WWI
# wwi - Tuesday 22 January, 2013
French, German leaders seek unity to fete 50 years’ ties
The two countries sought to paper-over tensions from the euro crisis when their leaders kicked off events marking 50 years of post-war reconciliation.
# wwi - Tuesday 13 November, 2012
David Meyler defends James McClean’s poppy decision
“James is James. James is his own man and I respect his decision,” said the on-loan Hull midfielder.
# wwi - Sunday 11 November, 2012
Column: ‘Surely it’s time Ireland embraced the memorial poppy’
It’s not about choosing sides – Ireland should lose its timidity and commemorate fallen Irish soldiers, writes David McCann.
# wwi - Saturday 10 November, 2012
A snapshot of the Irish in World War I
The National Archives has digitised the wills of 9,000 soldiers killed in action during the Great War.
# wwi - Thursday 5 July, 2012
It’s a long, long way to Tipperary: inspiring peace, not war
The annual Tipperary Peace Convention takes place this week as the song which inspired it celebrates its 100th anniversary.
# wwi - Sunday 22 April, 2012
See the posters that lured the ‘Lost Generation’ to war
A selection from the Library of Congress’ 1914-1920 collection.
# wwi - Tuesday 20 March, 2012
World War I history roadshow wants your family memorabilia
Call for public to find old documents, photographs etc. relating to ‘The Great War’ – they will be scanned and recorded on a pan-European website.
Slideshow: Irish World War I recruitment posters
National Library of Ireland’s archive shows the emotional, moral and practical pressure put on Irish men to join the ranks in the ‘Great War’.
# wwi - Thursday 15 March, 2012
WWI-era grenade discovered in Leitrim garden
The grenade had to be destroyed in a controlled explosion.
# wwi - Wednesday 29 February, 2012
Sarkozy calls for new legislation on ‘Armenian genocide denial’
Recent legislation relating to the deaths of thousands of Armenians in WWI was struck down yesterday by France’s Constitutional Court.
# wwi - Saturday 11 February, 2012
Preserved remains of 21 German WWI soldiers found in France
The discovery has been likened to Pompeii because of the preservation and the positions of the bodies.
# wwi - Tuesday 7 February, 2012
Last known WWI veteran dies aged 110
Florence Green, who served with the RAF as a waitress on an air base, was the last known survivor of the conflict.
# wwi - Wednesday 25 January, 2012
French senators approve draft of Armenian ‘genocide-denial’ bill
Turkey has reacted angrily to France’s moves to criminalise the act of denying that the mass killings of Armenians during WWI was genocide.
# wwi - Monday 16 January, 2012
Fighting talk: America’s WWI-era posters
Gallery: From recruitment drives to war relief efforts – a selection of First World War posters archived in the Library of Congress.
# wwi - Friday 11 November, 2011
Poll: Should we wear poppies to honour the Irish war dead?
More than 50,000 Irish people died in the First and Second World Wars. Should we wear the poppy to commemorate them?
# wwi - Thursday 5 May, 2011
Last WWI combat veteran dies in Australia aged 110
Claude Choules lied about his age to join the British Royal Navy at the height of World War I – but, despite the fame his military service brought him, he became a pacifist in later life and refused to glorify war.
# wwi - Sunday 14 November, 2010
Second cross-border service held
A second cross-border remembrance service will be held on Sunday.
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