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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789253803321

Autore

Moloney Tadhg

Titolo

The impact of World War One on Limerick / / by Tadhg Moloney

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, [United Kingdom] : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

1-4438-5878-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (221 p.)

Disciplina

940.41241

Soggetti

World War, 1914-1918 - Ireland - Limerick (Limerick) - Influence

Limerick (Limerick, Ireland) History 20th century

Limerick (Limerick, Ireland) Politics and government 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; APPENDIX A; APPENDIX B; APPENDIX C; APPENDIX D; APPENDIX E; APPENDIX F; APPENDIX G; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the impact of World War One on the people of Limerick. It traces how recruitment, which was weak at the commencement of the war, increased locally after the leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party, John Redmond, issued his call for Irish nationalists and others to enlist, and, as the war progressed, how Sinn Féin separatists impinged on recruiting efforts. It also shows that the British War Office were unwitting contributors to the separatists' cause by their ill-conceived...