The Impact of World War One on Limerick

This book examines the impact of World War One on the people of Limerick. It traces how recruitment, which was weak at the commencement of the war increased locally after the leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party, John Redmond issued his call for Irish nationalists and others to enlist and as the war progressed how Sinn Fein separatists impinged on recruiting efforts. It also shows that the British War Office were unwitting contributors to the separatists cause by their ill conceived acti...