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The information in the tables below is compiled from Hansard, 5 (H.C. 1918), CV, 42, national newspapers (Irish Independent, Belfast Newsletter, Freeman’s Journal) and the Redmond Papers in the National Library of Ireland (MS 15269).

The figures are from the returns from recruiting offices in Ireland, the figures are not the total number of Irishmen in the British Army they are the total number of Irishmen who enlisted in Ireland.


National Volunteers and Ulster Volunteer Force recruitment from the start of WW1 up to the 25th of January 1918.
ProvinceNational VolunteersUlster VolunteersNot members of the VolunteersTotal
Ulster8,78426,02028,98662,890
Leinster6,085727,50313,660
Connaught1,816542,8564,725
Munster4,2691214,72919,010
Dublin City*3,0121620,41023,438
Total23,96626,17473,584123,724
Numbers of National Volunteer and UVF recruits by 6 month periods
6 months toNational VolunteersUlster Volunteers
15th February 191512,59518,618
15th August 19155,9713,808
15th February 19163,4802,648
15th August 1916952451
15th February 1917471294
15th August 1917318189
15th January 1918179166
Total23,96626,174