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Our war : Ireland and the Great War /

Contributor(s): Horne, John, 1949- | Royal Irish Academy.
Series: Thomas Davis lectures: 2008.Publisher: Dublin : Royal Irish Academy, 2012 (2008)Description: xv, 319 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781904890508; 9781904890508:; 1904890504.Subject(s): World War, 1914-1918 -- Ireland | World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Irish | World War, 1914-1918 -- Ireland -- Pictorial works | Ireland -- History -- 1910-1921 | World War, 1914-1918 -- Ireland -- Influence | Ireland -- History -- 1910-1921DDC classification: 940.409417
Contents:
Our war, our history / John Horne ; Ireland at war -- Going to war / Catriona Pennell ; joining up -- 200,000 volunteer soldiers / Philip Orr ; 200,000 volunteer soldiers -- The politics of war / Paul Bew ; Jack Duggan's war -- Home front and everyday life / Dafic Fitzpatrick ; Politics and everyday life -- Fewer ladies, more women / Caitriona Clear ; Women -- War, work and labour / Niamh Puirséil ; Documenting a soldier -- Survivors / Jane Leonard ; Wounded! Missing! Prisoners of war! -- Writing the war / Terence Brown ; Remembering -- Echoes of war / Keith Jeffery.
Summary: This book tells the story of the Great War in Irish history, which saw over 200,000 Irish soldiers fighting. It relays the experience of ordinary Irish people during the war and chronicles the effect the war had, and still has, on Irish society.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 298-302) and index.

Our war, our history / John Horne ; Ireland at war -- Going to war / Catriona Pennell ; joining up -- 200,000 volunteer soldiers / Philip Orr ; 200,000 volunteer soldiers -- The politics of war / Paul Bew ; Jack Duggan's war -- Home front and everyday life / Dafic Fitzpatrick ; Politics and everyday life -- Fewer ladies, more women / Caitriona Clear ; Women -- War, work and labour / Niamh Puirséil ; Documenting a soldier -- Survivors / Jane Leonard ; Wounded! Missing! Prisoners of war! -- Writing the war / Terence Brown ; Remembering -- Echoes of war / Keith Jeffery.

This book tells the story of the Great War in Irish history, which saw over 200,000 Irish soldiers fighting. It relays the experience of ordinary Irish people during the war and chronicles the effect the war had, and still has, on Irish society.

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