World War One at Home Podcast
Marking the centenary of the war through stories and events linked to places across Ireland. Introduced by Helen Mark.
Episodes to download
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06/08/2014
Wed 6 Aug 2014
Linen yarn from Comber in Co Down covered the wooden frames of fighter planes.
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05/08/2014
Tue 5 Aug 2014
Ballyclare Comrades FC was formed by soldiers returning from the trenches.
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04/08/2014
Mon 4 Aug 2014
Carrickfergus witnessed a wartime influx of Royal Irish Fusiliers from Cavan and Monaghan.
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29/06/2014
Sun 29 Jun 2014
An English missionary saw the war as a chance for Protestants and Catholics to unite.
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28/06/2014
Sat 28 Jun 2014
A recruitment rally in Warrenpoint saw nationalists and unionists share the same platform.
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13/06/2014
Fri 13 Jun 2014
A modest cottage in Slane was the birthplace of war poet Francis Ledwidge.
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12/06/2014
Thu 12 Jun 2014
Kynoch's munitions factory in Arklow employed thousands of men, women and children.
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10/06/2014
Tue 10 Jun 2014
Like many local newspapers, the Lurgan Mail provided its own view on the war's progress.
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09/06/2014
Mon 9 Jun 2014
An area in Enniskillen was once home to dozens of soldiers who fought at Gallipoli.
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08/06/2014
Sun 8 Jun 2014
A noodle bar in Belfast was once the site of a jewellers making badges and sniper sights.
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07/06/2014
Sat 7 Jun 2014
A house in Whitehead offered a refuge for children with mothers unable to care for them.
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06/06/2014
Fri 6 Jun 2014
Veterans frustrated by the failure to commemorate the fallen built a memorial out of snow.
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05/06/2014
Thu 5 Jun 2014
Fleeing German forces in 1914, Belgian refugees brought particular skills.
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04/06/2014
Wed 4 Jun 2014
In May 1918, a German U-boat lay in wait as a fleet of fishing boats sailed from Kilkeel.
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03/06/2014
Tue 3 Jun 2014
In 1913, the Great Northern Railway converted nine carriages into an ambulance train.
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02/06/2014
Mon 2 Jun 2014
Queen's University Belfast once housed a hospital for those injured in body and spirit.
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07/03/2014
Fri 7 Mar 2014
Conlig lead mine near Newtownards was a focal point for local paranoia about German spies.
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06/03/2014
Thu 6 Mar 2014
Hely's Printers in Dublin benefited from the booming business of recruitment posters.
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05/03/2014
Wed 5 Mar 2014
Months before war was declared, Larne's sedate Drumalis House was a centre for gunrunning.
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04/03/2014
Tue 4 Mar 2014
In 1914, the Hamilton Flute Band from Londonderry joined the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
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03/03/2014
Mon 3 Mar 2014
Bentra Golf Course was the site of an airship mooring station, crucial against U-Boats.
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02/03/2014
Sun 2 Mar 2014
In September 1914, MP John Redmond made a divisive speech at Woodenbridge, Co Wicklow.
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01/03/2014
Sat 1 Mar 2014
Lurgan Courthouse once loomed over soldiers' wives accused of being drunk and disorderly.
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28/02/2014
Fri 28 Feb 2014
In 1914, Templemore Barracks in Tipperary housed more than 2,000 German prisoners of war.
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27/02/2014
Thu 27 Feb 2014
Lough Swilly provided shelter for the entire British Grand Fleet in autumn 1914.
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26/02/2014
Wed 26 Feb 2014
In 1914, Guinness' company ships were requisitioned for the war and came to a fateful end.
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25/02/2014
Tue 25 Feb 2014
In early 1915, Sam Steele received an urgent order for 50 bicycles fitted with rifle slips
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24/02/2014
Mon 24 Feb 2014
When war was declared, Christabel Pankhurst called on women to support the fight.
