The Fighting Irish

The author is well-known to readers as an historian who delivers well-researched books which are packed full of facts, figures and episodes to hold one’s attention. He starts this history with the Battle of the Boyne in 1690 and takes the reader on a journey through the centuries and across continents to arrive at present day in Afghanistan. But the history of the ‘Fighting Irish’ does not stop there because he will continue to be found wherever British forces are deployed in future. This work will amaze readers at the numbers of wars in which Irish troops have been involved and the causes for which they have fought. In 1830 the British army recruited 42% of its strength from Ireland but by 1861 this figure had fallen to 28.4% and when reading where they were fighting this is no wonder. The fighting prowess and bravery of the Irish soldier has never been in any doubt and the list of VC winners from the Crimean War to WW II bears testimony to this. The list of over 200 names of Irishmen who have been awarded the American Medal of Honor will also astound the reader, especially concerning the campaigns.

PUBLISHER: Constable & Robinson Ltd
ISBN: 9781849015158