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World War One at Home
BBC Radio Ulster
89 episodes
4 months ago

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

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

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Episodes (20/89)
World War One at Home
Remembrance Sunday Special Episode 2

Helen Mark presents the second part of a special Remembrance Sunday edition of the programme, looking at the centenary of the Great War through stories and events linked to places across the UK and Ireland.

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7 years ago
14 minutes

World War One at Home
Remembrance Sunday Special Episode 1

Helen Mark presents a special Remembrance Sunday edition of the programme, looking at the centenary of the Great War through stories and events linked to places across the UK and Ireland.

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7 years ago
14 minutes

World War One at Home
Tipperary: Command Depot of Convalescing Soldiers

The centenary of the Great War seen through stories and events linked to places across the UK and Ireland, introduced by Helen Mark. In 1916, a military hospital in Tipperary had the capacity to treat 4,000 convalescing soldiers before they were deemed well enough to return to the front.

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7 years ago
5 minutes

World War One at Home
Sion Mills,Co.Tyrone: Herdman's Mill

The centenary of the Great War seen through stories and events linked to places across the UK and Ireland, introduced by Helen Mark. In Sion Mills, Co Tyrone, Herdman’s Mill went from producing table cloths to airplane wings and shell casings.

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7 years ago
6 minutes

World War One at Home
Wexford: When the Americans came to Town

The centenary of the Great War seen through stories and events linked to places across the UK and Ireland, introduced by Helen Mark. In Wexford, 1918, an American sea plane station was set up to target U-Boats along the Irish coast.

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7 years ago
6 minutes

World War One at Home
Saint Ultan’s Hospital

The centenary of the Great War seen through stories and events linked to places across the UK and Ireland, introduced by Helen Mark. In Dublin, Dr Kathleen Lynn set up St Ultan’s Hospital to combat infant mortality.

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7 years ago
5 minutes

World War One at Home
James Mackie and Sons, Belfast: From Linen to Munitions

The centenary of the Great War seen through stories and events linked to places across the UK and Ireland, introduced by Helen Mark. The engineering firm of Mackie’s, in Belfast, employed large numbers of women to make munitions.

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7 years ago
6 minutes

World War One at Home
Willoughby Weaving

The centenary of the First World War seen through stories and events linked to places across the UK and Ireland, introduced by Helen Mark. Poet and educator Willoughby Weaving represents one of the many forgotten war poets lost to history.

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7 years ago
6 minutes

World War One at Home
The Goodbody Jute Factory

The centenary of the First World War seen through stories and events linked to places across the UK and Ireland, introduced by Helen Mark. A Quaker family in Clara, Co Offaly, reconciled doing business in the war economy with their pacifist beliefs.

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7 years ago
6 minutes

World War One at Home
The 1917 South Longford By-Election

The centenary of the First World War seen through stories and events linked to places across the UK and Ireland, introduced by Helen Mark. As war raged in May 1917, the South Longford by-election was a crucial factor in the emergence of Sinn Fein as the main political force in Southern Ireland.

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7 years ago
6 minutes

World War One at Home
Kilrush, Co. Clare

The centenary of the First World War seen through stories and events linked to places across the UK and Ireland, introduced by Helen Mark. Kilrush man Charles Glynn was a major employer in the town and also led recruitment drives for the armed forces.

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7 years ago
6 minutes

World War One at Home
Ardglass, Co. Down

The centenary of the First World War seen through stories and events linked to places across the UK and Ireland, introduced by Helen Mark. The fishing village of Ardglass receives a visit from a mysterious stranger.

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7 years ago
5 minutes

World War One at Home
Remembrance Day - Part 2

Helen Mark presents a Remembrance Sunday edition of the programme, looking at the centenary of World War One seen through stories and events linked to places across the UK and Ireland.

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8 years ago
14 minutes

World War One at Home
Remembrance Day - Part 1

Helen Mark presents a Remembrance Sunday edition of the programme, looking at the centenary of World War One seen through stories and events linked to places across the UK and Ireland.

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8 years ago
14 minutes

World War One at Home
Wartime Seaside Scrapbooks

The centenary of the First World War seen through stories and events linked to places across the UK and Ireland, introduced by Helen Mark. The scrapbooks of Bangor Council provide a window into the seaside town's efforts to provide fun during the dark days of war.

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8 years ago
6 minutes

World War One at Home
Tobacco for the Troops

The centenary of the First World War seen through stories and events linked to places across the UK and Ireland, introduced by Helen Mark. At one time Belfast had the biggest tobacco factory in the world, helping to produce cigarettes to send to troops on the front line.

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8 years ago
6 minutes

World War One at Home
Percy French

The centenary of the First World War seen through stories and events linked to places across the UK and Ireland, introduced by Helen Mark. William Percy French - famous songwriter, poet and painter from County Roscommon - raised funds and entertained soldiers during World War One.

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8 years ago
6 minutes

World War One at Home
A Country Club for Wounded Soldiers

The centenary of the First World War seen through stories and events linked to places across the UK and Ireland, introduced by Helen Mark. A country club for wounded soldiers was established at Knockrose in County Dublin.

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8 years ago
6 minutes

World War One at Home
Prayers Against Conscription

The centenary of the First World War seen through stories and events linked to places across the UK and Ireland, introduced by Helen Mark. Ireland's famed mountain Croagh Patrick, in County Mayo, was the venue for a pilgrimage against conscription in 1918.

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8 years ago
5 minutes

World War One at Home
Belfast - The War in Advertising

The centenary of the First World War seen through stories and events linked to places across the UK and Ireland, introduced by Helen Mark. Newspaper advertising uses the war to sell common household products in ways that would now seem distasteful.

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8 years ago
6 minutes

World War One at Home

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