[weegie]

Not ambiguous at all. The idea that the Irish "fought on the German side" is patent nonsense.

Ireland was at the time part of Britain. It sent representatives to the London Parliament. Conscription was not imposed in either the north or south.


In WWII when The Republic was neutral the Brits still did not impose conscription on Northern Ireland (Ulster). Interestingly 5 out of the 6 Victoria Crosses awarded to Irishmen in that war were to volunteers from the Irish Republic.

[FreeManWhoCan]

I love this site. I learn so much here that I can never learn by clicking through the net..

[risk]

Thanks for the correction. If I had looked at a couple of links, Home Rule and Ireland, and WWI and Ireland (BBC) before posting, I wouldn't have been so ignorant! I must have taken someone's comments about the 1916 Easter Rising out of context. There was an anti-war sentiment, however (see Soldiers return at the BBC site).