| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Cover; Front Matter; Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1; Plan of War; Chapter 2; A Garrison County; Chapter 3; The War Front; Chapter 4; Recruitment in County Kildare; Chapter 5; 1916: Kildare Rebels; Chapter 6; War Profits; Chapter 7; The Men Who Marched Away; Chapter 8; The Home Front; Chapter 9; Women and the War; Chapter 10; The Conscription Crisis; Chapter 11; End of Days; Chapter 12; War Mad: Murder, Suicide and Shell Shock; Epilogue; Notes; Appendices I; Appendices II; Appendices III; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
In 1914, Ireland's Kildare County was a garrison county home to Kildare Barracks, the Curragh Camp, and the Royal Dublin Fusiliers Depot in Naas, which ensured that Kildare's recruitment exceeded the national average. This fascinating study reveals the true extent that the military, political, social, and economic impact of World War I had on Kildare. The book demonstrates that, for the local community in Kildare, the Great War was remote only in geographic terms; its ravages being painfully felt in every aspect of Kildare life - food prices, the farming economy, Belgian refugees, the role of |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
World War, 1914-1918 -- Ireland -- Kildare (County)
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Influence
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain.
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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| SUBJECT |
Kildare (Ireland : County) -- History -- 20th century
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Ireland -- History -- 1910-1921. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85068023
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| Subject |
Ireland
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Ireland -- Kildare (County)
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781908928870 |
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1908928875 |
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