worldwar: 20 Feb 14 New Podcast
Welcome to this new podcast from the BBC. The first episode will appear shortly - for more information go to BBC.CO.UK/PODCASTS
View Article24 Feb 2014: Crumlin Road Gaol, Belfast
In 1914 Belfast’s Crumlin Road Gaol housed militant suffragettes. When war was declared Christabel Pankhurst called on women to postpone their struggle and support the fight against Germany – but not...
View Article25 Feb 2014: Steele's Cycle Shop, Omagh
In early 1915, Omagh bicycle agent Sam Steele received an urgent order for 50 bicycles fitted with rifle slips. The Tyrone soldiers who rode them were amongst those who set up their division's first...
View Article26 Feb 2014: St. James's Gate, Dublin
In 1914 St James’s Gate in Dublin was home to Guinness, the world’s largest brewery. Company ships, ordinarily used to export the world famous stout, were requisitioned by the admiralty and came to a...
View Article27 Feb 2014: Lough Swilly, Donegal
Lough Swilly, in County Donegal, provided shelter for the entire British Grand Fleet in autumn 1914. Kite balloons were used to spot German submarines and six-inch artillery guns guarded the mouth of...
View Article28 Feb 2014: Templemore POW camp: Tipperary
Templemore Barracks is today home to the training college for An Garda Siochana, but in 1914 it housed over two thousand German prisoners of war.
View Article01 March 2014: Lurgan Courthouse, Co. Armagh
Lurgan Courthouse, now a bar and bistro in the town, once loomed over soldiersâ wives accused of drunk and disorderly behaviour.
View Article02 March 2014: Redmond's speech, Woodenbridge
In September 1914, MP John Redmond made an impromptu and divisive speech at Woodenbridge, Co Wicklow.
View Article03 March 2014: Bentra Airships, Whitehead
Bentra Golf Course in Whitehead is revealed as the site of an airship mooring station, crucial in the fight against the scourge of German U-Boats.
View Article04 March 2014: Somme Drum, Derry
In 1914, the Hamilton Flute Band from Londonderry joined the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Their bass drum, now housed in St Columb's Cathedral, sounded the beat for the marching soldiers and became a...
View Article05 March 2014: Drumalis House, Larne
Months before war was declared, Larne’s grandly sedate Drumalis House was a centre for gunrunning in Edward Carson’s bid to resist Home Rule.
View Article06 March 2014: Hely's Printers, Dublin
Hely's Printers in Dublin benefited from the booming business of recruitment posters.
View Article07 March 2014: Conlig Lead Mine, Co. Down
Conlig lead mine near Newtownards was a focal point for local paranoia about German spies.
View Article02 June 2014: Queens University, Belfast
Alive with youth and optimism today, the grounds of Queen’s University Belfast once housed a hospital for those injured in body and spirit.
View Article03 June 2014: Great Northern Railway, Dundalk
In 1913 the Great Northern Railway in Dundalk converted nine carriages into an ambulance train, bringing up to a hundred soldiers at a time to local hospitals.
View Article04 June 2014: Kilkeel, Co. Down
In the last week of May 1918, a German U-boat lay in wait as a small fleet of fishing boats sailed out of Kilkeel harbour.
View Article05 June 2014: Monaghan town, Co. Monaghan
Fleeing German forces in 1914, Belgian refugees brought particular skills, including the De Neve sisters who set up a lingerie factory in Monaghan.
View Article06 June 2014: Newtownards, Co. Down
Veterans frustrated by the failure to commemorate their fallen friends build a memorial out of snow in Newtownards.
View Article07 June 2014: Whitehead, Co. Antrim
A grand Victorian house in Whitehead offered a refuge for children whose mothers were unable to care for them.
View Article08 June 2014: Belfast, Co. Antrim
A busy noodle bar in Belfast was once the site of a family jewellers which manufactured military cap badges and a unique sniper sight.
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