The Irish military tradition and the British Empire

Tür:

Kitap Bölümü

Yazar:

Keith Jeffery

Yayın yılı:

2017

Yayıncı:

Manchester University Press

In the early nineteenth century Ireland supplied a disproportionate share of the soldiers in the British army. During the period from the Second South African War to the World War of 1914-1918 criticism by nationalists of Irish recruitment to the British forces gathered strength. The Irish Republic remained a significant source of recruits, at least for the Irish infantry regiments. Family tradition has certainly sustained enlistment from Ireland, but also for those Irishmen who simply desired to pursue a military career, the British Army offered more exciting opportunities than the Irish army. Most of the accounts of Irish military service under the British Crown have been written by ex-British soldiers themselves. The inherent attractions of serving what remains of the British Empire still find some response, it seems, in the martial Irish breast.

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