The Irish on the Somme: A Battlefield Guide to the Irish Regiments in the Great War and the Monuments to Their Memory

At 7.30am on 1st July 1916, 60,000 men climbed out of their trenches, across No-Man's-Land and into the history books. The Battle of the Somme, which was to rage for four and a half months, would involve every Irish battalion on the Western Front. This is an invaluable guide for the armchair enthusiast and those visiting the battlefields.