Research Catalog

Title

Galway and the Great War / William Henry.

Author

Henry, William.

Publication

Cork : Mercier Press, c2006.

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Details

Description

318 p., [34] p. of plates : ill., maps; 24 cm.

Summary

"This book examines the outbreak of the Great War, the impact it had on those left behind and, through contemporary letters and interviews with Galwaymen, the lives of the men at the Front."--Jacket.

Subject

• 1914 - 1918
• World War, 1914-1918 > Ireland > Galway
• Galway (Ireland) > History

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 288-307) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Ch. I. Great War begins. p. 18.
• Ch. II. Call to arms : Galway mobilisation. p. 29.
• Ch. III. King and country : recruitment in Galway City & County. p. 38.
• Ch. IV. carrot & the stick : conscription & home rule. p. 63.
• Ch. V. God save Ireland : Galway's opposition to the war. p. 72.
• Ch. VI. Fuel to the fire : suspicions & rumours. p. 83.
• Ch. VII. Message in a bottle : Galway Sea war. p. 90.
• Ch. VIII. It's an ill wind : Galway war industry. p. 104.
• Ch. IX. Gone but not forgotten : Galway supports its troops. p. 113.
• Ch. X. All quiet on the western front aftermath. p. 128.
• Ch. XI. battle and retreat from Mons. p. 139.
• Ch. XII. battles of the Aisne. p. 154.
• Ch. XIII. Battles of Ypres. p. 166.
• Ch. XIV. Battle of Neuve Chapelle. p. 189.
• Ch. XV. Dardanelles and Gallipoli landings. p. 193.
• Ch. XVI. Mesopotamia, Palestine and Salonika campaigns. p. 216.
• Ch. XVII. Battle of Loos. p. 226.
• Ch. XVIII. Battle of Jutland. p. 232.
• Ch. XIX. Battles of the Somme : the big push. p. 235.
• Ch. XX. Battles of Cambrai and final push. p. 250.
• App. Monuments, memorials, mementoes. p. 254.

ISBN

1856355241

LCCN

^^2007361045

OCLC

• 80018301
• SCSB-10612300

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library