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English, Documentary, 2023 seasons, 1871 episodes, 21 hours, 29 minutes
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Multi award winning documentaries from Ireland telling real life stories. With over 1,800 documentaries on offer, the Documentary On One Podcast has the largest archive of documentaries available in the world, dating as far back as 1954, right up to the present day. Winner of over 340 national and international awards. Producer of podcast series 'Tiger Roll, The People's Horse', 'GunPlot' and 'The Nobody Zone'. Immerse yourself in a world of sound, story and character. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
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Runaway Joe: 03 - Manhunt

A new true crime series from RTÉ Documentary On One. To get free early access to next episodes (one week in advance of here) please subscribe to 'Runaway Joe' from wherever you get your podcasts. Episodes released each Friday.EP3 - ManhuntHaving been charged with the first-degree murder of his ex-wife, Joseph Michael Maloney is imprisoned and awaits trial. But in a huge embarrassment to the authorities, the defendant tricks his own lawyers- and the judge - into a ploy which allows him to escape. Local and state police, an army of bloodhounds and the FBI all take part in this pursuit. As they begin to close in on this fugitive the net becomes tighter and tighter. Credits: Runaway Joe is written, reported and produced by Pavel Barter and Tim Desmond. Research by Nicoline Greer. Original music soundtrack by Martin Klusák and Tomáš Borl. Sound designer is Peadar Kearney and the executive producer is Liam O'Brien. Press and Publicity by Jilly McDonough. Promo Producer is Damien Reid. Marketing by Roísín Clune and Hilary O'Callaghan. The designer is Loren Gibbons. Graphics by Amy Gilsenan. Social Media by Bree Treacy and Anne Whitmore. Audio Product Support by Nigel Wheatley. With online supporting content from Anna Joyce. Email documentaries@rte.ie Episodes released weekly, on Fridays. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/2/202431 minutes, 18 seconds
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Runaway Joe: 02 - June and Joe

A new true crime series from RTÉ Documentary On One. To get free early access to next episodes (one week in advance of here) please subscribe to 'Runaway Joe' from wherever you get your podcasts. Episodes released each Friday.Ep2: We travel to Rochester, New York, back to the beginning, to find out where this story really starts. What we find is a young girl who grew into a woman, living her dream and looking for true love. And a young boy who liked to talk with an Irish accent who grew into a man but never really grew up. Love blossomed between them. But then control kicked in. And what began as a whirlwind love story spirals into a hellish nightmare. This was never going to end well. Credits: Runaway Joe is written, reported and produced by Pavel Barter and Tim Desmond. Research by Nicoline Greer. Original music soundtrack by Martin Klusák and Tomáš Borl. Sound designer is Peadar Kearney and the executive producer is Liam O'Brien. Press and Publicity by Jilly McDonough. Promo Producer is Damien Reid. Marketing by Roísín Clune and Hilary O'Callaghan. The designer is Loren Gibbons. Graphics by Amy Gilsenan. Social Media by Bree Treacy. Audio Product Support by Nigel Wheatley. With online supporting content from Anna Joyce. Contact documentaries@rte.ie Episodes released weekly, on Fridays. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/26/202432 minutes, 59 seconds
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Runaway Joe: 01 - A Question of Identity

A new true crime series from RTÉ Documentary On One. To get early access to next episodes (one week in advance of here) please subscribe to 'Runaway Joe' from wherever you get your podcasts. Episodes released each Friday.EP1: It's 1985 and a country estate owner and movie industry worker in Ireland finds himself up before a Dublin court facing an extradition trial. His wife pleads his innocence. He tells the judge - and anyone who'll listen - "you have the wrong man". None of this story makes sense. Apart from his fingerprints. Fingerprints don't lie. Has his true identity finally been rumbled? The real question is - how did he end up here? Credits: Runaway Joe is written, reported and produced by Pavel Barter and Tim Desmond. Research by Nicoline Greer. Original music soundtrack by Martin Klusák and Tomáš Borl. Sound designer is Peadar Kearney and the executive producer is Liam O'Brien. Press and Publicity by Jilly McDonough. Promo Producer is Damien Reid. Marketing by Roísín Clune and Hilary O'Callaghan. The designer is Loren Gibbons. Graphics by Amy Gilsenan. Social Media by Bree Treacy. Audio Product Support by Nigel Wheatley. With online supporting content from Anna Joyce. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/19/202429 minutes, 27 seconds
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Runaway Joe

