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Irish Officers in the British Forces, 1922-45

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  • © 2014

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  1. Steven O’Connor

    1. Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction

    • Steven O’Connor
    Pages 1-14

  3. Who Became an Officer?

    • Steven O’Connor
    Pages 15-41

  4. ‘I was born into an Army family’: Irish Officers and the Family Tradition

    • Steven O’Connor
    Pages 42-55

  5. ‘A great training school for the army’: Irish Officers and the School Influence

    • Steven O’Connor
    Pages 56-82

  6. ‘We were an unwanted surplus’: Irish Medical Emigration and the British Forces

    • Steven O’Connor
    Pages 83-107

  7. ‘We were all Paddys’: the Irish Experience of the British Forces

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    Pages 108-143

  8. ‘The irreconcilable attitude is apparently confined to the purely political sphere’: Responses in Independent Ireland to an Irish Military Tradition

    • Steven O’Connor
    Pages 144-182

  9. Conclusion

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    Pages 183-188

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 189-249
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Irish Officers in the British forces, 1922-45 looks at the reasons why young Irish people took the king's commission, including the family tradition, the school influence and the employment motive. It explores their subsequent experiences in the forces and the responses in independent Ireland to the continuation of this British military connection.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

    Steven O’Connor

About the author

Steven O'Connor is an historian who specialises in British-Irish military connections. He currently holds a Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Centre for Contemporary Irish History, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. He previously held a Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship at the Centre for War Studies, University College Dublin, Ireland where he completed his PhD in 2012.

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