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British Voices: From the Irish War of Independence 1918-1921: The Words of British Servicemen Who Were There by Sheehan, William is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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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 Supplemented with unpublished photographs from the Imperial War Museum and the Irish National Library, these accounts form a landmark oral history told through the personal experiences of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.

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Author

Sheehan, William

Publisher

The Collins Press

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9781848899124

Category

work of fiction