NEW SERIES: To get early access, subscribe to 'Runaway Joe' from wherever you get your podcasts. IN 1967, an Irish-American escaped custody on a charge of murdering his wife in upstate New York. Almost 60 years later, Joseph “Joe” Maloney remains one of the oldest unsolved cases in the FBI’s books. Joe lived large in Ireland for 20 years, before escaping again. Can he finally be found? We believe we’ve come closer than anyone – even the FBI – to discovering what happened him… A new multi-episodic series from RTÉ Documentary On One in Ireland. Starts January 19th 2024. Credits: Runaway Joe is written, recorded and produced by Pavel Barter and Tim Desmond. Research by Nicoline Greer. Original music soundtrack by Martin Kluzák and Tomash Boro. Sound designer is Peadar Kearney and the executive producer is Liam O’ Brien. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/31/20233 minutes, 27 seconds
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Finding Samantha: 07 – Who is Samantha?

The cycle of Samantha offending, being jailed, then released and re-offending seems never ending. So as we reach the conclusion of our series, and in an attempt to understand just what exactly is going on for Samantha and how her behaviour might be understood, and treated, we make an application to the courts in search of answers. (Ep 7/7) Credits: Finding Samantha is written, recorded and produced by Sharon Davis in Australia and Tim Desmond and Nicoline Greer in Ireland. Soundtrack composed by Paddy Flynn with title song sung by Amelie Flynn and Mary Claire Woolley. Sound Engineer is Damian Chennells. Executive Producer is Liam O’Brien. If you have any further tips on this story email documentaries@rte.ie For further information on the series visit www.rte.ie/findingsamantha Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/9/202338 minutes, 1 second
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Finding Samantha: 06 - Child's Play

With Samantha out of prison in 2018, she was now turning 30 years old. She began working as an au pair again and was about to commit her most serious crimes to date. With access to children, she began manipulating them into presenting themselves as victims before she was eventually charged with child stealing... (Ep 6/7) Credits: Finding Samantha is written, recorded and produced by Sharon Davis in Australia and Tim Desmond and Nicoline Greer in Ireland. Soundtrack composed by Paddy Flynn. Sound Engineer is Damian Chennells. Executive Producer is Liam O’Brien. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/2/202334 minutes, 43 seconds
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Finding Samantha: 05 - The One That Got Away

Sharon receives a strange phone call from a mystery woman with something to give her. Samantha receives her first full jail sentence as we hear from the Appeal Court Judge who decided on her case. And we receive an insight into how Samantha uses other people as she appears tries to play with us. (Ep 5/7) Credits: Finding Samantha is written, recorded and produced by Sharon Davis in Australia and Tim Desmond and Nicoline Greer in Ireland. Soundtrack composed by Paddy Flynn. Sound Engineer is Damian Chennells. Executive Producer is Liam O’Brien. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/26/202336 minutes, 36 seconds
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Finding Samantha: 04 – Catch me if you can

With Samantha Azzopardi continuing to face police and judges, she fails to heed their warnings to change her behaviour. Instead, she continues to target people in Australia, then returns to Ireland before moving to another continent. And all the time, she’s creating new characters, new aliases and leaving new victims in her wake. Where is this all going to end up? (Ep4/7). Credits: Finding Samantha is written, recorded and produced by Sharon Davis in Australia and Tim Desmond and Nicoline Greer in Ireland. Soundtrack composed by Paddy Flynn. Sound Engineer is Damian Chennells. Executive Producer is Liam O’Brien. If you have any information or tips on this story, email us documentaries@rte.ie For further information on the series visit www.rte.ie/findingsamantha Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/19/202332 minutes, 47 seconds
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Finding Samantha: 03 - Samm Az

