Ireland 1914-1918
The Road to War On the 28th June 1914, Gavrilo Princip, a 19-year-old Serbian nationalist, waited patiently for the Archduke Frans Ferdinand, heir to the…
Category: Ireland 1914-1918
A Call To Arms
From 1700 to the end of World War One, it is estimated that two million Irishmen died fighting for King and country. The laws restricting…
How The Great War Saved The British Army
One hundred years ago this year, March 1914 to be precise, events at the British army camp on the Curragh, in County Kildare, Ireland, had…
Shells and Shamrocks
Shell manufacturing at the Dublin National Shell Factory, Parkgate Street, Dublin, Ireland. 2014 is the centenary of the outbreak of World War One. Commemorations and…