Mr. John Dillon, M.P., on recruiting in Ireland. Join an Irish regiment to-day / Alex. Thom & Co., Ltd., Dublin. – Vintage Print
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A window into the past: Mr. John Dillon, M.P., on recruiting in Ireland. Join an Irish regiment to-day / Alex. Thom & Co., Ltd., Dublin., preserved in this vintage poster. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Mr. John Dillon, M.P., on recruiting in Ireland. Join an Irish regiment to-day / Alex. Thom & Co., Ltd., Dublin.
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A lithographed poster from 1915 carries a quotation from John Dillon, the Irish Nationalist Member of Parliament, rebutting the charge that Nationalists who enlisted had betrayed Ireland. Its printer, Alex Thom & Co. of Dublin, was one of the city's major commercial printers, and the headline urging men to "Join an Irish regiment to-day" signals a local appeal. The campaign followed John Redmond's 1914 call for Irish Volunteers to fight in the war, which split the Nationalist movement and made recruiting in Ireland a bitterly contested political question. The poster is a useful record of that argument as it was made to the public.
| Created / published | [S.l. : s.n., 1915] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 76 x 51 cm. |
| Genre | the Dublin Fusiliers |
| Notes | Title from item. It was a lie to say that any Nationalist who went into the Army betrayed Ireland; on the contrary |
| Subjects | Dillon, John,--1851-1927--Quotations. World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--Great Britain. Recruiting & enlistment--Ireland--1910-1920. Patriotism--Ireland--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,047 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 699_Mr_John_Dillon_MP_on_re_1915 |
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