A 15 yr old Russian gymnast turns up hoping to be adopted by a new family. A Police Prosecutor in Perth is not quite sure what kind of an individual he's dealing with. One Samantha Azzopardi actually reaches out to us - and we get to meet another. This journey is getting deeper and wilder than we could have ever imagined... (Ep3/7)Credits: Finding Samantha is written, recorded and produced by Sharon Davis in Australia and Tim Desmond and Nicoline Greer in Ireland. Soundtrack composed by Paddy Flynn. Sound Engineer is Damian Chennells. Executive Producer is Liam O’Brien. If you have any information or tips on this story, email us documentaries@rte.ie For further information on the series visit www.rte.ie/findingsamantha  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/12/202331 minutes, 26 seconds
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Finding Samantha: 02 - Webs of Deceit

As we follow the trail of the Girl at the GPO – who we now know is Australian woman Samantha Azzopardi - we dive into a surreal world where fact and fiction are often blurred. Samantha has connections to Ireland and a seemingly long and troubled back history in Australia. To begin to understand where this all started, we travel to Australia, to the suburbs of Sydney, where journalist Sharon Davis comes on board. Samantha’s trail leads us into the Blue Mountains in New South Wales and to a small Christian community. (Ep 2/7) Credits: Finding Samantha is written, recorded and produced by Sharon Davis in Australia and Tim Desmond and Nicoline Greer in Ireland. Soundtrack composed by Paddy Flynn . Sound Engineer is Damian Chennells. Executive Producer is Liam O’Brien.If you have any information or tips on this story, email us documentaries@rte.ie For further information on the series visit www.rte.ie/findingsamantha   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/5/202330 minutes, 45 seconds
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Finding Samantha: 01 - GPO Girl

A new 7-part podcast series from RTÉ Documentary On One. To listen to the series in full, subscribe to 'Finding Samantha' from wherever you get your podcasts. Episodes released weekly, on Tuesdays.EP1: 2013 - A distressed teenage girl is found wandering in front of the General Post Office (GPO) in Dublin city centre. As suspicions rise that she’s the victim of serious crime, everyone scrambles to help her and to get to the bottom of her story. But a massive month long investigation by the Irish authorities reveal nothing about her. In desperation, the Gardaí (Police) release a photograph of the girl to the public with spectacular results. And the story of who the GPO Girl is takes us far beyond the streets of Dublin. (Ep 1/7) Credits: Finding Samantha is written, recorded and produced by Sharon Davis in Australia and Tim Desmond and Nicoline Greer in Ireland. Soundtrack composed by Paddy Flynn. Sound Engineer is Damian Chennells. Executive Producer is Liam O’Brien.If you have any information or tips on this story, email us documentaries@rte.ie For further information on the series visit www.rte.ie/findingsamantha   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/28/202327 minutes, 29 seconds
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Finding Samantha: Trailer

A woman who has created more than 100 fake identities. A young girl found wandering the streets of Dublin. A teenager deported from Canada. Stories of sustained sexual abuse at the hands of many. Kidnapping charges, prison time, lies, fraud and deceit. Could all of these stories go back to just one person? A new 7-part podcast series from RTÉ Documentary On One unravelling the wild world of Samantha Azzopardi... Episode 1 available from April 25th 2023 from wherever you get your podcasts (Search for Finding Samantha) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/22/202330 seconds
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Tiger Roll, The People's Horse: Bonus - A Final Word with Tiger's Owner, Michael O'Leary

