4 August 2014: Philip Orr lecture on ‘The day Ireland went to war’, Belfast Central Library

At 6.30pm on Monday 4 August 2014, to mark the anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War, Philip Orr (The road to the Somme) presented a lecture in Belfast Central Library entitled ‘The day Ireland went to war’.

From the BBC: The Northern Whig and Belfast Evening Telegraph report the outbreak of the war.

From Century Ireland: The outbreak of the First World War and the Irish political response to the outbreak of war.