Why were Ireland neutral during world war 2?

Answer 1

Although the republic of Ireland remained neutral during the course of the ww2 it did not stop its people volunteering. And when you consider the fact that England had promised Ireland, if they helped in WW1, they would get their republic of Ireland (i.e that Northern Ireland would no longer be part of Britain) and England then breaking their promise, followed by the Anglo-Ireland war and the civil war, one might find it quite astonishing that 150,000 Irish people North and South volunteered to fight against Nazi tyranny in Europe, at least 10,000 of whom were killed while serving in British uniforms…

Other countries in Europe remained neutral ie Spain,Portugal,Sweden and Switzerland and unlike the latter two Ireland did not profit from trading with the Nazis

Answer 2

we were neutral because our army at this time was not large enough to sustain many losses. however many Irish joined the british army to fight. what i ask though is "how did Switzerland, being in the middle of Europe, stay neutral?". i mean Ireland is away out of the way so i think its understandable that we were neutral.