Bonus: Michael O'Leary officially announced on February 27th 2022 that Tiger Roll will be retired after his final race at the Cheltenham Festival on March 16th, 2022. Michael Lawless caught up with Michael shortly after this announcement to see what lies ahead for Tiger Roll after racing.Credits: Tiger Roll The People's Horse was written, recorded and produced by Michael Lawless, Tim Desmond and Liam O'Brien. Sound Design by Damian Chennells Production assistance from the RTÉ Documentary On One Team. Special thanks to all our contributors, and the RTÉ Design, Marketing, Online and Creative Audio departments. For further information, visit www.rte.ie/tigerroll Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/9/20229 minutes, 36 seconds
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Tiger Roll, The People's Horse: Ep7 - Horse of a Lifetime

After his first Grand National win, Tiger attempts a feat not achieved in over 40 years - to win a second Grand National in a row. He's getting older and so much is happening around him. What will it all mean for Tiger? (Ep 7/7).Credits: Tiger Roll The People's Horse was written, recorded and produced by Michael Lawless, Tim Desmond and Liam O'Brien. Sound Design by Damian Chennells Production assistance from the RTÉ Documentary On One Team. Special thanks to all our contributors, and the RTÉ Design, Marketing, Online and Creative Audio departments. For further information, visit www.rte.ie/tigerroll Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/4/202240 minutes, 22 seconds
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Tiger Roll, The People's Horse: Ep6 - The National

As Tiger Roll matures, he’s ready for the next step up in jumps racing. But will patience and persistence from his owners and trainer give Tiger Roll a chance to fulfill his destiny as a champion racehorse ? (Ep 5/7)Credits: Tiger Roll The People's Horse was written, recorded and produced by Michael Lawless, Tim Desmond and Liam O'Brien. Sound Design by Damian Chennells Production assistance from the RTÉ Documentary On One Team. Special thanks to all our contributors, and the RTÉ Design, Marketing, Online and Creative Audio departments. For further information, visit www.rte.ie/tigerroll Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/3/202228 minutes, 34 seconds
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Tiger Roll, The People's Horse: Ep5 - Staying The Course

As Tiger Roll matures, he’s ready for the next step up in jumps racing. But will patience and persistence from his owners and trainer give Tiger Roll a chance to fulfill his destiny as a champion racehorse ? (Ep 5/7)Credits: Tiger Roll The People's Horse was written, recorded and produced by Michael Lawless, Tim Desmond and Liam O'Brien. Sound Design by Damian Chennells Production assistance from the RTÉ Documentary On One Team. Special thanks to all our contributors, and the RTÉ Design, Marketing, Online and Creative Audio departments. For further information, visit www.rte.ie/tigerroll Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/2/202236 minutes, 2 seconds
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Tiger Roll, The People's Horse: Ep4 - Triumph

Tiger Roll gets another new owner, Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary, a new training yard and a whole new set of challenges. He begins to make new friends for life as he enters his first Cheltenham festival. (Ep4/7)Released daily on weekdays from Feb 22nd-Mar 2nd, 2022.Credits: Tiger Roll The People's Horse was written, recorded and produced by Michael Lawless, Tim Desmond and Liam O'Brien. Sound Design by Damian Chennells Production assistance from the RTÉ Documentary On One Team. Special thanks to all our contributors, and the RTÉ Design, Marketing, Online and Creative Audio departments. For further information, visit www.rte.ie/tigerroll Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/1/202230 minutes, 49 seconds
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Tiger Roll, The People's Horse: Ep3 - Up and Over

Sold on by Godolphin Racing, Tiger Roll is bought by Nigel and Catherine Hawke. With the help of jockey Mark Quinlan, they discover Tiger’s previously unknown ability and love of jumping and enter him into his first ever race. (Ep3/7)Credits: Tiger Roll The People's Horse was written, recorded and produced by Michael Lawless, Tim Desmond and Liam O'Brien. Sound Design by Damian Chennells Production assistance from the RTÉ Documentary On One Team. Special thanks to all our contributors, and the RTÉ Design, Marketing, Online and Creative Audio departments. For further information, visit www.rte.ie/tigerroll Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/27/202234 minutes, 23 seconds
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Tiger Roll, The People's Horse: Ep2 - Good Mover

