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Conference of Irish Historians in Britain

Day: 9 June 2016

Category: Alternative 1916

What if the 16th (Irish) and 36th (Ulster) Divisions had swapped places on the Somme?

Posted On 9 June 2016 By Rachel Kowalskicomment

By Richard Grayson The nationalist 16th (Irish) and unionist 36th (Ulster) Divisions on the Somme in 1916: two divisions, two phases of the British army’s most infamous battle of war, very different results, and disparate memories. But what if their experiences had been different? What if, instead of fighting on Continue Reading

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