Did the Irish republican army house German u boats during the second world war?
No – There are rumours of this happening but no real proof. I think there would have been by now some German U-boat crew who would have talked about this, had it taken place. There is evidence that the IRA were pro Nazi, in fact there were a few IRA members hung in Dublin for this. Ireland itself remained neutral throughout the War, though they did tend to lean toward the Allied side. A Neutral Country that did refuel the Nazi u-boats was Spain, by the way….