Blackpool to the Front: A Cork Suburb and Ireland's Great War 1914–1918

Nonfiction, History, Ireland, Military, World War I
Cover of the book Blackpool to the Front: A Cork Suburb and Ireland's Great War 1914–1918 by Mark Cronin, The Collins Press
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Author: Mark Cronin ISBN: 9781848898363
Publisher: The Collins Press Publication: April 4, 2014
Imprint: The Collins Press Language: English
Author: Mark Cronin
ISBN: 9781848898363
Publisher: The Collins Press
Publication: April 4, 2014
Imprint: The Collins Press
Language: English

‘Blackpool to the Front!’ was a rallying cry first heard at the Battle of Étreux in August 1914 when the Royal Munster Fusiliers halted an entire German Army Corps. The experience of the hundreds who enlisted from the industrial Cork suburb of Blackpool mirrors the experience of the 200,000 Irishmen who joined up. At least sixty-nine Blackpool men made the ultimate sacrifice: factory workers, sons, husbands and fathers. Some enlisted to escape poverty, some to defend ‘the rights of small nations’. They fought in France, Flanders, Gallipoli, Palestine and on the high seas. This is their story.

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‘Blackpool to the Front!’ was a rallying cry first heard at the Battle of Étreux in August 1914 when the Royal Munster Fusiliers halted an entire German Army Corps. The experience of the hundreds who enlisted from the industrial Cork suburb of Blackpool mirrors the experience of the 200,000 Irishmen who joined up. At least sixty-nine Blackpool men made the ultimate sacrifice: factory workers, sons, husbands and fathers. Some enlisted to escape poverty, some to defend ‘the rights of small nations’. They fought in France, Flanders, Gallipoli, Palestine and on the high seas. This is their story.

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