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Marking the centenary of the war through stories and events linked to places across Ireland. Introduced by Helen Mark.
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Remembrance Sunday Special Episode 2 from 2018-11-11T12:46
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 ...
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Remembrance Sunday Special Episode 1 from 2018-11-11T12:43
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.
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Tipperary: Command Depot of Convalescing Soldiers from 2018-11-09T12:00
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...
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Sion Mills,Co.Tyrone: Herdman's Mill from 2018-11-08T12:00
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 ...
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Wexford: When the Americans came to Town from 2018-11-07T12:00
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...
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Saint Ultan’s Hospital from 2018-11-06T12:00
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 com...
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James Mackie and Sons, Belfast: From Linen to Munitions from 2018-11-05T12:00
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 ...
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Willoughby Weaving from 2018-06-22T16:00
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 ...
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The Goodbody Jute Factory from 2018-06-21T16:00
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 b...
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The 1917 South Longford By-Election from 2018-06-20T16:00
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-electio...
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Kilrush, Co. Clare from 2018-06-19T16:00
The centenary of the First World War seen through stories and events linked to places across the UK and Ireland, introduced by Helen Mark. Kilrush man Charles Glynn was a major employer in the t...
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Ardglass, Co. Down from 2018-06-18T16:00
The centenary of the First World War seen through stories and events linked to places across the UK and Ireland, introduced by Helen Mark. The fishing village of Ardglass receives a visit from a...
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Remembrance Day - Part 2 from 2017-11-12T12:00
Helen Mark presents a Remembrance Sunday edition of the programme, looking at the centenary of World War One seen through stories and events linked to places across the UK and Ireland.
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Remembrance Day - Part 1 from 2017-11-12T10:30
Helen Mark presents a Remembrance Sunday edition of the programme, looking at the centenary of World War One seen through stories and events linked to places across the UK and Ireland.
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Wartime Seaside Scrapbooks from 2017-11-10T17:00
The centenary of the First World War seen through stories and events linked to places across the UK and Ireland, introduced by Helen Mark. The scrapbooks of Bangor Council provide a window into ...
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Tobacco for the Troops from 2017-11-09T17:00
The centenary of the First World War seen through stories and events linked to places across the UK and Ireland, introduced by Helen Mark. At one time Belfast had the biggest tobacco factory in ...
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Percy French from 2017-11-08T17:00
The centenary of the First World War seen through stories and events linked to places across the UK and Ireland, introduced by Helen Mark. William Percy French - famous songwriter, poet and pain...
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A Country Club for Wounded Soldiers from 2017-11-07T17:00
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 country club for wounded soldiers was established at ...
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Prayers Against Conscription from 2017-11-06T17:00
The centenary of the First World War seen through stories and events linked to places across the UK and Ireland, introduced by Helen Mark. Ireland's famed mountain Croagh Patrick, in County Mayo...
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Belfast - The War in Advertising from 2017-06-09T16:00
The centenary of the First World War seen through stories and events linked to places across the UK and Ireland, introduced by Helen Mark. Newspaper advertising uses the war to sell common house...
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Laois - The GAA and Rule 21 from 2017-06-08T16:00
The centenary of the First World War seen through stories and events linked to places across the UK and Ireland, introduced by Helen Mark. Rule 21 forbade members of the British security forces ...
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Listowel, Co. Kerry - Kitchener, The Early Years from 2017-06-07T16:00
The centenary of the First World War seen through stories and events linked to places across the UK and Ireland, introduced by Helen Mark. Field Marshal Lord Kitchener is one of the most famous ...
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RDS Dublin, War Horses from 2017-06-07T15:38
The centenary of the First World War seen through stories and events linked to places across the UK and Ireland, introduced by Helen Mark. The RDS in Dublin becomes a Remount Depot, where horses...
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Mount Stewart, Home of The Women's Legion from 2017-06-07T15:36
The centenary of the First World War seen through stories and events linked to places across the UK and Ireland, introduced by Helen Mark. From the grand house of Mount Stewart by Strangford Lou...
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Remembrance Sunday Special Episode One from 2016-11-13T12:00
Helen Mark presents a Remembrance Sunday edition of the programme, looking at the centenary of WWI seen through stories and events linked to places across the UK and Ireland.
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Remembrance Sunday Special Episode Two from 2016-11-13T12:00
Helen Mark presents a Remembrance Sunday edition of the programme, looking at the centenary of WWI seen through stories and events linked to places across the UK and Ireland.
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Comber Post Office from 2016-11-11T17:00
The centenary of WWI seen through stories and events. How a post office in Comber, Co Down, provided a lifeline between the home front and the war front.
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The Formby and Coningbeg from 2016-11-10T17:00
The centenary of WWI seen through stories and events. Two steamships belonging to the same company are torpedoed off the coast of Waterford, with all hands lost.
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Thomas MacGreevy - Ireland's Modernist War Poet from 2016-11-09T17:00
The centenary of WWI seen through stories and events. Tarbert in County Kerry is the birthplace of writer and poet Thomas MacGreevy, who served at Ypres and the Somme.
