The Curragh incident

Description:

Sir James Fergusson, the Keeper of the Records of Scotland, examines some of the unsolved mysteries of the incident at the height of the Irish Home Rule crisis of early 1914 when 58 cavalry officers stationed at the Curragh and in Dublin, chose dismissal from the army rather than the possibility of 'active operations in Ulster'.

subjects: Curragh Mutiny, 1914,  Great Britain,  Army,  Irish Command,  History,  Home rule (Ireland),  Relations

Places: Great Britain,  Ireland

Times: 1910-1921