Kilkenny & the Great War 1914-18

12/01/2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrwUDqdW0Ds Thiepval village on the Somme. Very good video.

2nd October 1919, a group of soldiers crossed these war shattered fields, in search of the dead. Over the next days, weeks and months, they uncovered more th...

28/08/2025

Check out author & historian Paul Reed's YouTube WW1 videos here:

Discover the Battlefields of the First World War alongside military historian, Paul Reed. Paul has spent a lifetime exploring the World War One battlefields, interviewing WW1 veterans, as well as writing ten books on the subject and researching the history in the archives and on the ground. Walk wit...

28/08/2025

Didn't know about this. Sea mines often broke loose and caused casualties.

28/08/2025

27/08/2025

After the Spring Offensive came to a standstill, the Allies regrouped and launched a massive, all-arms attack:

93 minutes is all it took. On 4th July 1918 outside the little known village of Le Hamel on the Western Front, a groundbreaking attack was launched. For almo...