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Buddha

Late-nineteenth Century

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Irish involvement in the empire reached its height with the Boer War in South Africa between 1899 and 1902. A few hundred Irish nationalists fought for the Boers and leading militants at home –including W.B. Yeats, Maud Gonne, James Connolly and Arthur Griffith –campaigned in their favour. Nevertheless, 28,000 Irishmen fought for the British in South Africa. Anti-imperialism was becoming more vigorous but it was still a minority position.

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