An Irish Empire?: Aspects of Ireland and the British EmpireKeith Jeffery Eight essays examine the experience and role of the Irish in the British empire during the 19th and 20th centuries, based on the understanding that, Ireland being less integrated, it differed from that of the other Celtic nations submerged in the United Kingdom. They discuss film, sport, India, the Irish military tradition, Irish unionists, Empire Day in Ireland from 1896 to 1962, Northern Irish businessmen, and Ulster resistance and loyalist rebellion. Distributed in the US by St. Martin's Press. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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Page 53
... Irish soldier was ubiquitous in the armies of the Empire . Irish soldiers participated in the army at every level from celebrated generals to private soldiers . H. J. Hanham points out that ' Ireland throughout the nineteenth century ...
... Irish soldier was ubiquitous in the armies of the Empire . Irish soldiers participated in the army at every level from celebrated generals to private soldiers . H. J. Hanham points out that ' Ireland throughout the nineteenth century ...
Page 104
... Irish ' one way or the other , merely plenty of anecdote and allegation . The sum of this is that the Irish are wild , fierce and impetu- ous soldiers , generally better in attack than defence , and with potential problems of discipline ...
... Irish ' one way or the other , merely plenty of anecdote and allegation . The sum of this is that the Irish are wild , fierce and impetu- ous soldiers , generally better in attack than defence , and with potential problems of discipline ...
Page 105
... Irish experience accords more closely to that of Canada , Australia , New Zealand or South Africa ; and colonial , where Irish soldiers are scarcely better than mercenaries , employed to do the Empire's dirty work . The metropolitan ...
... Irish experience accords more closely to that of Canada , Australia , New Zealand or South Africa ; and colonial , where Irish soldiers are scarcely better than mercenaries , employed to do the Empire's dirty work . The metropolitan ...
Contents
Introduction Keith Jeffery page | 1 |
Ireland the Empire and film Jeffrey Richards | 25 |
Ireland sport and empire Alan Bairner | 57 |
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