The bravery of the amateur soliders of Gallipoli must be acknowledged

When I was a teenager, most of my musical tastes were different from those of my parents, but there was one act we all loved. That was Tommy Makem and Liam Clancy.

The highlight of their live show was Liam singing ‘And the band played Waltzing Matilda’, a song about a young Australian soldier at Gallipoli during the First World War.

Until this week, I thought it was only soldiers from Australia and New Zealand who fought in Gallipoli, but there were also thousands of Irish soldiers.