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WORLD WAR I: Chapter 4 - Recruitment at Home
Introduction > Contents > Chapter 4 - Recruitment at Home
- Political Atmosphere
In the following chapter the changing mood in Ireland during the period 1914 - 1916 is analysed as to why recruitment suffered so badly...
- Recruitment
The 1911 Census found there to be a total of 33,717 “Persons engaged in defence of Country”. In county Kildare alone there were 6,264
- Conscription (Compulsory Service Bill)
A debate in the House of Commons on the 17th of January 1916 was held to discuss the possibility of excluding the Compulsory Service Bill from Ireland...