Tag: WW1
Padraic Fiacc
Poet Padraic Fiacc was born Patrick Joseph (Joe) O Connor in Belfast on Elizabeth Street in 1923. The First World War had ended and Padraic remembers that “everybody went half mad when the war was over, and my moth...
HMS Caroline
A tour of the ship with Commander Martin Quinn and reflections on its history by those who served on her. HMS Caroline is a decommissioned C-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy. Caroline was launched and commiss...
The Zulu War Hero
Northern Visions follows the Ex Prisoners Interpretative Centre as the organisation creates the latest in their series of cultural murals on the Shankill Road. This time the piece depicts the funeral of local war hero...
Saving Caroline
Campaign to save the last surviving battleship from the First World War, HMS Caroline, now resting in Belfast docks. Ex crew members talk about their memories and experiences working on this historic ship. ...
A Century Later: Wesley Whyte
A grandson discovers his grandfather and the part he played in two important historical events, the signing of the Ulster Covenant and the fight in France during World War One. “Whatever actions carried out or what...