Irish voices from the Great War /

Dungan, Myles

Irish voices from the Great War / Myles Dungan - Dublin : Irish Academic Press, [1995 - 219 p. ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

The old contemptibles -- Gallipoli: The V Beach landings -- Suvla Bay -- The Battle of the Somme -- The 16th (Irish) Division at the Somme -- 1917 -- 1918: From calamity to triumph

Up to half a million Irishmen and women participated in the Great War. Drawing on diaries, letters, literary works and oral accounts of soldiers, this account tells some of the personal stories.

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World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, Irish
World War, 1914-1918--Ireland
European history
Social & cultural history
Oral history