-six years (1940-1966), he wrote a comic and satirical column in The Irish Times entitled Cruiskeen Lawn. In his column, O’Brien commented on varied problems affecting Dublin and Ireland as a whole. One of the many topics he began discussing was precisely Ireland’s neutral position in the war. Therefore, this paper aims at examining Ireland’s neutral position in the war as seen through a selection of columns from Cruiskeen Lawn, devoting special attention to the oppression of censorship and the distracting measures developed by de Valera’s government.

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“在这些中立的纬度中没有人支持”：Myles na gCopaleen和The Emergency

第二次世界大战（1939-1945）年，即爱尔兰的紧急状态，对于国家的发展至关重要。在非洲大陆爆发战争后，以埃蒙·德·瓦莱拉（Eamon de Valera）为首的Fianna Fail内阁立即宣布进入紧急状态，并采取了中立政策。为了确保这一点，政府实施了严格的审查控制，特别是对新闻和媒体。审查制度的目的是确保尽可能真实地反映战争事实，以避免交战国的任何潜在报复。但是，这种审查手段影响了当时的许多知识分子，他们认为他们的表达自由受到了更多的限制。这些反对派作家之一是布莱恩·奥兰（Brian O'Nolan，1911-1966年），众所周知的弗拉恩·奥布莱恩（Flann O'Brien）或迈尔斯·纳·科帕林（Myles na gCopaleen）。在超过二十六年（1940-1966年）中，他在《爱尔兰时报》上写了一篇漫画和讽刺专栏，标题为《克鲁斯基森·草坪》。奥布莱恩在专栏中评论了影响都柏林和整个爱尔兰的各种问题。他开始讨论的众多话题之一恰恰是爱尔兰在战争中的中立立场。因此，本文旨在研究爱尔兰在战争中的中立地位，从克鲁斯基恩·劳恩（Cruiskeen Lawn）的一些专栏文章中可以看出，特别关注对审查制度的压迫和de Valera政府制定的分散注意力的措施。他开始讨论的众多话题之一恰恰是爱尔兰在战争中的中立立场。因此，本文旨在研究爱尔兰在战争中的中立地位，从克鲁斯基恩·劳恩（Cruiskeen Lawn）的一些专栏文章中可以看出，特别关注对审查制度的压迫和de Valera政府制定的分散注意力的措施。他开始讨论的众多话题之一恰恰是爱尔兰在战争中的中立立场。因此，本文旨在研究爱尔兰在战争中的中立地位，从克鲁斯基恩·劳恩（Cruiskeen Lawn）的一些专栏文章中可以看出，特别关注对审查制度的压迫和de Valera政府制定的分散注意力的措施。