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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, Home 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

Wexford: When the Americans came to Town

In Wexford, 1918, American sea plane station was to target U-Boats along the Irish coast.

• 6 mins

Sion Mills,Co.Tyrone: Herdman's Mill

Herdman鈥檚 Mill went from producing table cloths to airplane wings and shell casings.

• 6 mins

Tipperary: Command Depot of Convalescing Soldiers

1916: A military hospital in Tipperary had capacity to treat 4,000 convalescing soldiers.

• 5 mins

Remembrance Sunday Special Episode 1

Helen Mark presents a special Remembrance Sunday edition of the programme.

• 14 mins

Remembrance Sunday Special Episode 2

Helen Mark presents part two of a special Remembrance Sunday edition of the programme.

• 14 mins