Irishmen in the Great War, 1914-1918 : Irish newspaper stories, 1914 / edited by Tom Burnell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Burnell, Tom, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1914-1918--Ireland--Sligo (County).

World War, 1914-1918.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (261 p.)

Place of Publication:

South Yorkshire, England : Pen and Sword Military, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Twenty-seven Irish newspapers for the period covering the Great War have been trawled through to deliver the amazing stories of those years which changed the world for ever. These are the accounts of local men at the front; of torpedoed ships; drunken wives; final letters and requests from the trenches. Also eye-witness accounts of the slaughter as it was happening; battle reports from officers serving in Irish regiments; quirky snippets; chaplains' sympathetic letters; P.o.W reports of conditions and war poetry. Here are the tales of the Leinster's, Munster's, Connaught's and Dublin Fusiliers

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Newspaper Reports August; Newspaper Reports September; Newspaper Reports October; Newspaper Reports November; Newspaper Reports December; The Twenty-SevenNewspapers; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 27, 2014).

ISBN:

9781473839328

1473839327

9781473838611

1473838614