Bought by one of the richest men in horseracing, the young Tiger Roll becomes part of a global operation. But as he begins to grow up, and enters training, things don’t go according to plan. (Ep2/7).Credits: Tiger Roll The People's Horse was written, recorded and produced by Michael Lawless, Tim Desmond and Liam O'Brien. Sound Design by Damian Chennells Production assistance from the RTÉ Documentary On One Team. Special thanks to all our contributors, and the RTÉ Design, Marketing, Online and Creative Audio departments. For further information, visit www.rte.ie/tigerroll Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/26/202233 minutes, 23 seconds
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Tiger Roll, The People's Horse: Ep1 - A Star Is Born

A new 7-part series from RTÉ Documentary On One. To listen to all episodes, please subscribe to Tiger Roll, The People's Horse from wherever you get your podcasts. This series tells the remarkable story of Tiger Roll, a racehorse who has won two Aintree Grand Nationals (back-to-back) and five times at the Cheltenham Festival. We follow Tiger's unlikely path to glory, from the very beginning to today, through the people and places that have made him the horse of a lifetime.Episode 1: In March 2010, a foal is born. Growing up on a lake shore farm in Ireland, with his mother and the man who bred him, his whole world changed when he was sold at 8 months old - to begin his journey into the world of horse racing. (Ep1/7). Credits: Tiger Roll The People's Horse was written, recorded and produced by Michael Lawless, Tim Desmond and Liam O'Brien. Sound Design by Damian Chennells Production assistance from the RTÉ Documentary On One Team. Special thanks to all our contributors, and the RTÉ Design, Marketing, Online and Creative Audio departments. For further information, visit www.rte.ie/tigerroll Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/22/202230 minutes, 55 seconds
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L'Agression

Maureen Kearney is an Irish woman living in France. Whilst working in the French Nuclear industry, in 2012 Maureen discovered something that seems to set in motion a chain of events that would forever change her life. Brutally attacked in her home outside Paris, Maureen’s story is one of secrets, lies, violence and courage. Above all, it's the story of one woman’s resilience in the face of enormous adversity (2021).Narrated by Róisín O'Dea. Produced by Róisín O'Dea and Nicoline Greer. Sound Supervision by Peadar Carney. Additional recordings by Sharon Gaffney and Anouk Batard. Additional research by Stephen Carroll. Special thanks to Diarmuid Hayes who brought Maureen's story to our attention. The book "La Syndicaliste" is by Caroline Michel Aguirre. If you have been affected by any of the issues raised in this documentary, please see the RTÉ helplines for further assistance. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/8/202144 minutes, 1 second
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Fire In The Sky

In 1979, 50 people were killed when a massive Oil Tanker the 'Betelgeuse' exploded at Whiddy Island, West Cork. With families of those who lost their lives about to launch High Court proceedings, and as they seek a State apology, we go behind the scenes of what happened that night. Meeting with those involved, those who witnessed the event and those who were left behind, we piece together the story of the night of one of Ireland's worst disasters. (2021)Narrated by Donal O'Herlihy and produced by Michael Lawless & Donal O'Herlihy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/2/202142 minutes, 35 seconds
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Felix - Life And Limb

Charlotte Devlin and the Documentary On One team return to the remarkable story of Felix Gretarsson, with exclusive access to the Icelander who waited years to receive the world's first full double arm transplant in a groundbreaking operation in France in January of 2021. (2021) Narrated by Charlotte DevlinProduced by Charlotte Devlin & Tim DesmondThe first documentary we made on Felix, broadcast in July 2020, is entitled Documentary On One: Felix - and is available further down in our podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/23/202141 minutes, 46 seconds
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The Curious Case of Typhoid Mary

"Most harmless and yet the most dangerous woman in America” is how Irish woman Mary Mallon was once described after she was identified as the first known asymptomatic carrier of typhoid fever in the US. Found to be a super spreader of the disease and quarantined for 26 years, her story became a legendary cautionary tale in the history of public health (2021). Narrated by Sarah Blake.Produced by Orla Higgins and Sarah Blake.Sound Supervision by Peadar Carney.Genealogical research by Damian O'SullivanReadings by: Roger Gregg (Newspaper Reporter); Sarah-Jane Scott (Mary Mallon); Bill Kernodle (George Soper) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/16/202144 minutes, 11 seconds
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Svyeta

