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Fighting Irish

Author : Gavin Hughes
Publisher : Merrion Press
ISBN 13 : 1785370499
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (853 download)

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Download or read book Fighting Irish written by Gavin Hughes and published by Merrion Press. This book was released on 2015-10-05 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fighting Irish is a meticulous and engaging account of the First World War from the perspective of the men of the Irish Regiments of the British Army, revealing the extent of the Irish military commitment to the Great War effort from 1914-1918. Startling and sympathetic matters, from campaign strategy to the soldiers’ intimate war experiences, are addressed with fascinating documentary evidence and poignant eye-witness accounts. Persisting humour and unexpected trials; mounting reputations and the mundane drudgery of routine military life – all is touched upon in the lives of these men, and undercut by the pervasive loss of life. Whether fighting at Ypres, the Somme, Gallipoli, Kostorino or Nablus, the story of the Irish Regiments is compelling and evocative, with reasons for enlistment as varied as the men themselves. Though entrenched in warfare, many minds were set on the increasing unrest at home, swaying their interests and shaping the communications they left to posterity. Fighting Irish defines the diverse backgrounds of all those who served with the Irish regiments in these years, recounting their deeds through exacting historical research within a gripping and affecting narrative.

Irish Regiments in the Great War

Author : Timothy Bowman
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780719062858
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (628 download)

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Download or read book Irish Regiments in the Great War written by Timothy Bowman and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The British army was almost unique among the European armies of the Great War in that it did not suffer from a serious breakdown of discipline or collapse of morale. It did, however, inevitably suffer from disciplinary problems. While attention has hitherto focused on the 312 notorious "shot at dawn" cases, many thousands of British soldiers were tried by court martial during the Great War. This book will be essential reading for military and Irish historians and their students, and will interest any general reader concerned with how units maintain discipline and morale under the most trying conditions.

Irish Regiments in the World Wars

Author : David Murphy
Publisher : Osprey Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781846030154
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Irish Regiments in the World Wars written by David Murphy and published by Osprey Publishing. This book was released on 2007-01-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Osprey's examination of the Irish Regiments and their involvement in World War I (1914-1918) and World War II (1939-1945). The tens of thousands of Irish soldiers who fought in the British Army in World War I gained a fierce fighting reputation, distinguishing themselves at Ypres, Gallipoli, the Somme, and Palestine. On the first day of the Somme, only three divisions succeeded in achieving their objectives: the seizure of the Schwaben Redoubt by the Ulster brigade, against all the odds, vividly demonstrated how this reputation was won. Despite the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922, Irishmen continued to volunteer for the British Army in World War II. Again, their war record was distinguished; units included the famous 38th Irish Brigade who fought in North Africa and Italy, and the Irish Guards who won a total of two Victoria Crosses, 33 Military Crosses, and 90 other military medals. Providing the first concise, illustrated history of the Irish Regiments in both World Wars, this book covers their uniforms and insignia, as well as battle histories and proud service records.

Irish Men and Women in the Second World War

Author : Richard Doherty
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781846829598
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (295 download)

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Download or read book Irish Men and Women in the Second World War written by Richard Doherty and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-26 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The publication of this book in 1999 provided the first detailed examination of the many Irish men and women, all volunteers, who served in the Second World War. It led the way for further study and the author has continued to research the subject, especially the numbers of Irish who served. In this updated edition, new sources and careful examination show the numbers of Irish in the UK forces - at over 133,000 - to be higher than hitherto believed. That figure includes over 66,000 personnel from Éire and some 64,000 from Northern Ireland. They served in every service and every theatre of war as their stories show. Irish soldiers fought in France and Norway in 1940, in the Middle East and Burma, Italy and in the campaign to liberate Europe. Irish sailors hunted the Graf Spee and Bismarck and protected convoys from U-boats while Irish airmen protected the UK in 1940 and took the war to the skies over Europe, the Middle East and Far East. Irish women served in roles critical to the success of the fighting services. Richard Doherty tells their stories using a wide array of sources including personal interviews, contemporary documents, citations for gallantry awards - among them the Vi

