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That Neutral Island

Author : Clair Wills
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780571317394

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Of the countries that remained neutral during the Second World War, none was more controversial than Ireland, with accusations of betrayal and hypocrisy poisoning the media. Whereas previous histories of Ireland in the war years have focused on high politics, That Neutral Island brings to life the atmosphere of a country forced to live under rationing, heavy censorship and the threat of invasion. It unearths the motivations of those thousands who left Ireland to fight in the British forces and shows how ordinary people tried to make sense of the Nazi threat through the lens of antagonism towards Britain.

Ireland in World War Two

Author : Dermot Keogh,Mervyn O'Driscoll
Publisher : Mercier Press Ltd
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015059573652

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Ireland in World War Two by Dermot Keogh,Mervyn O'Driscoll Pdf

Preparation, diplomacy, home front, war front and new perspectives on Ireland in the Second World War û a new generation of historians for a new appraisal.

Grounded in Eire

Author : Ralph Keefer
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0773511423

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Grounded in Eire by Ralph Keefer Pdf

The story of two RAF fliers interned in Ireland during World War II.

Irish Men and Women in the Second World War

Author : Richard Doherty
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-26
Category : History
ISBN : 1846829593

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Irish Men and Women in the Second World War by Richard Doherty Pdf

The publication of this book in 1999 provided the first detailed examination of the many Irish men and women, all volunteers, who served in the Second World War. It led the way for further study and the author has continued to research the subject, especially the numbers of Irish who served. In this updated edition, new sources and careful examination show the numbers of Irish in the UK forces - at over 133,000 - to be higher than hitherto believed. That figure includes over 66,000 personnel from Éire and some 64,000 from Northern Ireland. They served in every service and every theatre of war as their stories show. Irish soldiers fought in France and Norway in 1940, in the Middle East and Burma, Italy and in the campaign to liberate Europe. Irish sailors hunted the Graf Spee and Bismarck and protected convoys from U-boats while Irish airmen protected the UK in 1940 and took the war to the skies over Europe, the Middle East and Far East. Irish women served in roles critical to the success of the fighting services. Richard Doherty tells their stories using a wide array of sources including personal interviews, contemporary documents, citations for gallantry awards - among them the Vi

Dividing Ireland

Author : Thomas Hennessey
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2005-06-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134639144

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This text aims to provide an assessment of the First World War in Ireland and its consequences, arguing that this is the key to understanding the complexities of the Irish nation today. The author explores how the War transformed the nature of the Irish and Ulster.

Fighting Irish

Author : Gavin Hughes
Publisher : Merrion Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781785370496

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Fighting Irish is a meticulous and engaging account of the First World War from the perspective of the men of the Irish Regiments of the British Army, revealing the extent of the Irish military commitment to the Great War effort from 1914-1918. Startling and sympathetic matters, from campaign strategy to the soldiers’ intimate war experiences, are addressed with fascinating documentary evidence and poignant eye-witness accounts. Persisting humour and unexpected trials; mounting reputations and the mundane drudgery of routine military life – all is touched upon in the lives of these men, and undercut by the pervasive loss of life. Whether fighting at Ypres, the Somme, Gallipoli, Kostorino or Nablus, the story of the Irish Regiments is compelling and evocative, with reasons for enlistment as varied as the men themselves. Though entrenched in warfare, many minds were set on the increasing unrest at home, swaying their interests and shaping the communications they left to posterity. Fighting Irish defines the diverse backgrounds of all those who served with the Irish regiments in these years, recounting their deeds through exacting historical research within a gripping and affecting narrative.

Ireland and the Great War

Author : Niamh Gallagher
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350246690

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Ireland and the Great War by Niamh Gallagher Pdf

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.

Ireland and the Great War

Author : Adrian Gregory,Senia Paseta
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2002-11-23
Category : History
ISBN : 0719059259

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Ireland and the Great War by Adrian Gregory,Senia Paseta Pdf

This volume brings together new research whilst re-evaluating older assumptions about the immediate and continuing impact of World War I on Ireland. It explores some lesser-known aspects of Ireland’s war years as well as including studies of more traditional areas. Individual articles cover military, social, cultural, political, and economic aspects of the Great War, as well as reflecting on continuity and change within Irish historiography. In doing so, they analyze how the experience and memory of the War have contributed to identity formation and the legitimization of political violence.

Ireland and the Second World War

Author : Brian Girvin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105025030516

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This volume of essays on the social, political and military history of Ireland during the Second World War explores the Irish contribution to the Allied cause, in particular the role and experience of Irish men and women who served in the British armed forces during the war. Also covered is the history of Northern Ireland during the war period, as are apsects of the post-war historiography of Irish involvement in the Allied struggle.

Behind the Green Curtain

Author : T. Ryle Dwyer
Publisher : Gill & Macmillan
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2010-09-03
Category : History
ISBN : 0717146502

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Behind the Green Curtain by T. Ryle Dwyer Pdf

Behind the Green Curtain goes beyond any previous book in examining the myth of Irish wartime neutrality.

