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A RESEARCH project is being launched to recognise GAA players across the north who were involved in the First World War.
'Forgotten Gaelic Volunteers' aims to identify the many Ulster GAA members and players who took part in the war effort a century ago.
The involvement of numerous GAA figures in the Irish revolutionary movement of the period has led many to mistakenly believe association members had little connection to the war.
However, preliminary research has revealed dozens of Gaelic play-ers joined regiments of the British army and fought in Europe between 1914 and 1918.
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Gaels In Great War Subject Of Research News The Irish News
'Forgotten Gaelic Volunteers' aims to identify the many Ulster GAA members and players who took part in the war effort a century ago.
The involvement of numerous GAA figures in the Irish revolutionary movement of the period has led many to mistakenly believe association members had little connection to the war.
However, preliminary research has revealed dozens of Gaelic play-ers joined regiments of the British army and fought in Europe between 1914 and 1918.
More
Gaels In Great War Subject Of Research News The Irish News