Irish Doctors in the First World War

Author : P. J. Casey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781785370052
Total Pages : 600 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Irish Doctors in the First World War written by P. J. Casey and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Dublin's Great Wars

Author : Richard S. Grayson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108684688
Total Pages : 487 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book Dublin's Great Wars written by Richard S. Grayson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-08-23 with total page 487 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time, Richard S. Grayson tells the story of the Dubliners who served in the British military and in republican forces during the First World War and the Irish Revolution as a series of interconnected 'Great Wars'. He charts the full scope of Dubliners' military service, far beyond the well-known Dublin 'Pals', with as many as 35,000 serving and over 6,500 dead, from the Irish Sea to the Middle East and beyond. Linking two conflicts usually narrated as separate stories, he shows how Irish nationalist support for Britain going to war in 1914 can only be understood in the context of the political fight for Home Rule and why so many Dubliners were hostile to the Easter Rising. He examines Dublin loyalism and how the War of Independence and the Civil War would be shaped by the militarisation of Irish society and the earlier experiences of veterans of the British army.

The Irish regiments in the Great War

Author : Timothy Bowman
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1847795536
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (477 download)

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Download or read book The Irish regiments in the Great War written by Timothy Bowman and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2013-07-19 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The British army was almost unique among the European armies of the Great War in that it did not suffer from a serious breakdown of discipline or collapse of morale. It did, however, inevitably suffer from disciplinary problems. While attention has hitherto focused on the 312 notorious ‘shot at dawn’ cases, many thousands of British soldiers were tried by court martial during the Great War. This book provides the first comprehensive study of discipline and morale in the British Army during the Great War by using a case study of the Irish regular and Special Reserve batallions. In doing so, Timothy Bowman demonstrates that breaches of discipline did occur in the Irish regiments but in most cases these were of a minor nature. Controversially, he suggests that where executions did take place, they were militarily necessary and served the purpose of restoring discipline in failing units. Bowman also shows that there was very little support for the emerging Sinn Fein movement within the Irish regiments. This book will be essential reading for military and Irish historians and their students, and will interest any general reader concerned with how units maintain discipline and morale under the most trying conditions.

The Irish Regiments in the First World War

Author : Henry Edward David Harris
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Irish Regiments in the First World War written by Henry Edward David Harris and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

In the Ranks of Death

Author : Richard Doherty
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1844684725
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (446 download)

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Download or read book In the Ranks of Death written by Richard Doherty and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2010-06-15 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When war broke out in 1939 over 20,000 Irishmen were serving in the Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force with the greatest proportion in the Army. During the war this rose to over 120,000, suggesting that about 100,000 enlisted during the war. Nine earned the Victoria Cross; three members of the Royal Navy, including a Fleet Air Arm pilot, four soldiers, including a member of the Australian forces, and two RAF pilots. The author looks at the seven Irish regiments in campaigns across the globe, at Irish soldiers across the Army, at Irish sailors from the Battle of the River Plate to the final actions against Japan, and at Irish airmen from the first bombing raids of the war to the closing days of war. Included are outstanding personalities such as the Chavasse brothers, who earned three DSOs, three DSCs and two MiDs, Bala Bredin, Corran Purden, Brendan 'Paddy' Finucane, Blair Mayne and Roy Farran, the latter pair highly-decorated SAS officers. There are also Irish generals, such as Paddy Warren who died while commanding 5th Indian Division in Burma and Frederick Loftus Tottenham, who commanded 81st (West African) Division, not to mention giants such as Alexander, Auchinleck, Montgomery and McCreery. Irish women are not forgotten in the book which also takes a brief look at the Irish in other Allied forces, including a most unusual volunteer for the US Navy whose application to serve had to be approved by President Roosevelt. He was William Patrick Hitler, a nephew of Germany's führer.

