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Episode 17: The Lawmakers and the Lawbreakers

Politicians in Westminster breathe a sigh of relief over 鈥淭he Irish Question鈥�

• 21 mins

Episode 18: The Long Fellow

Hero or villain, it鈥檚 impossible to overestimate the influence of Eamon de Valera

• 30 mins

Episode 19: The Big Day?

On the week in which some historians say NI came into being, Craig and de Valera meet.

• 18 mins

Episode 20: The Numbers Game

Politicians are preparing for an election. Well, two, actually鈥�one for each parliament

• 14 mins

Episode 21: The Periodicals

As elections are being held north and south, how are British newspapers reporting events?

• 22 mins

Episode 22: The North Poll

The people of Northern Ireland finally get their say in the State's very first election

• 16 mins

Episode 23: The Burning of the Custom House

A vivid eyewitness account to a key event in Ireland's War of Independence

• 21 mins

Episode 24: The First Sitting

Northern Ireland's new MPs gather for the first sitting of the new Parliament in Belfast.

• 22 mins

Episode 25: The District Inspector

Meet DI Nixon- alleged to be the head of a police gang carrying out reprisals in 1921

• 22 mins

Episode 26: The King's Speech

A momentuous day for Northern Ireland as the King attends the State opening of parliament

• 28 mins

Episode 27: The Ambush

Four men and dozens of horses are killed in an IRA ambush near the south Armagh border

• 18 mins

Episode 28: The Bloodiest Day in Belfast

Seventeen die in battles between the IRA, police and loyalists in Belfast's Bloody Sunday

• 26 mins

Episode 29: The Truce and the Twelfth

A truce is agreed in the War of Independence as the Orange Order celebrates the Twelfth

• 26 mins

Episode 30: The Prison Camp

Ballykinlar is chosen as the first internment camp in Ireland

• 23 mins

Episode 31: The Pharmacist

1921 changes everything for thousands of Irish citizens- including a Belfast pharmacist

• 18 mins

Episode 32: The Spies

Men and women spying for Ireland get to the heart of British government

• 20 mins

Episode 33: The Other Women

The history books have little to say about 1921's women. These are some of their stories.

• 24 mins

Episode 34: The Religious Divide

How important was the influence of the churches in the partition of Ireland?

• 24 mins

Episode 35: The Southern Protestants

Why did so many Protestants leave Southern Ireland after partition?

• 22 mins

Episode 36: The King's Guard

Listener Mary Kiely recalls her family's past brush with royalty and present-day tragedy.

• 20 mins

Episode 37: Le Ministre

NI's first Minister of Education takes charge of a schooling system in crisis

• 21 mins

Episode 38: The Lamplighter

A man employed to keep streetlamps lit in Belfast tells of his narrow brushes with death

• 20 mins

Episode 39: The Children of the Revolution

Until now, little has been known about how children were affected by the turmoil of 1921

• 19 mins

Episode 40: The National Treasures

Irish leader de Valera accepts an invitation to peace talks with the British in London

• 19 mins

Episode 41: The Parting of the Ways

The new border poses a particular problem for the rail networks

• 15 mins

Episode 42: The Talking Begins

The Irish arrive in London for treaty talks - and leave a fascinating record of the trip.

• 13 mins

Epsiode 43: The Talking Begins Part II

As talks begin, it is clear one side is vastly more experienced than the other

• 13 mins

Episode 44: The Blacklist

The Belfast Boycott begins to bite with many businesses struggling to stay afloat.

• 19 mins

Episode 45: The Food Fight

Prime Minister Lloyd George is forced into transferring powers to Stormont

• 18 mins

Episode 46: The Presence of the Past

As Armistice Day approaches the poppy emerges as a symbol of remembrance - and division.

• 24 mins