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THE REVOLUTION PAPERS - PART 4

1916
THE IRISH SOLDIER AND THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME


Newspapers: 
  • Sunday Independent, 2 July 1916
  • The Weekly Northern Whig, 8 July 1916
  • Evening Herald, 11 September 1916

Contemporary document: 
The Real Irish Spirit
 

Contents and articles:
Revolution Chronicle
'The heavy cost of heroism': the press reports on Irish soldiers at the Somme
'Brothers in arms': at the battle of the Somme, Irish troops play their part for king and country
'Heartbreak and hardship': as the war claims the lives of many Irish soldiers, those at home are struggling


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