Download or read book Wings Over the Foyle written by John Quinn and published by . This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Wings Over Wexford written by Liam Gaul and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2017-11-20 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1918, during the final year of the First World War, the USN had a force of over 400 sailors and 22 officers and 4 Curtiss H16 seaplanes based in at Ferrybank, Wexford. The base was a veritable village with accommodation, hospital, medics, post office, YMCA Hall, radio towers, electricity generating plant and very large aircraft hangers. Although only operational for a limited period, its impact on the town of Wexford was considerable and its achievements in the global conflict were significant, protecting shipping, both naval and commercial, from the German u-boats. To mark the impending 100-year anniversary of this base, this book by local historian Liam Gaul recalls this often-overlooked aspect of Ireland's involvement in the First World War.
Download or read book Northern Ireland in the Second World War written by Brian Barton and published by Ulster Historical Foundation. This book was released on 1995 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What was the full impact of the Second World War on Northern Ireland and how important was its role in the allied cause? This book assesses Northern Ireland's contribution to the war effort—its industrial production, its use as a base and training center for British and American troops, its strategic importance in the Battle of the Atlantic and the contribution of its volunteers to the allied campaigns. Using recently released papers in Dublin, it looks anew at the Blitz, particularly on whether the lights in neutral Eire helped the German bombers in their devasting raids. It recreates much of the atmosphere of what it was like to live for over 5 years under the combined attentions of German bombers, shortages, bureancracy and American soldiers. It examines the sensitive issues of why there was no conscription, the initially lacklustre performance of the Unionist government, de Valera's persistence with neutrality, and the extent of the tensions between locals and GIs stationed here. The long-term significance of the War—on inter-community relations, on governmental relations north and south, and between Stormont and Westminster - is assessed. It contends that in many of these areas, and in the establishment of the post-war welfare state, the Second World War was a major turning point in the history of Northern Ireland.
Download or read book Stations Of Coastal Command written by David Smith and published by After the Battle. This book was released on 2016-02-28 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coastal Command, created in 1936 alongside Fighter and Bomber Commands in the reorganization of the RAF in its preparations for the coming war, was Britain’s mainstay in the battle against the German submarine. As more and more Allied merchantmen were sunk during the long voyage from North America, the Mediterranean, and points south, tracking down the U-Boats became a constant struggle against harsh weather on long-distance patrols out over the Atlantic and Bay of Biscay. To counter the threat, Coastal Command established a ring of bases stretching from Scotland and Northern Ireland to Iceland, and from south Wales and south-western Britain to Gibraltar and the Azores, all 53 of these stations are covered in this book.
Download or read book The Flight of the Starling written by Iain Hutchison and published by kea publishing. This book was released on 1992 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eric Starling shot to fame landing a two-seater bi-plane on a Calais street in darkness. From this inauspicious start he became one of that select breed who pioneered commercial flying in Scotland. This is his story.
Download or read book Fly Navy written by Charles Manning and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2000-03-07 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells the full story of flight from sea, discussing the dangers that naturally come with this seemingly unnatural mode of airbase, including the unfortunate losses of over 900 men during this period. It covers the development of new technology of the period and how changes in other areas such as the cold war and rise of nuclear power, meant that much of the abilities had to be changed and developed.
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Download or read book Ethnomethodology at Play written by Peter Tolmie and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-29 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book outlines the specific character of the ethnomethodological approach to 'play'; that is, to everyday sport and leisure activities that people generally engage in for enjoyment, at home or as a 'hobby'. With chapters on cooking, running, playing music, dancing, rock climbing, sailing, fly fishing and going out for the day as a family, Ethnomethodology at Play provides an introduction to the key conceptual resources drawn upon by ethnomethodology in its studies of these activities, whilst exploring the manner in which people 'work' at their everyday leisure. Demonstrating the breadth of ethnomethodological analysis and showing how no topic is beyond ethnomethodology's fundamental respecification, Ethnomethodology at Play sets out for the serious reader and researcher the precise contribution of ethnomethodology to sociological studies of sport and leisure and ordinary domestic pastimes. As such this groundbreaking volume constitutes a significant contribution to both ethnomethodology and sociology in general, as well as to the sociology of sport and leisure, the sociology of domestic and daily life and cultural studies.
Download or read book Wings of Honor American Airmen in World War I written by James J. Sloan and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beretning om amerikanske flyvevåbenenheders deltagelse i 1. verdenskrig. Selv om USA iværksatte en storstilet træning af piloter og jordpersonel, vardet kun et begrænset antal af disse, som faktisk kom til at deltage i kamphandlingerne. Ca. 4000 man deltog i kamphandlingerne og ca 700 fly. Amerikanerne måtte låne materiel af sine allierede og indgik videre som en integreret del af de allierede styrker under den pågældende nations flag.
Download or read book A Complete Concordance to the Bible of the Last Translation The Whole Reuiewed Corrected and Much Enlarged by Clement Cotton And Againe Reuieued and Corrected by H T written by and published by . This book was released on 1635 with total page 868 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Atlantic Gateway written by Robert Gavin and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study takes a fresh look at the economic role of the North West and the port and city of Derry. It sees the region as central to exchanges of labour and goods across the mercantilist North Atlantic, prospering in open 19th-century markets, but peripheralized by state intervention in the 20th century until American investment and the European Union offered new opportunities.
Download or read book History and Antiquities of Reading written by Charles Coates (LL.B.) and published by . This book was released on 1802 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sable Wings Over the Land written by Ciarán Ó Murchadha and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This case study of a town and its rural hinterland during the Great Famine highlights the cumulative and shattering impact of disastrous government relief policies on a population rendered prostrate by repeated failures of the potato harvest. It outlines the shambles of public works, the loathed soup kitchens, and most horrifically the appalling disease and mortality that occurred both inside and outside the Ennis Union workhouse and its auxiliaries after 1847. This book also illuminates the huge upsurge in crime, desperate individual attempts to survive by stealing, and collective attempts to prevent the outward movement of food supplies. The brutal outrages of secret societies, and harsh judicial reaction also feature, in addition to the unsympathetic and often indifferent attitude displayed by officialdom at all levels towards those whose misery they were appointed to relieve. New insights are also offered on the corruption of the boards of guardians, the bizarre election campaigns of 1847, the Special Commission of 1848 and the hangings which followed it, and the merciless campaign of evictions carried out by landlords in the district. Exhaustively researched and compellingly written, this book is sets the standard for future work on this topic. -- Publisher description.
Download or read book Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 670 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Complete Concordance to the Bible of the Last Translation The Whole Reviewed Corrected and Much Enlarged by Clement Cotton Etc written by and published by . This book was released on 1638 with total page 866 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Irish Builder and Engineer written by and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 780 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
