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British voices from the Irish War of Independence 1918-1921 the words of British servicemen who were there

Ireland's War of Independence generated a wealth of published material but very little from a British perspective. Yet many British servicemen left accounts of their time in Ireland from 1918 to 1921. They describe military operations, the IRA, the Irish, the actions of their own forces, morale and relationships with local communities. There is Brigadier Vinden's strange tale of a drinking session with Michael Collins and humour in the sending of Gaelic-speaking Highlanders into a public house to eavesdrop in the belief that Sinn Féiners always spoke Irish to each other. The author has gon.

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  • "Ireland's War of Independence generated a wealth of published material but very little from a British perspective. Yet many British servicemen left accounts of their time in Ireland from 1918 to 1921. They describe military operations, the IRA, the Irish, the actions of their own forces, morale and relationships with local communities. There is Brigadier Vinden's strange tale of a drinking session with Michael Collins and humour in the sending of Gaelic-speaking Highlanders into a public house to eavesdrop in the belief that Sinn Féiners always spoke Irish to each other. The author has gon."@en

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  • "History"
  • "History"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Personal narratives"
  • "Personal narratives"@en
  • "Sources"
  • "Sources"@en
  • "Biography"
  • "Biography"@en

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  • "British voices from the Irish war of independence, 1918-1921 : the words of British servicemen who were there"
  • "British voices : from the Irish War of Independence 1918 - 1921 ; the words of British servicemen who were there"
  • "British voices from the Irish War of Independence 1918-1921 the words of British servicemen who were there"@en
  • "British voices from the Irish War of Independence 1918-1921 : the words of British servicemen who were there"
  • "British voices from the Irish War of Independence 1918-1921 : the words of British servicemen who were there"@en
  • "British voices : from the Irish War of Independence 1918-1921 : the words of British servicemen who were there"