Irish role in WWI in the spotlight

Almost every aspect of the First World War and its impact on Ireland will be discussed at a free public conference at University College Cork next week.

From local historians to leading academics, the speakers will cover topics as diverse as the involvement of recruits from Blackpool in Cork in the Gallipoli campaign, and detailed accounts of Irish regiments, to press coverage in Ireland and the war’s influence on Home Rule, Irish suffrage movements and the GAA.

UCC’s school of history has put the focus on making the two-day conference as publicly accessible as possible, despite having top international speakers, some of them from universities in Spain, the US, England, Wales, and Belgium.