One volume from an eight-volume set which commemorated all those who died in Irish regiments during the First World War.
The copy in Marsh’s Library was acquired in July 1923, just two months after the end of the civil war. It was stored in a purpose-built cupboard hidden from public view, possibly in deference to the sensitivities of the new Irish state.
Among the names recorded in this memorial book is that of Cecil Barker, an Assistant Librarian at Marsh’s Library. Born in Belfast in 1895, he served as an officer with the 6th Battalion of the Royal Irish Fusiliers, and died at Suvla Bay in Gallipoli, Turkey, in August 1915.
Citation:
Ireland’s Memorial Records 1914–1918 (Dublin, 1923),
Marsh's Library Exhibits: ‘Changed Utterly?’
curated by Elaine Doyle and Jason McElligott,
accessed April 19, 2024,
https://www.marshlibrary.ie/digi/exhibits/show/irishrevolution/item/627