麻豆约拍

23/03/2016

Helen Mark introduces a special season of stories from the Great War.

• 6 mins

A Flag made from Soldier's Shirts

An unusual flag hangs in the United Services Club in Limavady.

• 6 mins

George Hackney - War Photographer

A simple grave in Comber marks the final resting place of photographer George Hackney.

• 6 mins

Ballymena's Memorial Park

After the horror of the Somme work begins to build a memorial park, in Ballymena.

• 5 mins

The 6th Connaught Rangers

Hundreds of volunteers from west Belfast join the 6th Battalion Connaught Rangers.

• 6 mins

Castlecomer Coal Mine

A mine in Castlecomer, County Kilkenny, gives up more than coal for the war effort.

• 5 mins

Thomas MacGreevy - Ireland's Modernist War Poet

Tarbert in County Kerry is the birthplace of writer and poet Thomas MacGreevy.

• 6 mins

The Formby and Coningbeg

Two steamships belonging to the same company are torpedoed off the coast of Waterford.

• 6 mins

Comber Post Office

How a post office in Comber provided a lifeline between the home front and the war front.

• 6 mins

Remembrance Sunday Special Episode One

Helen Mark presents a Remembrance Sunday edition of the programme.

• 14 mins

Remembrance Sunday Special Episode Two

Helen Mark presents a Remembrance Sunday edition of the programme.

• 14 mins

Mount Stewart, 麻豆约拍 of The Women's Legion

Lady Edith Londonderry launches the Women's Legion.

• 6 mins

RDS Dublin, War Horses

The RDS in Dublin becomes a Remount Depot.

• 6 mins

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 mins

Laois - The GAA and Rule 21

Rule 21 forbade members of the British security forces from playing in the GAA.

• 6 mins

Belfast - The War in Advertising

Newspaper advertising uses the war to sell common household products.

• 6 mins

Prayers Against Conscription

The 1918 pilgrimage against conscription at Croagh Patrick.

• 5 mins

A Country Club for Wounded Soldiers

A country club for wounded soldiers was established at Knockrose in County Dublin.

• 6 mins

Percy French

Songwriter, poet and painter William Percy French raised funds and entertained soldiers.

• 6 mins

Tobacco for the Troops

Belfast once had the biggest tobacco factory in the world.

• 6 mins

Wartime Seaside Scrapbooks

Bangor's efforts to provide fun during the dark days of war.

• 6 mins

Remembrance Day - Part 1

Helen Mark presents a Remembrance Sunday edition of the programme.

• 14 mins

Remembrance Day - Part 2

Helen Mark presents a Remembrance Sunday edition of the programme.

• 14 mins

Ardglass, Co. Down

The fishing village of Ardglass receives a visit from a mysterious stranger.

• 5 mins

Kilrush, Co. Clare

Kilrush man Charles Glynn led recruitment drives for the armed forces.

• 6 mins

The 1917 South Longford By-Election

The South Longford by-election proved crucial in the emergence of Sinn Fein.

• 6 mins

The Goodbody Jute Factory

A Quaker family reconciled doing business in the war economy with their pacifist beliefs.

• 6 mins

Willoughby Weaving

Poet and educator Willoughby Weaving represents one of the many forgotten war poets.

• 6 mins

James Mackie and Sons, Belfast: From Linen to Munitions

The firm Mackie鈥檚, in Belfast, employed large numbers of women to make munitions.

• 6 mins

Saint Ultan鈥檚 Hospital

In Dublin, Dr Kathleen Lynn set up St Ultan鈥檚 Hospital to combat infant mortality.

• 5 mins