Lord Desmond FitzGerald & the Irish Guards in the Great War

Lord Desmond FitzGerald & the Irish Guards in the Great War

A study of the Micks first two years in action in the Great War, as seen through the eyes of Lord Desmond FitzGerald, an officer, with attention to key battles such as Mons, Retz, La Bassée Road, Neuve Chapelle, Givenchy, Festubert, and Loos. Also homing in on figures...

Plunkett of Crickstown

EARLY ORIGINS The Plunkett family has been associated with Royal Meath for at least seven centuries. Although not indigenous to Ireland, the Plunkett name has become distinctly Gaelic over the course of time and there are no Plunketts anywhere in the world who are not...