Dublin's Great Wars

Dublin's Great Wars
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 487
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ISBN-10 : 9781107029255
ISBN-13 : 1107029252
Rating : 4/5 (55 Downloads)

Synopsis Dublin's Great Wars by : Richard S. Grayson

The story of the Dubliners who served in the British military and in republican forces during the First World War and the Irish Revolution.

The Civil War in Dublin

The Civil War in Dublin
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Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1785370901
ISBN-13 : 9781785370908
Rating : 4/5 (01 Downloads)

Synopsis The Civil War in Dublin by : John Dorney

While the Irish Civil War first erupted in Dublin, playing out through the seizure and eventual recapture of the Four Courts, it quickly swept over the entire country. In The Civil War in Dublin, John Dorney extends his study of Dublin beyond the Four Courts surrender, delivering shocking revelations of calculated violence and splits within the pro-Treaty armed forces. Dorney's exacting research, using primary sources and newly available eyewitness testimonies from both sides of the conflict, provides insight into how the entire city of Dublin operated under conditions of disorder and bloodshed: how civilians and guerrilla fighters controlled the streets, how female insurgents operated alongside their male counterparts, how the patterns of IRA violence and National Army counter-insurgency alternated, and-for the first time-how the pro-Treaty 'Murder Gang' emerged from Michael Collins' IRA Intelligence Department, 'the Squad', with devastating and ruthless effect. The Civil War in Dublin brings the chaos of life in the city of Dublin to life through meticulous detail, and it reveals unsettling truths about the extreme actions taken by a burgeoning Irish Free State and its Anti-Treaty opponents. [Subject: Irish Studies, History, Military History, Dublin]

Irish Voices from the Great War

Irish Voices from the Great War
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Publisher : Merrion Press
Total Pages : 329
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ISBN-10 : 9781908928832
ISBN-13 : 1908928832
Rating : 4/5 (32 Downloads)

Synopsis Irish Voices from the Great War by : Myles Dungan

This pioneering study, first published in 1995, retains its rank as one of the most powerful histories ever written about Irish involvement in World War 1. This year, the centenary of the war, sees its timely re-publication as the Irishmen who fought in that war re-enter the national memory after decades of indifference and hostility. The gradual softening of attitudes over the last twenty years amid great historic change on the island of Ireland, is due in no small part to the efforts of historians, such as Myles Dungan, to tell thousands of forgotten stories. Drawing on the diaries, letters, literary works and oral accounts of soldiers, Myles Dungan tells some of the personal stories of what Irishmen, unionist and nationalist, went through during the Great War and how many of them drew closer together during that horror than at any time since. This volume deals with a selection of the most important battles and campaigns in which the three Irish Divisions participated.

Fighting Irish

Fighting Irish
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Publisher : Merrion Press
Total Pages : 250
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ISBN-10 : 9781785370496
ISBN-13 : 1785370499
Rating : 4/5 (96 Downloads)

Synopsis Fighting Irish by : Gavin Hughes

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.

Dublin Castle and the Anglo-Irish War

Dublin Castle and the Anglo-Irish War
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Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages : 90
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ISBN-10 : 9781443815734
ISBN-13 : 144381573X
Rating : 4/5 (34 Downloads)

Synopsis Dublin Castle and the Anglo-Irish War by : Eamonn T. Gardiner

The Irish War of Independence is still regarded as a conflict that is both enigmatic and emotive in content; it transformed the British imperial dream into a nightmare and was to shape the foreign and domestic agendas of two countries for nearly a century. This book seeks to examine the reasons and ask the hard questions to determine why the British state was unable to pour oil on troubled Irish waters and put Home Rule to bed and how that inability was left to fester. It examines in detail the relationships which existed between the arms of the British administration in Ireland and how the complexity of those bonds led sometimes to an animosity of sorts being fostered until it began to affect operational aspects of the British security apparatus in Ireland.' The operations and actions of British Army, the Royal Irish Constabulary, their mercenary Auxiliary security forces and the Bristish Government of the day are all probed and examined in this book. Why were the British, with massive imperial holdings and a modern and well equipped armed forces, unable to suppress an infant insurgency, numerically inferior and ill equipped less than four hundred miles from Whitehall? Why was the shining light of British colonial policing, the Royal Irish Constabulary subjected to stagnation and rot from within for over fifty years? Why instead of reforming the existing police in place in Ireland mercenary forces, with little official oversight, were introduced into Ireland in an effort to quell the rising trouble?

