Ireland and the Great War: RTE series on Irish WWI vets

A collection of short films from RTE's archive on the Irish who fought in WWI. Includes interviews with many veterans of the war that were done decades ago.

http://www.rte.ie/archives/exhibitions/1011-ireland-and-the-great-w...

Tags: Great War, RTE, WWI, veterans

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Permalink Reply by Rónán Gearóid Ó Domhnaill on November 13, 2013 at 2:45pm

A old Irish peasant women was told her son was shot in the Dardenelles and she asked what part of the body that was. True story..

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