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Castlecomer Coal Mine from 2016-11-08T17:00
The centenary of WWI seen through stories and events. A mine owned by the Wandesforde family in Castlecomer, County Kilkenny, gives up more than coal for the war effort.
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The 6th Connaught Rangers from 2016-11-07T17:00
The centenary of WWI seen through stories and events. Hundreds of volunteers from west Belfast enlist to fight in the 6th Battalion Connaught Rangers.
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Ballymena's Memorial Park from 2016-07-01T16:00
After the horror of the Somme work begins to build a memorial park, in Ballymena - one of the first war memorials in Ireland.
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George Hackney - War Photographer from 2016-06-30T16:00
A simple grave in Comber marks the final resting place of George Hackney, one of the greatest photographers of the First World War.
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A Flag made from Soldier's Shirts from 2016-06-28T16:00
Helen Mark introduces a season of stories to mark the momentous events of 1916. In the United Services Club in Limavady hangs a flag thought to have been carried at the Somme.
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23/03/2016 from 2016-03-23T17:00
Helen Mark introduces a season of stories to mark the momentous events of 1916. The Volunteer Training Corps comes under fire in Dublin during the Easter Rising.
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22/03/2016 from 2016-03-22T17:00
Helen Mark introduces a season of stories to mark the momentous events of 1916. St Patrick's Hall in Coalisland, Co Tyrone, is the scene of 'the Ulster Rising that never was'.
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21/03/2016 from 2016-03-21T17:00
Helen Mark introduces a season of stories to mark the momentous events of 1916. Sir Roger Casement is arrested near Banna Strand after trying to smuggle guns for the Easter Rising.
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A Special Remembrance Sunday edition from 2015-11-08T10:30
Helen Mark presents a special Remembrance Sunday edition of the programme, looking at the centenary of the Great War through stories and events.
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Troops stop for a platform picnic from 2015-11-07T12:00
The centenary of the First World War seen through stories and events. Troop trains stop for a platform picnic at Limerick Junction in County Tipperary.
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Ireland's only Pals battalion from 2015-11-06T12:00
The centenary of the First World War seen through stories and events. Rugby friends unite in Dublin to form Ireland's only Pals battalion.
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Q-ships, the secret weapon against U-boats. from 2015-11-05T12:00
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.
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Cleenish Island provides homes for heroes. from 2015-11-04T12:00
The centenary of the First World War seen through stories and events. Cleenish Island in County Fermanagh provides homes for heroes.
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The British army marches on boots made in Carlow. from 2015-11-03T12:00
The centenary of the First World War seen through stories and events. The British army marches on boots made in Carlow.
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Belfast's 'forgotten' shipyard sets a riveting record that pleases the King. from 2015-11-02T12:00
The centenary of the First World War seen through stories and events. Belfast's 'forgotten' shipyard sets a riveting record that pleases the King.
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02/05/2015 from 2015-05-02T11:00
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.
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01/05/2015 from 2015-05-01T11:00
How the Irish Volunteers landed a consignment of rifles into Howth Harbour.
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30/04/2015 from 2015-04-30T11:00
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.
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29/04/2015 from 2015-04-29T11:00
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'.
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28/04/2015 from 2015-04-28T11:00
The Royal Hibernian Military School in Dublin's Phoenix Park was home to over 400 orphaned boys at the outbreak of the war.
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27/04/2015 from 2015-04-27T11:00
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.
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26/04/2015 from 2015-04-26T11:00
The GPO in Dublin played a vital role in wartime communications before becoming a symbol of revolution.
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25/04/2015 from 2015-04-25T11:00
Fortune tellers are prosecuted in the courts for trying to make money from predictions about soldiers serving on the front.
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14/11/2014 from 2014-11-14T12:00
County Cavan neighbours Lord Farnham and Sir Oliver Nugent find their lives entwined in the Home Rule crisis and the First World War.
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13/11/2014 from 2014-11-13T12:00
The story of how 50 scouts from Belfast helped to bring in the flax harvest in County Down.
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12/11/2014 from 2014-11-12T12:00
Exploring the role played by the Countess of Limerick and the Shamrock League in raising spirits and funds.
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11/11/2014 from 2014-11-11T12:00
A plaque on the wall of St Malachy's Church in Belfast honours those who gave their lives.
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10/11/2014 from 2014-11-10T12:00
A quiet cemetery at Bonamargy Friary near Ballycastle holds the graves of some of those who perished at sea while serving on HMS Viknor.
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08/08/2014 from 2014-08-08T11:00
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.
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07/08/2014 from 2014-08-07T11:00
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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06/08/2014 from 2014-08-06T11:00
Marking the centenary of the war through stories and events in places across Ireland. Linen yarn from Comber in Co Down covered the frames of fighter planes.