Shadows from the Trenches

Shadows from the Trenches
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Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1910820733
ISBN-13 : 9781910820735
Rating : 4/5 (33 Downloads)

Synopsis Shadows from the Trenches by : Emmanuel Destenay

After the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, ex-servicemen consolidated the institutions of the new Irish Free State whereas a minority remained loyal to the idea of an Irish Republic. Those who refrained from taking an active part in the transformation of Ireland found themselves in a society plagued by unemployment and ongoing unrest. Largely forgotten in history, their stories beg to be heard.The centenary of the War of Independence and the Civil War represents an unexpected yet welcome moment to challenge traditional narratives and shed light on the contribution of Great War veterans to the Irish Revolution. What happened in Ireland was far from being an isolated case in European history. Re-mobilisations and re-engagements of Great War veterans characterised the internal dynamics within other European countries and states undergoing post-war transformations, revolutions or civil conflicts. .

Dublin 1916

Dublin 1916
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 280
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ISBN-10 : 0674036336
ISBN-13 : 9780674036338
Rating : 4/5 (36 Downloads)

Synopsis Dublin 1916 by : Clair Wills

On Easter Monday 1916, a disciplined group of Irish Volunteers seized the city's General Post Office in what would become the defining act of rebellion against British rule. This book unravels the events in and around the GPO during the Easter Rising of 1916, revealing the twists and turns that the myth of the GPO has undergone in the last century.

Irish Women and the Great War

Irish Women and the Great War
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 267
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ISBN-10 : 9781108491204
ISBN-13 : 1108491200
Rating : 4/5 (04 Downloads)

Synopsis Irish Women and the Great War by : Fionnuala Walsh

The first full-length study to explore the impact of the Great War on the lives of women in Ireland. Fionnuala Walsh examines women's mobilisation for the war effort, and the impact of the war on their employment opportunities, family and domestic life, social morality and politicisation.

Beneath a Turkish Sky

Beneath a Turkish Sky
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Publisher : The History Press
Total Pages : 410
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ISBN-10 : 9780750964777
ISBN-13 : 0750964774
Rating : 4/5 (77 Downloads)

Synopsis Beneath a Turkish Sky by : Philip Lecane

It was the First World War's largest seaborne invasion and the Irish were at the forefront. Recruited in Ireland, the Royal Dublin Fusiliers were ordered to spearhead the invasion of Gallipoli in Turkey. Deadlocked in trench warfare on the Western Front, the British High Command hoped the assault would Germany's ally out of the war. Using letters and photographs, this book tells the story of the 'Dubs' officers and men called from an idyllic posting in India to be billeted on the civilian population in England. They then set off on what was presented as a great adventure to win glory and capture Constantinople. The book also gives the story of the Turkish defenders and the locality being invaded. Accompanied by the Royal Munster Fusiliers, packed aboard the SS River Clyde, the 'Dubs' landed from ships boats on the fiercely defended beach at Sedd-el-Bahr. The song The Foggy Dew says, "It were better to die beneath an Irish sky than at Suvla or Sedd-el-Bahr." This book tells the story of the forgotten Irishmen who died beneath a Turkish sky in what was Ireland's D-Day.

Trinity in War and Revolution 1912-1923

Trinity in War and Revolution 1912-1923
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Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1908996781
ISBN-13 : 9781908996787
Rating : 4/5 (81 Downloads)

Synopsis Trinity in War and Revolution 1912-1923 by : Tomás Irish

This book situates the history of Trinity College Dublin within the great upheavals and changes that were taking place in Ireland such as: Irish involvement in WW1; the Easter Rising of 1916; the violent struggle for Irish independence; the end of the Civil War; and the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922.