Wherever the firing line extends
Ireland and the Western Front
McGreevy, Ronan
creator
text
bibliography
biography
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Dublin
The History Press Ireland
2016
monographic
eng
364 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), portraits, maps ; 24 cm.
The First World War was the biggest conflict in Irish history. More men served and more men died than in all the wars before or since that the Irish fought in. Often forgotten at home and written out of Irish history, the Irish soldiers and their regiments found themselves more honoured in foreign fields. From the first shot monument in Mons to the plaque to the Royal Irish Lancers who liberated the town on Armistice Day 1918, Ronan McGreevy takes a tour of the Western Front. At a time when Ireland is revisiting its history and its place in the world, McGreevy looks at those places where the Irish made their mark and are remembered in the monuments, cemeteries and landscapes of France and Flanders.
Ronan McGreevy.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
World War, 1914-1918
Ireland
World War, 1914-1918
World War, 1914-1918
Monuments
France
World War, 1914-1918
Regimental histories
Ireland
940.4144
9781845888732
StDuBDS
151203
20230830062908.0
017727002
eng