Kammala jumla mai zuwa: 1st Royal Munster Fusiliers ya shiga cikin layin gaba a Faransa a karo na farko a ranar 23 ga Afrilu 1916 a Somme, inda suka sannu a hankali suka gina karfi zuwa jami'ai 26 da maza 476. A ranar 29 ga Mayu, an ba da bataliya ga Brigade na 48 na Rukunin 16th (Irish) a Béthune kuma an ƙarfafa su ta membobin da aka rushe 9th Royal Munster Fusiliers, wanda ya kawo Bataliya zuwa cikakken ƙarfi. Munsters ya kasance a yankin Loos a cikin watan Agusta tare da raunin da ya faru. Lokacin da aka umurci sashin Irish na 16 zuwa kudu da filin Somme, 1st Royal Munster Fusiliers ya shiga layin da ke fuskantar garin Ginchy mai mahimmanci a ranar 5 ga Satumba, bayan da ya sha wahala fiye da 200 da suka mutu ta hanyar gas-shelling a hanya. Munsters sun shiga cikin harin da ya biyo baya kuma sun yi nasara
kama Ginchy ta 16th Division amma a babban farashi ga bataliya wanda aka rage zuwa jami'ai 5 da sauran darajoji 305. Wata jaridar Landan tana da jigon nan "Yadda 'yan Irish suka kama Ginchy <unk> Ƙarfin hali na sojojin Irish".