Cinderella Soldiers: The Irish in Liverpool in the Great War

by Colin Cousins

Based on extensive research, this book uncovers the experiences of the Liverpool Irish Battalion during the Great War. The ethnic core of the battalion represented more than mere shamrock sentimentality; they had been raised within the Catholic Irish enclaves of the north end of the city where they had been inculcated and nurtured in Celtic culture, traditions and nationalist politics. Throughout the nineteenth century, the Irish in Liverpool were...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0750991240
• ISBN13: 9780750991247
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"