In May of this year a Ryanair flight was grounded by two military jets in Belarus. The story behind this event involves a remarkable woman and brings us from the Belarusian capital, Minsk to Vilnius in Lithuania to Roscrea, County Tipperary in the South of Ireland. Her name is Sviatalana Tsikhanouskaya. (2021) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/9/202138 minutes, 38 seconds
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I’ll Send You Butterflies

Margaret Tynan was a healthy, active woman in her seventies, a loving wife, mother and grandmother. Then she was diagnosed with Motor Neuron Disease. She agreed to let her daughter record whatever was to come. The family rallied round to care for Margaret and keep her at home for as long as possible, despite the global Covid 19 pandemic. (2021)  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/2/202143 minutes, 50 seconds
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I Am To Be Shot

When a Cork schoolgirl researched a 100-year old story about the local IRA and a British officer, she came across some remarkable information.  He had been held hostage near her home, in 1921 and actually became friendly with his captors. In a letter, he told his wife he was caught while out sketching but that may not have been true. (2021)  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/26/202142 minutes, 33 seconds
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Shared Troubles

Journalists Peter Taylor and Fergal Keane have both been awarded OBE’s for their services to journalism. Both also reported extensively from Northern Ireland during the troubles. And both have been indelibly shaped by their experience of reporting from there. Now, all these years later, Peter and Fergal are returning to Northern Ireland to share their personal experiences and ask what it all means now. (A BBC Northern Ireland production)  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/12/202138 minutes, 47 seconds
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6.08pm Beirut

Mayo man, Colin Sheridan lived in Beirut. He and his neighbours had no idea that nearby tonnes of volatile chemicals were stored. Experts had warned that they could explode at any time. On August 4, 2020, they were proved right. (2021) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/4/202147 minutes, 52 seconds
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Miracle in Galway Bay

How a balmy summer’s evening quickly turned into a nightmare for cousins Sara Feeney (23) and Ellen Glynn (17) after they were swept out to sea on paddleboards last August. A miraculous rescue that captured the attention of the country and story of endurance as Sara and Ellen survived 15 hours at sea. (2021)   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/29/202150 minutes, 7 seconds
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The Lost Millionaire

The death of American millionaire Arthur Kingsley Porter seems to have been the first inquest in Ireland to be held without a body. Together with his wife Lucy, Arthur was an art expert and a university professor. Having become fascinated with Ireland, the Kingsley Porter’s bought Glenveagh castle in Donegal and built a simple cottage on the island of Inis Bó Finne. But when Arthur suddenly goes missing, the mystery begins. Did he fall off the cliffs of Inishbofin island? Was he murdered? Or, did he fake his death for a new life away from everything? (2021) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/22/202150 minutes, 18 seconds
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The Life and Living Lady

When documentary-maker Chris Nikkel and his wife bought their little cottage in the Cooley Mountains in county Louth, they discovered that it had once been owned by a famous psychiatrist. Her name was Elisabeth Kubler-Ross and she revolutionized how we think about death and grief. (2021) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/15/202141 minutes, 14 seconds
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Crossing The Line

(NEW 2021 SEASON) In 1982 the Irish International Rugby Team won the elusive triple crown - beating England, Scotland and Wales for the first time in over three decades. They were national heroes. But just months beforehand they had had to spirit themselves out of the country quietly amidst a storm of controversy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/8/202147 minutes, 25 seconds
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The Script of Hurt

Back in 2009, when this doc was first broadcast, Mayo footballers had lost 5 All Ireland finals since their last win in 1951. They’ve since lost another 5 All Ireland finals. Looking back at the previous c.60 years of hurt wasn’t easy. But that could all change in September 2021 when Mayo get another chance to finally find success after 69 years of striving to become All Ireland senior football champions. (First broadcast 2009) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/30/202141 minutes, 50 seconds
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GunPlot: Episode 1 - The Spark that Lit the Flame

