introduction

'IT'S A LONG WAY TO TIPPERARY' 

A popular marching song among soldiers in the First World War.

OVERVIEW
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CENTURY IRELAND - EXPLAINER: THE FIRST WORLD WAR

Why did it start? Where was it fought? Who won and lost?

BBC HISTORY - IRELAND AND WORLD WAR ONE

IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM - IRELAND'S ROLE IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR
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rtÉ - WORLd WAR 1

LIFE IN IRELAND
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the irish story -

ireland and the first world war

​‘A Declaration of War on the Irish People’ The Conscription Crisis of 1918

​​Opinion: Remembering World War I in Ireland
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the irish times - Ireland’s first World War veterans: Shunned, ostracised, murdered

investigate a repository of historical evidence
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NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND - WORLD WAR I ONLINE EXHIBITION


​RTÉ ARCHIVES - IRELAND AND THE GREAT WAR


​national archives of ireland - soldier's wills

MORE RESOURCES
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creative centenaries - the battle of the somme


​An Irish Soldier describes World War One, 1988


​William orpen, irish artist, WWI PAINTINGS


RTÉ NEWS -

Ireland and World War One

Memorial unveiled for teenage boy who fought in WWI

BBC FUTURE - The WWI tank that helped change warfare forever


The irish times - Tom Kettle: In memory, 100 years after death at the Somme
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eric bogle - 

'The Green Fields of france'

'the band played waltzing matilda'

'all the fine young men'


​the irish times - Green Fields of France ‘written to tackle anti-Irish prejudice’
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​CREATIVE CENTENARIES - GRAPHIC NOVELS -

Battle of the Somme: the story of William McFadzean

​Francis Ledwidge - Ireland's Soldier Poet
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The Battle of Messines: the story of John Meeke and William Redmond
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​The Sinking of the Lusitania

FOCUS TASK
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REVISION
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TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE
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