The sketchy concept failed to address the logistics of landing German troops in Ireland. Here's What You Need to Know: The IRA hoped it could secure military assistance from Germany. Acentury after the Irish War of Independence, the issue of Ireland’s partition still inspires contention as London seeks to withdraw from the European Union while preserving Northern Ireland’s open border with the Republic of Ireland—one of the important fruits of the Good Friday accords which largely ended the violence of “the Troubles. ” During World War II, another strange episode highlights the passions burning around the issue of Ireland’s partition—