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GAA & WW1

  • 27-07-2014 12:00pm
    #1
    Al Monds
    Registered Users Posts: 28 ✭


    Is anyone aware of any inter county players who served in WW1?

    There are an on-going series of commemorations of Irishmen killed in WW1.
    I was at a possibly unique event recently where the survivors were remembered.

    The event was organised by Sabina Purcell.
    She is recording a database of the soldiers who survived.
    It is easily found on the web under World War Veterans.

    She told me that there are very few county GAA players.
    Both my grandfathers served but were from garrison town.
    So I was not surprised.


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  • #2
    Fr Tod Umptious
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,426 ✭✭✭✭Fr Tod Umptious


    Interesting thread OP.

    Worth remembering that a lot of Irish born people who immigrated to the US served in the US army in WW 1, some of them may have had county experience


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