World War One At Home

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Sinopse

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

Episódios

  • Ireland's only Pals battalion

    06/11/2015 Duração: 06min

    The centenary of the First World War seen through stories and events. Rugby friends unite in Dublin to form Ireland's only Pals battalion.

  • Q-ships, the secret weapon against U-boats.

    05/11/2015 Duração: 05min

    The centenary of the First World War seen through stories and events. Q-ships from County Cork, the Royal Navy's secret weapon against German U-boats.

  • Cleenish Island provides homes for heroes.

    04/11/2015 Duração: 05min

    The centenary of the First World War seen through stories and events. Cleenish Island in County Fermanagh provides homes for heroes.

  • The British army marches on boots made in Carlow.

    03/11/2015 Duração: 06min

    The centenary of the First World War seen through stories and events. The British army marches on boots made in Carlow.

  • Belfast's 'forgotten' shipyard sets a riveting record that pleases the King.

    02/11/2015 Duração: 06min

    The centenary of the First World War seen through stories and events. Belfast's 'forgotten' shipyard sets a riveting record that pleases the King.

  • 02/05/2015

    02/05/2015 Duração: 06min

    The centenary of the First World War seen through stories and events. How the mass graves of the victims of the sinking of the Lusitania in Cork are a testament to the tragedy.

  • 01/05/2015

    01/05/2015 Duração: 06min

    How the Irish Volunteers landed a consignment of rifles into Howth Harbour.

  • 30/04/2015

    30/04/2015 Duração: 06min

    The centenary of WW1 seen through stories and events. It's a Long Way to Tipperary became synonymous with the conflict, but had nothing to do with the town beyond its title.

  • 29/04/2015

    29/04/2015 Duração: 06min

    The centenary of the First World War seen through stories and events. An internment camp in Oldcastle housed German and other foreign nationals who were treated as 'enemy aliens'.

  • 28/04/2015

    28/04/2015 Duração: 06min

    The Royal Hibernian Military School in Dublin's Phoenix Park was home to over 400 orphaned boys at the outbreak of the war.

  • 27/04/2015

    27/04/2015 Duração: 06min

    The centenary of WW1 seen through stories and events across the UK and Ireland, introduced by Helen Mark. A look at how the Blackman Tech in Belfast helped the war effort.

  • 26/04/2015

    26/04/2015 Duração: 06min

    The GPO in Dublin played a vital role in wartime communications before becoming a symbol of revolution.

  • 25/04/2015

    25/04/2015 Duração: 06min

    Fortune tellers are prosecuted in the courts for trying to make money from predictions about soldiers serving on the front.

  • 14/11/2014

    14/11/2014 Duração: 06min

    County Cavan neighbours Lord Farnham and Sir Oliver Nugent find their lives entwined in the Home Rule crisis and the First World War.

  • 13/11/2014

    13/11/2014 Duração: 06min

    The story of how 50 scouts from Belfast helped to bring in the flax harvest in County Down.

  • 12/11/2014

    12/11/2014 Duração: 06min

    Exploring the role played by the Countess of Limerick and the Shamrock League in raising spirits and funds.

  • 11/11/2014

    11/11/2014 Duração: 06min

    A plaque on the wall of St Malachy's Church in Belfast honours those who gave their lives.

  • 10/11/2014

    10/11/2014 Duração: 06min

    A quiet cemetery at Bonamargy Friary near Ballycastle holds the graves of some of those who perished at sea while serving on HMS Viknor.

  • 08/08/2014

    08/08/2014 Duração: 05min

    Marking the centenary of the war through stories and events in places across Ireland. Absorbent and antiseptic sphagnum moss from the Bog of Allen was used to make dressings.

  • 07/08/2014

    07/08/2014 Duração: 06min

    Marking the centenary of the war through stories and events in places across Ireland. Belfast shipyard Harland and Wolff disguised ordinary cargo vessels as battleships.

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