An Irish Army Captain goes on holidays – a strange kind of holiday. To a city where he knows there is likely to be ‘trouble’. He arrives as a three-day street battle, now known as 'the Battle of the Bogside', begins. And it changes everything (Ep1/8).To continue listening to this series, please subscribe to the 'GunPlot' podcast feed (Available from wherever you get your podcasts).Or visit visit www.rte.ie/gunplotCredits:GunPlot was written, recorded and produced by Ronan Kelly and Nicoline Greer.Sound Design by Damian ChennellsProduction assistance from the RTÉ Documentary On One Team.Special thanks to all our contributors, and to the RTÉ Design, Marketing, Online and Creative Audio departments.For further information, and articles by Anna Joyce to accompany each episode, Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/12/202131 minutes, 32 seconds
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The Nobody Zone: Episode 1 - "It Plays On Your Mind"

A homeless Irishman is arrested on Clapham Common in London for stealing a wedding ring, only to murder another man in his police cell. When interviewed by police, he confesses to multiple murders. A new 8-part podcast series from RTÉ’s Documentary On One in Ireland and Third Ear Productions in Denmark. Episode 1/8. (Originally released Feb 18th 2020)To continue listening to this series, please subscribe to 'The Nobody Zone' podcast feed (Available from wherever you get your podcasts) or visit www.rte.ie/thenobodyzone Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/1/202035 minutes, 14 seconds
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100 Years, 100 Miles

On November 21st 1920, British security forces stormed a Gaelic football match in Croke Park Dublin, killing 14 and wounding dozens more. 100 yrs later, Vincent Murphy sets out on a 100 mile cycle as he explores his Grand Uncle Gus McCarthy’s story as one of the Tipperary players involved in what became known as Bloody Sunday (2020) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/13/202045 minutes, 24 seconds
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The Little Shop of Secrets

Decades ago The Wallace Sisters, Sheila and Nora, ran a small newsagents in Cork city. While many bought their paper and tobacco there, few knew of the secrets it held as an IRA Brigade HQ during the War of Independence. These fearless sisters led a double life from intelligence gathering to spy handling and deciphering codes. (2020) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/6/202051 minutes, 13 seconds
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The Long Run

In January every year in a small Norwegian town, a race starts. It’s one of the longest, toughest dog sled races in the world and it’s dominated by tough Nordic men. In 2019, someone different turns up at the start with her dogs. She’s a 5’1”, bespectacled, 35-year-old woman & she’s racing for Ireland. Heads are turned then the race starts. (2020) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/16/202048 minutes, 26 seconds
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The Grief of a Nation

On November 22nd 1963, two shots were taken in Dallas, Texas. One was a gunshot, killing the President of The United States, John F. Kennedy. The other, was a camera shot which changed two families’ lives forever. Those families went their separate ways in life - until decades later, when they were about to have another date with destiny. (2020) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/9/202044 minutes, 18 seconds
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Timor Leste: Coming of Age

In 1999, Sarah Mac Donald travelled to East Timor as a journalist undercover. Whilst violence erupted around her, Sarah became godmother to a little Timorese boy, Natalizio. But as the years went by, she lost touch with him and his family. 20 years after they last met, Sarah is returning to an independent Timor Leste, in search Natalizio. (2020) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/2/202042 minutes, 45 seconds
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Polonium and the Piano Player (Pt.2)

Part 2 of 2. As Derek Conlon finds out he’s been poisoned and dragged into a world of Russian espionage, he realises that’s just the start of his problems. With relations between UK and Moscow deteriorating, Derek escapes to a new life. But the nuclear poison Polonium-210 appears to have decided his fate. (Originally produced by Sky News Storycast) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/25/202044 minutes, 34 seconds
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Polonium and the Piano Player (Pt.1)

