Aftermath
Category : Wars and Conflict
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Aftermath
Relief and elation followed by battle fatigue, alienation, occasional victimisation and silence. Memory became the province of Ulster. In the face of such enormous loss and horror, claims of victory or defeat seem irrelevant, almost sacrilegious. When the fighting finally drew to a close many combatants were too tired to feel much to cheer about.
In the Republic of Ireland public recognition for those who fought in the First World War would be slow to come.
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A veteran tries to convey how the end of the war felt almost matter of fact. - Audio 00:30
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This veteran recalls being simply fed up by the time it was all over. - Audio 00:20
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Emmet Dalton believes it is impossible to know if Ireland paid too high a price for participating in the war. - Video 03:37
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Jack Campbell's outstanding memory of the war is the loyalty of his comrades to the cause and the oath. - Video 01:37
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Veterans of the Ulster Division prepare to leave Belfast to attend a commemoration at Thiepval. - Video 03:15
Aftermath
Category: Wars and Conflict
CLOSE"It Was Finished, And That Was That"
A veteran tries to convey how the end of the war felt almost matter of fact.
- Production Year 1974
- ContributorKieran Sheedy (Producer)
Tom McGurk (Presenter)
"No One Took The Slightest Notice"
This veteran recalls being simply fed up by the time it was all over.
- Production Year 1974
- ContributorKieran Sheedy (Producer)
Tom McGurk (Presenter)
"I Don't Think That Today's Generation Could Survive It"
Emmet Dalton believes it is impossible to know if Ireland paid too high a price for participating in the war.
- Production Year 1978
- ContributorCathal O'Shannon (Presenter)
"War Is War...You Kill Or Be Killed"
Jack Campbell's outstanding memory of the war is the loyalty of his comrades to the cause and the oath.
- Production Year 1988
- ContributorGay Byrne (Presenter)
Ulster Veterans Return To The Somme
Veterans of the Ulster Division prepare to leave Belfast to attend a commemoration at Thiepval.
- Production Year 1976
- ContributorDermot Mullane (Reporter)
Jim Dougall (Reporter)