The First World War Diaries of Emma Duffin: Belfast Voluntary Aid Detachment nurse landscapes using other sources to discuss

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housed in Longford Castle near Salisbury

The First World War Diaries of Emma Duffin: Belfast Voluntary Aid Detachment nurse landscapes using other sources to discuss2014, Four Courts Press, 256 pages Irelands part in the First World War is now receiving long overdue acknowledgment. The role of Irish women, however, is less well detailed. The diaries of Emma Duffin, born in Belfast, educated at Cheltenham Ladies College, vividly describe her experiences as a Voluntary Aid Detachment nurse caring for wounded soldiers brought directly from the battlefield. Sent initially to Egypt, where she tended soldiers, many