No one can threaten hunger with bullets. Continue reading
Filed under Irish Soldiers at Gallipoli …
From Tullylish, via Talana Hill, to Gallipoli
The fear of his first battle with the 1st Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers remained with Bill for the rest of his life. It was a bloody affair in which a victory of sorts was secured but at a high cost. Many of his Battalion were killed or captured. Continue reading
Beyond the Romance of the Soldier-Poet
One puts the book down, numb beyond weeping, for it goes well beyond the romance of being a soldier-poet ‘in the tradition of Wilfred Owen, Robert Graves, Siegfried Sassoon’…. Continue reading
Poetry by Michael Whelan
These poems tell a powerful story. Continue reading
‘Peacekeeper’ by Michael Whelan
The poems were inspired by my tours of duty as a United Nations Peacekeeper with the Irish Defence Forces in South Lebanon and Kosovo. Continue reading
‘Twas better to die ‘neath an Irish sky..’
Dublin was full of mourning, and on the faces one met there was a hard brightness of pain… Continue reading
Podcasts of ‘Irish at Gallipoli’
In this series Dr Kildea examines the part played by the Irish during the Gallipoli campaign, looking in particular at the landing on 25 April, Continue reading
The Century Ireland Project
News reporting on life in Ireland 100 years ago is supported by a wealth of visual, archival and contextual material Continue reading
Podcast: Episode 5 of The Irish at Gallipoli by Dr Jeff Kildea.
Despite initial success in the seizure of Chocolate Hill, the Irish would suffer greatly at the hands of determined Turkish defenders Continue reading
Poetry
does God not see
our tears falling on the ground
near the stony road Continue reading
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