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“A forgotten generation”: medical care for disabled veterans of the First World War in independent Ireland

Anthony FarrellDepartment of History, Maynooth University, Co. Kildare, IrelandCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 142-155 | Published online: 19 Apr 2021

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