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LAST ABSOLUTION: THE 2ND ROYAL MUNSTER FUSILIERS 1914 1915 By Jean Prendergast
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- 1973208253
- Publication Name
- Independently published
- Type
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781973208259
- Book Title
- Last Absolution : the 2nd Royal Munster Fusiliers 1914-1915
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- Independently Published
- Publication Year
- 2017
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.1in
- Genre
- History
- Topic
- Military / World War I
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 25.3 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 426 Pages
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As Ireland recovers it's lost memories of World War One, among those coming to light is the painting entitled 'The Last Absolution of the Munsters at Rue du Bois, 8th May 1915' Painted in 1915 by the Italian artist, Fortunino Matania, is one of the most famous and evocative Irish related paintings of the War. It depicts the Catholic Chaplain of the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Munster Fusiliers giving a General Absolution to the men of the Battalion at dusk on the eve of the Battle of Aubers Ridge which took place on the 9th of May, 1915. In front of a wayside shrine on the Rue du Bois, the priest, Father Francis A. Gleeson, is on horseback, to his left, also on horseback, is the Commanding Officer of the 2nd Munsters, Colonel Victor G. H. Rickard. On foot directly behind Father Gleeson, the Adjutant, Captain Thomas W. Filgate, stands next to the shrine with his rifle slung over his shoulder. To the Chaplain's right and a few feet away from Filgate, with his rifle in front of him on the ground, stands the Regimental Sergeant-Major, John Ring. All four figures stand to face some of the men of A Company of the 2nd Munsters. The painting is a lasting memorial to the Battalion. It was also, no doubt at the time, of great propaganda value to the recruitment of young Irishmen and yet it also struck a chord in homes all over Munster and elsewhere. Copies of the painting were widely distributed in newspapers both in the U. K. and Ireland from 1915 onwards and many ended up framed over mantelpieces in family homes. It is said that, prior to the 1916 Rising, a copy of the 'Last Absolution' hung in nearly every home in Munster where the name of Father Gleeson was well known along with that of the Regiment that he blessed. Over time, however, the memory of both the priest and the Royal Munster Fusiliers has faded until now, at the centenary, and as they are re-discovered, the question again arises - who were these men? The following is the story of the men of the 'Last Absolution' in the first year of the war and the woman behind it.
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Independently Published
ISBN-10
1973208253
ISBN-13
9781973208259
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Book Title
Last Absolution : the 2nd Royal Munster Fusiliers 1914-1915
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Military / World War I
Publication Year
2017
Genre
History
Number of Pages
426 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
25.3 Oz
Additional Product Features
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2
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
940.41241
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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