Ireland and the Great War: A Social and Political History

Ireland and the Great War: A Social and Political History
ISBN-10
1786726149
ISBN-13
9781786726148
Series
Ireland and the Great War
Category
History
Pages
277
Language
English
Published
2019-11-28
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Author
Niamh Gallagher

Description

On 4 August 1914 following the outbreak of European hostilities, large sections of Irish Protestants and Catholics rallied to support the British and Allied war efforts. Yet less than two years later, the Easter Rising of 1916 allegedly put a stop to the Catholic commitment in exchange for a re-emphasis on the national question. In Ireland and the Great War Niamh Gallagher draws upon a formidable array of original research to offer a radical new reading of Irish involvement in the world's first total war. Exploring the 'home front' and Irish diasporic communities in Canada, Australia, and Britain, Gallagher reveals that substantial support for the Allied war effort continued largely unabated not only until November 1918, but afterwards as well. Rich in social texture and with fascinating new case studies of Irish participation in the conflict, this book has the makings of a major rethinking of Ireland's twentieth century.

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