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World War One at Home

Marking the centenary of the war through stories and events linked to places across Ireland. Introduced by Helen Mark.

Radio Ulster,45 episodes

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Remembrance Sunday Special Episode 2
Helen Mark presents part two of a special Remembrance Sunday edition of the programme.
14 mins11 Nov 2018
Remembrance Sunday Special Episode 1
Helen Mark presents a special Remembrance Sunday edition of the programme.
14 mins11 Nov 2018
Tipperary: Command Depot of Convalescing Soldiers
1916: A military hospital in Tipperary had capacity to treat 4,000 convalescing soldiers.
5 mins09 Nov 2018
Sion Mills,Co.Tyrone: Herdman's Mill
Herdman’s Mill went from producing table cloths to airplane wings and shell casings.
6 mins08 Nov 2018
Wexford: When the Americans came to Town
In Wexford, 1918, American sea plane station was to target U-Boats along the Irish coast.
6 mins07 Nov 2018
Saint Ultan’s Hospital
In Dublin, Dr Kathleen Lynn set up St Ultan’s Hospital to combat infant mortality.
5 mins06 Nov 2018
James Mackie and Sons, Belfast: From Linen to Munitions
The firm Mackie’s, in Belfast, employed large numbers of women to make munitions.
6 mins05 Nov 2018
Willoughby Weaving
Poet and educator Willoughby Weaving represents one of the many forgotten war poets.
6 mins22 Jun 2018
The Goodbody Jute Factory
A Quaker family reconciled doing business in the war economy with their pacifist beliefs.
6 mins21 Jun 2018
The 1917 South Longford By-Election
The South Longford by-election proved crucial in the emergence of Sinn Fein.
6 mins20 Jun 2018
Kilrush, Co. Clare
Kilrush man Charles Glynn led recruitment drives for the armed forces.
6 mins19 Jun 2018
Ardglass, Co. Down
The fishing village of Ardglass receives a visit from a mysterious stranger.
5 mins18 Jun 2018
Remembrance Day - Part 2
Helen Mark presents a Remembrance Sunday edition of the programme.
14 mins12 Nov 2017
Remembrance Day - Part 1
Helen Mark presents a Remembrance Sunday edition of the programme.
14 mins12 Nov 2017
Wartime Seaside Scrapbooks
Bangor's efforts to provide fun during the dark days of war.
6 mins10 Nov 2017
Tobacco for the Troops
Belfast once had the biggest tobacco factory in the world.
6 mins09 Nov 2017
Percy French
Songwriter, poet and painter William Percy French raised funds and entertained soldiers.
6 mins08 Nov 2017
A Country Club for Wounded Soldiers
A country club for wounded soldiers was established at Knockrose in County Dublin.
6 mins07 Nov 2017
Prayers Against Conscription
The 1918 pilgrimage against conscription at Croagh Patrick.
5 mins06 Nov 2017
Belfast - The War in Advertising
Newspaper advertising uses the war to sell common household products.
6 mins09 Jun 2017
Laois - The GAA and Rule 21
Rule 21 forbade members of the British security forces from playing in the GAA.
6 mins08 Jun 2017
Listowel, Co. Kerry - Kitchener, The Early Years
Field Marshal Lord Kitchener is one of the most famous faces of WWI and was Irish by birth
6 mins07 Jun 2017
RDS Dublin, War Horses
The RDS in Dublin becomes a Remount Depot.
6 mins06 Jun 2017
Mount Stewart, Home of The Women's Legion
Lady Edith Londonderry launches the Women's Legion.
6 mins05 Jun 2017
Remembrance Sunday Special Episode Two
Helen Mark presents a Remembrance Sunday edition of the programme.
14 mins13 Nov 2016
Remembrance Sunday Special Episode One
Helen Mark presents a Remembrance Sunday edition of the programme.
14 mins13 Nov 2016
Comber Post Office
How a post office in Comber provided a lifeline between the home front and the war front.
6 mins11 Nov 2016
The Formby and Coningbeg
Two steamships belonging to the same company are torpedoed off the coast of Waterford.
6 mins10 Nov 2016
Thomas MacGreevy - Ireland's Modernist War Poet
Tarbert in County Kerry is the birthplace of writer and poet Thomas MacGreevy.
6 mins09 Nov 2016
Castlecomer Coal Mine
A mine in Castlecomer, County Kilkenny, gives up more than coal for the war effort.
5 mins08 Nov 2016