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Twenty-seven Irish newspapers for the period covering the Great War have been trawled through to deliver the amazing stories of those years which changed the world for ever. These are toe accounts of local men at the front; of torpedoed ships; drunken wives; final letters and requests from the trenches. Also eye-witness accounts of the slaughter as it was happening; battle reports from officers serving in Irish regiments; quirky snippets; chaplains' sympathetic letters; P.O.W. reports of conditions and war poetry. Here are the tales of the Leinster's, Munster's, Connaught's and Dublin Fusiliers serving in the Ulster Division, 10th and 16th Irish Divisions. We read of medical breakthroughs, paranormal occurrences and miraculous escapes from death. After the Irish Rebellion of April, 1916, these type of articles and casualty lists dwindled to very few as Irish hearts became divided. AUTHOR: Tom Burnell lives in Holycross, County Tipperary. He has published ten books, nine of these on the Great War. He is a lexicographer, historian, author, Irish Defence Forces veteran of 'The Troubles', and ex-research curator of St Mary's Famine and War Museum, Thurles, County Tipperary. Fascinated by the forgotten Irish participants of the Great War he set about chronicling each county Roll of Honour and has completed seventeen of the Irish Republic's twenty-six counties.

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"""Featuring more than 150 stories published throughout 1915 in 26 Irish newspapers, this treasure trove of hand-picked news presents unique slices of life on the Front line and at home in Ireland during the First World War. From cheery soldiers' letters home to graphic accounts of fighting and harrowing descriptions of destruction and gas deaths, historian Tom Burnell has complied a selection of forgotten reports that shed new light on the experiences of Irish soldiers in WW1.""-- ""Family Tree"""

Featuring more than 150 stories published throughout 1915 in 26 Irish newspapers, this treasure trove of hand-picked news presents unique slices of life on the Front line and at home in Ireland during the First World War. From cheery soldiers' letters home to graphic accounts of fighting and harrowing descriptions of destruction and gas deaths, historian Tom Burnell has complied a selection of forgotten reports that shed new light on the experiences of Irish soldiers in WW1. -- Family Tree

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Tom Burnell lives in Holycross, County Tipperary. He has published ten books, nine of these on the Great War. He is a lexicographer, historian, author, Irish Defence Forces veteran of The Troubles, and ex-research curator of St Marys Famine and War Museum, Thurles, County Tipperary. Fascinated by the forgotten Irish participants of the Great War he set about chronicling each county Roll of Honour and has completed seventeen of the Irish Republics twenty-six counties.

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