Boers Defended
<span class="excerpt_part">Nationalists throughout Limerick are following a forceful parliamentary protest against Britain’s continuing war in South Africa, where Irish representatives have declared their sympathy for the Boer <strong>republics</strong>. John Redmond told...</span>
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Boer Rallies
<span class="excerpt_part">Public support for the Boer <strong>republics</strong> has taken a prominent civic form in Limerick as the Corporation moves to confer the freedom of the city upon Paul Kruger, former president...</span>
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<span class="excerpt_part">...also complicates simple accounts of Irish participation in the war: its men served within the British Army at a time when strong nationalist sympathy for the Boer <strong>republics</strong> made imperial...</span>
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New Nationalism
<span class="excerpt_part">...the two Boer <strong>republics</strong> is presented as evidence that imperial power will not surrender control merely because a smaller people demands political rights. Constitutional nationalists condemn the conflict while continuing...</span>
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Divided Loyalties
<span class="excerpt_part">...while others condemn the campaign against the Boer <strong>republics</strong> as an act of imperial aggression. Many households occupy a more painful position, opposing British policy while anxiously awaiting news from...</span>
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Commons Uproar
<span class="excerpt_part">...for the Boer <strong>republics</strong>. Saunderson used those sympathies to question Nationalist loyalty, while his opponents insisted that opposition to the war did not justify insulting Irish valour. Horace Plunkett privately...</span>
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Militia Mobilised
<span class="excerpt_part">...of Irish participation in the war: its men served within the British Army at a time when strong nationalist sympathy for the Boer <strong>republics</strong> made imperial military service a deeply...</span>
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Royal Dublin
<span class="excerpt_part">...relatives connected with military life. At the same time, strong sympathy for the Boer <strong>republics</strong> has developed among nationalists who compare their resistance with Ireland’s own demand for self-government. The...</span>
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Battalion Arrives
<span class="excerpt_part">...deep attachment to imperial policy. Their service nevertheless placed them inside a war that divided Irish opinion, with some nationalists openly sympathising with the Boer <strong>republics</strong> while Irish regiments continued...</span>
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Military Review
<span class="excerpt_part">...will remember that Irish nationalists have expressed sympathy for the Boer <strong>republics</strong> and condemned Irish participation in Britain’s military campaign. The Queen’s inspection combined royal ceremony, military discipline and political...</span>
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