The imperial Irish : Canada's Irish Catholics fight the Great War, 1914-1918 /

From 1914 to 1918, tens of thousands of Canadian Catholic men and women of Irish descent or birth rallied to the Empire's call to arms against Germany and its allies. Bishops, priests, Catholic newspaper editors and Irish Catholic politicians from across Canada publicly supported Government eff...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	McGowan, Mark George, 1959- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Montreal ; Kingston : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2017]
Series:	McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion. 78.
Subjects:	Catholic Church > Canada > History > 20th century. World War, 1914-1918 > Religious aspects > Catholic Church. World War, 1914-1918 > Canada. Irish > Canada > History > 20th century. Catholics > Canada > History > 20th century.

Table of Contents:

Introduction : the complicated worlds of Canada's Irish Catholics
1. The long road to war
2. "Let all come to the battle" : Catholics embrace the imperial war
3. Ned Murray's war : Canada's Irish Catholics and the call to serve
4. Irreligion, immorality, and blasphemy : faith at the front
5. Between resistance and rebellion
6. Winning the war, saving the peace
Conclusion : the principles and outcomes of war.