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05/08/2014 from 2014-08-05T11:00
Marking the centenary of the war through stories and events in places across Ireland. Ballyclare Comrades FC can be traced back to soldiers returning from the trenches.
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04/08/2014 from 2014-08-04T11:00
Marking the centenary of the war through stories and events in places across Ireland. Carrickfergus witnessed a wartime influx of Royal Irish Fusiliers from Cavan and Monaghan.
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29/06/2014 from 2014-06-29T11:00
Marking the centenary of the war through stories and events in places across Ireland. An English missionary saw the war as an opportunity for Protestants and Catholics to unite.
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28/06/2014 from 2014-06-28T11:00
Marking the centenary of the war through stories and events in places across Ireland. A recruitment rally in Warrenpoint saw nationalists and unionists share the same platform.
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13/06/2014 from 2014-06-13T11:00
Marking the centenary of the war through stories and events in places across Ireland. A modest cottage in Slane was the birthplace of war poet Francis Ledwidge.
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12/06/2014 from 2014-06-12T11:00
Marking the centenary of the war through stories and events in places across Ireland. Kynoch's munitions factory in Arklow employed thousands of men, women and children.
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11/06/2014 from 2014-06-11T11:00
Marking the centenary of the war through stories and events in places across Ireland. Sharp-eyed soldiers at Kilroot artillery battery guarded Belfast Lough from German attack.
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10/06/2014 from 2014-06-10T11:00
Marking the centenary of the war through stories and events in places across Ireland. Like many local newspapers, the Lurgan Mail provided its own view on the war's progress.
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09/06/2014 from 2014-06-09T11:00
Marking the centenary of the war through stories and events in places across Ireland. An area in Enniskillen was once home to dozens of soldiers who fought at Gallipoli.
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08/06/2014 from 2014-06-08T11:00
Marking the centenary of the war through stories and events in places across Ireland. A noodle bar in Belfast was once the site of a jewellers which made badges and sniper sights.
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07/06/2014 from 2014-06-07T11:00
Marking the centenary of the war through stories and events in places across Ireland. A house in Whitehead offered a refuge for children whose mothers were unable to care for them.
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06/06/2014 from 2014-06-06T11:00
Marking the centenary of the war through stories and events in places across Ireland. Veterans frustrated by the failure to commemorate the fallen built a memorial out of snow.
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05/06/2014 from 2014-06-05T11:00
Marking the centenary of the war through stories and events in places across Ireland. Fleeing German forces in 1914, Belgian refugees brought particular skills.
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04/06/2014 from 2014-06-04T11:00
Marking the centenary of the war through stories and events in places across Ireland. 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 from 2014-06-03T11:00
Marking the centenary of the war through stories and events in places across Ireland. In 1913, the Great Northern Railway converted nine carriages into an ambulance train.
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02/06/2014 from 2014-06-02T11:00
Marking the centenary of the war through stories and events in places across Ireland. Queen's University Belfast once housed a hospital for those injured in body and spirit.
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07/03/2014 from 2014-03-07T12:00
Marking the centenary of the war through stories and events in places across Ireland. Conlig lead mine near Newtownards was a focal point for local paranoia about German spies.
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06/03/2014 from 2014-03-06T12:00
Marking the centenary of the war through stories and events linked to places across Ireland. Hely's Printers in Dublin benefited from the booming business of recruitment posters.
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05/03/2014 from 2014-03-05T12:00
Months before war was declared, Larne's grandly sedate Drumalis House was a centre for gunrunning in Sir Edward Carson's bid to resist Home Rule.
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04/03/2014 from 2014-03-04T12:00
In 1914, the Hamilton Flute Band from Londonderry joined the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Their bass drum is now housed in St Columb's Cathedral, used as a communion altar.
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03/03/2014 from 2014-03-03T12:00
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.
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02/03/2014 from 2014-03-02T12:00
In September 1914, MP John Redmond made an impromptu and divisive speech at Woodenbridge, Co Wicklow.
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01/03/2014 from 2014-03-01T12:00
Lurgan Courthouse, now a bar and bistro in the town, once loomed over soldiers' wives accused of drunk and disorderly behaviour.
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28/02/2014 from 2014-02-28T12:00
Templemore Barracks in Tipperary is today home to the training college for An Garda Siochana, but in 1914 it housed more than 2,000 German prisoners of war.
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27/02/2014 from 2014-02-27T12:00
Lough Swilly provided shelter for the entire British Grand Fleet in autumn 1914. Kite balloons were used to spot German submarines and artillery guarded the mouth of the lough.
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26/02/2014 from 2014-02-26T12:00
In 1914, St James's Gate in Dublin was home to Guinness, the world's largest brewery. Company ships were requisitioned by the admiralty and came to a fateful end.
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25/02/2014 from 2014-02-25T12:00
In early 1915, Sam Steele received an urgent order for 50 bicycles fitted with rifle slips. The Tyrone soldiers who rode them set up the first observation posts along the front.
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24/02/2014 from 2014-02-24T12:00
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.
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