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Imperial Irish : Canada’s Irish Catholics Fight the Great War, 1914-1918 by Mark George McGowan is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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Between 1914 and 1918, many Irish Catholics in Canada found themselves in a vulnerable position. Not only was the Great War slaughtering millions, but tension and violence was mounting in Ireland over the question of independence from Britain and Home Rule. For Canada’s Irish Catholics, thwarting Prussian militarism was a way to prove that small nations, like Ireland, could be free from larger occupying countries. Yet, even as tens of thousands of Irish Catholic men and women rallied to the call
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- Author
- Mark George McGowan
- Publisher
- Mcgill-queen's University Press,
- Published
- 2017
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780773550780
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Post Confederation (1867 ), Humanities
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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