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Our war : Ireland and the great war / edited by John Horne - [Dublin] : Royal Irish Academy : RTÉ, 2008 - xv, 319, [1] p. : ill., ports., facsims. ; 24 cm - Thomas Davis lecture series ; 2008 .

Includes bibliographical references and index

Our war, our history -- Going to war -- 200,000 volunteer soldiers -- The politics of war -- Home front and everyday life -- Fewer ladies, more women -- War, work and labour -- Survivors -- Writing the war -- Echoes of war

This book tells the story of the Great War in Irish history, which saw over 200,000 Irish soldiers fighting. It relays the experience of ordinary Irish people during the war and chronicles the effect the war had, and still has, on Irish society.

ISBN: 9781904890508 (cased) £25.00

Subjects--Topical Terms:
World War, 1914-1918--Participation, Irish
World War, 1914-1918--Ireland--Pictorial works
World War, 1914-1918--Influence--Ireland
First World War
European history
Ireland

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Ireland--History--1910-1921