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Episodes

Date Title & Description Contributors
2018-11-11

  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. 		  BBC Radio Ulster author
2018-11-11

  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. 		  BBC Radio Ulster author
2018-11-09

  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... 		  BBC Radio Ulster author
2018-11-08

  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. 		  BBC Radio Ulster author
2018-11-07

  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. 		  BBC Radio Ulster author
2018-11-06

  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. 		  BBC Radio Ulster author
2018-11-05

  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. 		  BBC Radio Ulster author
2018-06-22

  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. 		  BBC Radio Ulster author
2018-06-21

  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. 		  BBC Radio Ulster author
2018-06-20

  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 th... 		  BBC Radio Ulster author