People with Irish /Australian links might be interested in this book being launched today by the Irish Ambassador to Australia . Anzacs and Ireland by Jeff Kildea , 9780868408774, UNSW Press, August 2007, 304pp, Availability: Plenty Price: AUD$39.95 (AUD$36.31 ex-tax) quote from the UNSW page: The people of Australia and Ireland have much in common based on genealogy and a shared heritage. The connections forged between Anzacs and the Irish in World War I have been little known until now. Jeff Kildea tells the story of Australian and Irish soldiers who fought alongside each other at Gallipoli, in France and Belgium and in Palestine. But it was in Ireland itself that Australian soldiers forged their relationships with the Irish people, as tourists, as countrymen returning home and in some cases becoming involved in the Easter Rising of 1916. Paddy in Tasmania

This book may well be a great look at but it sure raised the eyebrows in a news paper print this weekend in Dublin, how awful that it should come out that Australian men of leave, should be requested to fire on their ancestors, and that at the Easter Uprising they are acredited in the newspaper News of the World Sunday 19th 2007 *The 1916 rising was quelled by Sharp-shooting Aussies soldiers rather than British sqaddies, a new book claims. May Aussies who survived various World one battles were on leave in Dublin. Australian hiistorian Jeff Kildea has described their dilemma in a new book Anzacs and Ireland He said * When the rising broke out they were given rifles and in effect told to shoot their Irish COusins.One group of Aussies on the roof of Trinity College shot at Irish despatch riders delivering messages to the rebels HQ British report said late that * the accurate fire from the college was an important factor in the salvation of the city*. Quoted from News of the World Aug 19th 2007 I am appalled to think that our soldiers were called upon to do this and can only say I am sorry that this ever happened, but I now ask where did this historian find such documented evidence to claim our Aussie men were involved CaraI hold the news copy of this input ----- Original Message ----- From: "P C & P Byers" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 5:08 PM Subject: Re: [IRL-DUBLIN-CITY] ANZACS and Ireland > People with Irish /Australian links might be interested in this book > being launched today by the Irish Ambassador to Australia . > Anzacs and Ireland by Jeff Kildea , > 9780868408774, UNSW Press, August 2007, 304pp, Availability: Plenty > Price: AUD$39.95 (AUD$36.31 ex-tax) > > quote from the UNSW page: > The people of Australia and Ireland have much in common based on > genealogy and a shared heritage. The connections forged between Anzacs > and the Irish in World War I have been little known until now. Jeff > Kildea tells the story of Australian and Irish soldiers who fought > alongside each other at Gallipoli, in France and Belgium and in > Palestine. But it was in Ireland itself that Australian soldiers forged > their relationships with the Irish people, as tourists, as countrymen > returning home and in some cases becoming involved in the Easter Rising > of 1916. > > Paddy in Tasmania > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >