Wexford: When the Americans came to Town

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.

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.

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 well enough to return to the front.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 the main political force in Southern Ireland.