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Ireland's Great War
Kevin Myers
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Description for Ireland's Great War
Paperback. This is an exceptionally well-researched study of the Irish who fought in the First World War. Kevin Myers pioneered the study of this subject and has long been the expert in the field. This work documents the heroism, tragedy and varied reasons why so many Irish chose to fight in the British army, often in the face of derision at home. Num Pages: 255 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
Here, name by name, parish by parish, province by province, Kevin Myers details Ireland’s intimate involvement with one of the greatest conflicts in human history, the First World War of 1914 to 1918, which left no Irish family untouched. With this gathering of his talks, unpublished essays and material distilled from The Irish Times and elsewhere, Myers lays out the grounds of his research and findings in Connaught, Leinster, Munster and Ulster. He revisits the main theatres of war in Europe – The Somme, Ypres and Verdun, the war at sea and Gallipoli. He documents these bloody engagements through the ... Read more
Here, name by name, parish by parish, province by province, Kevin Myers details Ireland’s intimate involvement with one of the greatest conflicts in human history, the First World War of 1914 to 1918, which left no Irish family untouched. With this gathering of his talks, unpublished essays and material distilled from The Irish Times and elsewhere, Myers lays out the grounds of his research and findings in Connaught, Leinster, Munster and Ulster. He revisits the main theatres of war in Europe – The Somme, Ypres and Verdun, the war at sea and Gallipoli. He documents these bloody engagements through the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
400g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Dublin, Ireland
ISBN
9781843516354
SKU
V9781843516354
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About Kevin Myers
Kevin Myers, broadcaster, journalist and writer, has pioneered the study of the First World War in Ireland. He studied history at University College Dublin and is author of a novel, Banks of Green Willow(2001). He wrote an acclaimed memoir, Watching the Door (2006). Its prequel, A Single Steadfast Heart, is to be published in 2015.
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