The First World War (1914-1918) was called the "great" war and it was a colossal event. Great numbers of young Irishmen went to fight. They were Protestant and Catholic, Unionist and Nationalist and from all over the country.

Many were from Ballymoney and District and they fought and died in battlefields all over Europe, most notably at the battle of the Somme, in July 1916. Mr Blair will deal with these traumatic events and outline the effects the war had on Ireland, and especilly on the local area.