THE REVOLUTION PAPERS - PART 15
1918
IRELAND SAYS NO TO CONSCRIPTION
Newspapers:
- Weekly Irish Times, 20 April 1918
- Freeman's Journal, 22 April 1918
- Irish Opinion, 27 April 1918
Contemporary document:
The anti-conscription pledge
Contents and articles:
Revolution Chronicle
'Ireland against the call-up': the threat of compulsory enlistment looms large
'United in protest': nationalist organisations, the church and trade unions fight conscription together
'Everybody Out!': the strike becomes a weapon of national protest