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    British Voices of the Irish War of Independence: The words of British servicemen in Ireland 1918–1921
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    British Voices of the Irish War of Independence: The words of British servicemen in Ireland 1918–1921

    By William Sheehan

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    ?Ireland’s War of Independence generated a wealth of published material but very little from a British perspective. Yet many British servicemen left accounts of their time in Ireland from 1918 to 1921. They describe military operations, the IRA, the Irish, the actions of their own forces, morale and relationships with local communities. There is Brigadier Vinden’s strange tale of a drinking session with Michael Collins and humour in the sending of Gaelic-speaking Highlanders into a public house to eavesdrop in the belief that Sinn Féiners always spoke Irish to each other. The author has gone deep into British military archives to unearth these never-published accounts. Supplemented with unpublished photographs from the Imperial War Museum and the Irish National Library, these accounts form a landmark oral history told through the personal experiences of men from across the ranks.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThe Collins Press
    Release dateMar 14, 2007
    ISBN9781848899117
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    British Voices of the Irish War of Independence: The words of British servicemen in Ireland 1918–1921
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    William Sheehan

    WILLIAM SHEEHAN is a military historian and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the Higher Education Academy. He has lectured at NUI Maynooth and University College Cork, and is a member of its Ferguson Centre for African and Asian Studies at the Open University. His previously published works include, The FCA: An Illustrated History, British Voices from the Irish War of Independence and Hearts and Mines: The 5th Division, Ireland 1920-22. His research focuses mainly on British counterinsurgency in the Inter-War Period.

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