Ireland and the Great War : A Social and Political History

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 exchange for a re-emphasis on the national question. In Ireland and the Great War Niamh Gallagher draws upon a formidable array of original research to offer a radical new reading of Irish involvement in the world's first total war. Exploring the 'home front' and Irish diasporic communities in Canada, Australia, and Britain, Gallagher reveals that substantial support for the Allied war effort continued largely unabated not only until November 1918, but afterwards as well. Rich in social texture and with fascinating new case studies of Irish participation in the conflict, this book has the makings of a major rethinking of Ireland's twentieth century. Title Page Copyright Page Contents Figures Maps, Tables and Charts Maps Tables Charts Abbreviations Used in the Text Abbreviations Used in the Notes Preface Acknowledgements Chapter 1: Introduction Contradictions Irish civil society The evidence Chapter outline Chapter 2: Memory, history and the Great War Remembering and writing 1914 to 1918 Politics, apathy, and Irish nationalism Reappraising the war Chapter 3: Irish women and war-relief on the home front War-relief across Ireland War-work in Southern Ireland War-work in Ulster An all-Irish endeavour? 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’ Meeting Irish-Canada Chapter 6: Irish Catholics, Britain and the Allies The ‘death of innocence’, 1914–15 Home Rule, recruitment and Britain, 1914–16 Politics, conscription and recruitment, 1916–18 A righteous defence Chapter 7: Conclusion: Ireland’s War? Chapter 8: Epilogue: Beyond amnesia Notes Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Bibliography I. Manuscripts II. Newspapers and Periodicals III. Official Publications IV. Published Primary Sources V. Websites VI. Secondary Literature VII. Unpublished Theses and Papers Index On 4 August 1914 following the outbreak of European hostilities, large sections of Irish Protestants and Catholics rallied to support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 exchange for a re-emphasis on the national question.0In Ireland and the Great War Niamh Gallagher draws upon a formidable array of original research to offer a radical new reading of Irish involvement in the world's first total war. Exploring the 'home front' and Irish diasporic communities in Canada, Australia, and Britain, Gallagher reveals that substantial support for the Allied war effort continued largely unabated not only until November 1918, but afterwards as well. Rich in social texture and with fascinating new case studies of Irish participation in the conflict, this book has the makings of a major rethinking of Ireland's twentieth century Intro; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Figures; Maps, Tables and Charts; Maps; Tables; Charts; Abbreviations Used in the Text; Abbreviations Used in the Notes; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Introduction; Contradictions; Irish civil society; The evidence; Chapter outline; Chapter 2: Memory, history and the Great War; Remembering and writing 1914 to 1918; Politics, apathy, and Irish nationalism; Reappraising the war; Chapter 3: Irish women and war-relief on the home front; War-relief across Ireland; War-work in Southern Ireland; War-work in Ulster; An all-Irish endeavour?