Ireland's Unknown Soldiers

Author : Terence Denman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2017-03-21
Category : History
ISBN : 0716532581

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This pioneering study, originally published in 1992, remains the definitive history of the 16th (Irish) Division in the First World War. This year, the centenary of the outbreak of the war, sees its timely re-issue as the Irishmen who fought in that war re-enter the national memory after decades of indifference and hostility. Nearly 135,000 Irishmen volunteered and no less than three Irish divisions - the 10th (Irish), 16th (Irish) and 36th (Ulster) - were formed from Irishmen, Catholic and Protestant, who responded to Lord Kitchener's call to arms. An estimated 35,000 Irish-born soldiers were killed before the armistice came in November 1918. Over 4,000 of those died with the 16th (Irish) Division. In Ireland's Unknown Soldiers Terence Denman tells the powerful story of the Irish Division whose largely Catholic, nationalist composition encapsulated the complexities that surrounded Irish involvement in First World War. Denman recalls the sombre, compelling story of the lesser-known 16th (Irish) Division on the Western Front: gassed at Hulluch, victorious at Ginchy and Guillemont, the Division suffered heavy casualties in the carnage at the Somme, Messines Ridge and Passchendaele, before its final destruction in March 1918. Denman brings to life the extraordinary resilience and camaraderie of the men in the trenches and the tragedy of the thousands who made the ultimate sacrifice. This was the last chapter in the long history of the Catholic Irish soldier's contribution to the British army.

Spying on Ireland

Author : Eunan O'Halpin
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2008-04-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191531057

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Spying on Ireland by Eunan O'Halpin Pdf

Irish neutrality during the Second World War presented Britain with significant challenges to its security. Exploring how British agencies identified and addressed these problems, this book reveals how Britain simultaneously planned sabotage in and spied on Ireland, and at times sought to damage the neutral state's reputation internationally through black propaganda operations. It analyses the extent of British knowledge of Axis and other diplomatic missions in Ireland, and shows the crucial role of diplomatic code-breaking in shaping British policy. The book also underlines just how much Ireland both interested and irritated Churchill throughout the war. Rather than viewing this as a uniquely Anglo-Irish experience, Eunan O'Halpin argues that British activities concerning Ireland should be placed in the wider context of intelligence and security problems that Britain faced in other neutral states, particularly Afghanistan and Persia. Taking a comparative approach, he illuminates how Britain dealt with challenges in these countries through a combination of diplomacy, covert gathering of intelligence, propaganda, and intimidation. The British perspective on issues in Ireland becomes far clearer when discussed in terms of similar problems Britain faced with neutral states worldwide. Drawing heavily on British and American intelligence records, many disclosed here for the first time, Eunan O'Halpin presents the first country study of British intelligence to describe and analyse the impact of all the secret agencies during the war. He casts fresh light on British activities in Ireland, and on the significance of both espionage and cooperation between intelligence agencies for developing wider relations between the two countries.

Veterans of the First World War

Author : David Swift,Oliver Wilkinson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2019-02-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780429614941

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This volume synthesises the latest scholarship on First World War veterans in post-war Britain and Ireland, investigating the topic through its political, social and cultural dynamics. It examines the post-war experiences of those men and women who served and illuminates the nature of the post-war society for which service had been given. Complicating the homogenising tendency in existing scholarship it offers comparison of the experiences of veterans in different regions of Britain, including perspectives drawn from Ireland. Further nuance is offered by the assessment of the experiences of ex-servicewomen alongside those of ex-servicemen, such focus deeping understanding into the gendered specificities of post-war veteran activities and experiences. Moreover, case studies of specific cohorts of veterans are offered, including focus on disabled veterans and ex-prisoners of war. In these regards the collection offers vital updates to existing scholarship while bringing important new departures and challenges to the current interpretive frameworks of veteran experiences in post-war Britain and Ireland.

Ireland During the Second World War

Author : Ian S. Wood
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : IND:30000101133191

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Ireland During the Second World War by Ian S. Wood Pdf

The claustrophobic years of the Second World War were a crucial watershed for neutral Ireland and the Irish. Neutrality was the key to Irish Prime Minister de Valera's foreign and domestic policy. Enforced economic hardship and isolation were seen by many as a blessing in disguise, hastening the new states coming of age. Many long lasting developments, such as the creation of a Central Bank signaled the beginning of the end of economic dependence on Britain. Neutrality ensured Britain, and more specifically Churchill, viewed Ireland with suspicion and barely concealed anger. Threats and inducements were used to persuade Ireland to allow the reoccupation of the Treaty Ports. Fear of IRA activity lead to increasingly draconian legislation. German spies were rumored to be forging links with an increasingly well-armed and militant IRA. Increased tension between Northern Ireland and the bombings of Belfast and Dublin raised questions about the viability of Ireland Neutrality.

Guests of the State

Author : T. Ryle Dwyer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015032188735

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Guests of the State by T. Ryle Dwyer Pdf

Tells the unique story of the Allied and Axis,serviceman interned in Ireland during World War,II. the first account of this small corner of the,war in Europe - a story which is surprisingly full,of humorous detail and incident.