Irish Generals

Author : Richard Doherty
Publisher : Appletree Press (IE)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Irish Generals written by Richard Doherty and published by Appletree Press (IE). This book was released on 1993 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Ireland and the Great War

Author : Niamh Gallagher
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350246697
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Ireland and the Great War written by Niamh Gallagher and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-11-04 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 4 August 1914 following the outbreak of European hostilities, large sections of Irish Protestants and Catholics rallied to support the British and Allied war efforts. Yet less than two years later, the Easter Rising of 1916 allegedly put a stop to the Catholic commitment in exchange for a re-emphasis on the national question. In Ireland and the Great War Niamh Gallagher draws upon a formidable array of original research to offer a radical new reading of Irish involvement in the world's first total war. Exploring the 'home front' and Irish diasporic communities in Canada, Australia, and Britain, Gallagher reveals that substantial support for the Allied war effort continued largely unabated not only until November 1918, but afterwards as well. Rich in social texture and with fascinating new case studies of Irish participation in the conflict, this book has the makings of a major rethinking of Ireland's twentieth century.

Irish Soldiers in Europe, 17th-19th Century

Author : George B. Clark
Publisher : Mercier Press Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1856356620
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (563 download)

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Download or read book Irish Soldiers in Europe, 17th-19th Century written by George B. Clark and published by Mercier Press Ltd. This book was released on 2010 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Distributor from label on p. [4] of cover.

The Irish Guards in the Great War

Author : Rudyard Kipling
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book The Irish Guards in the Great War written by Rudyard Kipling and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Irish Volunteers in the Second World War

Author : Richard Doherty
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Irish Volunteers in the Second World War written by Richard Doherty and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume describes the contributions of Irish volunteers during WWII. Doherty (affiliation not cited) recounts the experiences of infantry soldiers, sailors with the merchant marine, artillery gunners, pilots, civilians, and prisoners of war. Coverage extends to the stories of those few who allied themselves with Hitler, including Edward Joyce (Lord Haw Haw). The volume is illustrated with 60 bandw photographs of people and places. It is distributed by Taylor and Francis. c. Book News Inc.

They Shall Grow Not Old

Author : Myles Dungan
Publisher : Four Courts PressLtd
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book They Shall Grow Not Old written by Myles Dungan and published by Four Courts PressLtd. This book was released on 1997 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Here are the voices of ordinary soldiers providing authentic, if often subjective, commentaries on a disillusioning war in which there were no winners [World War I, 1914-1918]."--Jacket.

Irish Men and Women in the Second World War

Author : Richard Doherty
Publisher : Four Courts Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Irish Men and Women in the Second World War written by Richard Doherty and published by Four Courts Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Irish involvement in the Second World War is one that has been in danger of being overlooked. This book seeks to ensure that the role of Irish men and women in the forces of Great Britain, Australia, United States and other Allied nations is not forgotten. Using a variety of sources, including personal interviews, published material and archives in Britain, Ireland, the USA and Australia, the author outlines the achievements of Irish soldiers, sailors and airmen in many theatres of war.

A Military History of Ireland

Author : Thomas Bartlett
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521629898
Total Pages : 596 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (298 download)

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Download or read book A Military History of Ireland written by Thomas Bartlett and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997-10-09 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a major, collaborative study of organised military activity and its broad impact on Ireland over the last thousand years or so, from the middle of the first millennium AD to modern times. It integrates the best recent scholarship in military history into its social and political context to provide a comprehensive treatment of the Irish military experience. The eighteen chronologically-organised chapters are written by leading scholars each of whom is an authority on the period in question. Drawing the whole work together is a wide-ranging introductory essay on the 'Irish military tradition' which explores the relationship of Irish society and politics with militarism and military affairs. The text is illustrated throughout by over 120 pictures and maps.