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 e…
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 e…
Chapter 4: The war at sea: Encountering the German 'enemy'Bringing Ireland within the war zone; Rural Ireland and 'Black '47'; Ireland's 'enemy'; Chapter 5: Greater Ireland and Catholic loyalism; Moderate nationalism and the war3; Irish Catholic loyalism; 'Ireland's half million…