The Irish on the Somme / Being a Second Series of 'The Irish at the Front'

The work collects contemporary accounts, statistics, and personal stories documenting Irish regiments and individual soldiers on the Somme and nearby operations during the First World War. An introductory essay frames participation as a voluntary response to defend liberties and to bind North and South in common sacrifice; subsequent chapters combine official figures, casualty lists, regimental reports, and vivid episodes of gallantry and rescue. Profiles of officers and enlisted men, descriptions of engagements, and commentary on recruitment and diaspora contributions together portray the scale of Irish involvement, its human cost, and its hoped-for political and social consequences.