Irishmen in the Great War: Reports from the Front 1915 by Tom Burnell

Irishmen in the Great War: Reports from the Front 1915 by Tom Burnell

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 toe 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 serving in the Ulster Division, 10th and 16th Irish Divisions. We read of medical breakthroughs, paranormal occurrences and miraculous escapes from death. After the Irish Rebellion of April, 1916, these type of articles and casualty lists dwindled to very few as Irish hearts became divided. 8 page plate section

Burnell, Tom: - Tom Burnell lives in Holycross, County Tipperary. He has published ten books, nine of these on the Great War. He is a lexicographer, historian, author, Irish Defence Forces veteran of 'The Troubles', and ex-research curator of St Mary's Famine and War Museum, Thurles, County Tipperary. Fascinated by the forgotten Irish participants of the Great War he set about chronicling each county Roll of Honour and has completed seventeen of the Irish Republic's twenty-six counties.

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ISBN 13	9781473823457
ISBN 10	1473823455
Title	Irishmen in the Great War: Reports from the Front 1915
Author	Tom Burnell
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Year published	2015-05-01
Number of pages	240
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