British Absence
<span class="excerpt_part">...influence frequently overshadowed the conventional <strong>British</strong> division between government and opposition. The weakness of <strong>British</strong> organisation did not mean that Westminster politics had become unimportant. Nationalist MPs depended upon divisions...</span>
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Divided Loyalties
<span class="excerpt_part">...households experienced the war through separation, remittances, uncertainty and fear rather than through simple ideological loyalty. The conflict therefore resisted any easy division between pro<strong>-British</strong> soldiers and anti<strong>-British</strong> civilians. Irishmen...</span>
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Roberts Arrives
<span class="excerpt_part">Field Marshal Lord Roberts arrived at Cape Town on 10 January 1900 and assumed supreme command of <strong>British</strong> forces in South Africa. He travelled aboard the Dunottar Castle with Lord...</span>
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Military Review
<span class="excerpt_part">Queen Victoria has reviewed troops drawn from the Dublin garrison and the Curragh Camp during her final visit to Ireland, placing the <strong>British</strong> Army prominently within the royal programme. The...</span>
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Recruitment Intensifies
<span class="excerpt_part">...the <strong>British</strong> Army. Nationalist opposition to the South African campaign existed alongside a long tradition of Irish military service. Men could criticise <strong>British</strong> policy while relatives wore <strong>British</strong> uniforms, and...</span>
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<span class="excerpt_part">...The Effect the Boer War and its Aftermath had on how Irish Nationalists Interpreted the Irish Soldier Serving in the <strong>British</strong> Army,” <strong>British</strong> Journal for Military History, vol. 1, no....</span>
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Divided Loyalties
<span class="excerpt_part">Irish soldiers continue to fight with <strong>British</strong> forces in South Africa while nationalist opposition to the war grows increasingly vocal at home. The conflict has produced divided feelings across Limerick...</span>
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Irish Commandos
<span class="excerpt_part">Irish volunteers are continuing to fight beside the Boer commandos in South Africa, creating a remarkable contrast with the thousands of their countrymen serving in <strong>British</strong> uniform. Reports of the...</span>
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Summit Disaster
<span class="excerpt_part">...fight upon the summit. During the night of 23–24 January 1900, <strong>British</strong> troops commanded by Major-General Edward Woodgate climbed the steep hill in Natal as part of Sir Redvers Buller’s...</span>
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Headlines Divided
<span class="excerpt_part">...and <strong>British</strong> military operations in South Africa. <strong>British</strong> Newspaper Archive, Dublin newspaper holdings for 25 January 1900, including the Freeman’s Journal and Dublin Evening Telegraph. Luke Diver, Ireland and the...</span>
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