Ep 1 of 2. When ex-KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko was murdered in a nuclear poisoning in London in 2006, an Irish man got caught up in the crossfire. Derek Conlon accidentally drank from the same radioactive cup used to poison Litvinenko – dragging him into a Russian world of espionage, murder and deceit. (Originally produced by Sky News Storycast) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/18/202043 minutes, 33 seconds
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Age, Sex, Location

The amount of children being targeted by online predators is increasing every year. The strange man on the street used to be the person we warned our children about. Now, that stranger can be in your house, via an online device. We meet the people who police the internet, a survivor, and the Garda unit focused on stopping online child abuse. (2020) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/11/202044 minutes, 55 seconds
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The Hospital the Irish Shipped to France

A pioneering adventure in overseas aid, when the Irish Red Cross assembled a 100-bed hospital and shipped it to bombed-out Normandy post-World War II. A group of young Irish doctors, nurses and support staff followed, bringing hope and healing to the shattered town of St-Lô as the survivors struggled to rebuild their lives among the ruins. (2020) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/4/202046 minutes, 6 seconds
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A Very Irish Coup

On a wet October Saturday over forty years ago a greyhound finished a race at Mullingar race track. The event was to turn Irish gambling upside down. Based in the small Irish towns of Listowel and Abbeyfeale, a quiet local betting coup in the days leading up the race saw bookies faced with paying out odds of almost a thousand to one. (2020) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/28/202040 minutes, 54 seconds
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The Seven Million Dollar Man

Sam Millar’s life reads like pure fiction. After joining the IRA as a teenager, he spent years on the notorious blanket protest in Northern Ireland. He later admitted to taking part in a massive, seven million dollar armed robbery in the US before starting a new life as a writer of award winning crime novels. (2020) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/21/202044 minutes, 4 seconds
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Substantial Helen

Helen Oxenham is getting a medal from the Queen of England – although Helen doesn’t have much time for the Queen. It’s for her work with victims of domestic violence in Australia. How did a woman, born in Cork and raised in Crumlin, Dublin end up there? Partly because of two men – both German – one she loved and one she came to despise. (2020) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/14/202041 minutes, 41 seconds
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The Deadly Saris

Two 15-year old Dublin girls were mitching, drinking and shoplifting. Then they hear a group of handsome men singing - with shaved heads and saffron robes. Hare Krishnas. The girls decide to join them – for the men and the free food - but soon they are hooked on the strict life and become Hare Krishna nuns. But the dream sours. (2020) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/7/202045 minutes, 48 seconds
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Shane Healy - Back On Track

Shane Healy has gone the distance in life. After spending years in an orphanage as a child, he travelled widely before hitch-hiking around the US, where he discovered he was a naturally talented athlete. It took more than that to get him to the 1996 Olympics where he ran for Ireland. Now after years away from the sport, Shane is back. (2020) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/31/202046 minutes, 4 seconds
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Green and Gold

In 1972, a group of Irish protest riders gate crashed the Olympic Games road cycling race in Munich, Germany. They’d hatched a secret plan to scupper the official Irish Olympic cycling team. But events at the Games threw their own plans into chaos. Almost 50 years later a family is still trying to recapture a lost Olympic dream. (2020) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/24/202042 minutes, 26 seconds
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We Say You Have To Go

In 1981, heroin took hold of certain parts of Dublin. It changed everything for the communities it was affected by. The impact of addiction on the people there was devastating. But these communities weren’t going to just take it and the people decided to fight back against the dealers. (2020) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/10/202053 minutes, 21 seconds
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Nicolás Cruz Hernandez - Still Fighting

He was cheered on an open-topped bus through Dublin. Then he was homeless and jobless. He swept floors and slept on a campbed in the National Stadium. He stole his passport to flee Cuba - had a lucky meeting with a Shaolin monk, who saved him – met three Mayomen, who helped keep him safe - and now he teaches yoga to prisoners. Some life. (2020) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/3/202046 minutes, 26 seconds
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Felix

Felix Gretarsson lost both his arms in a work accident in Iceland in 1998. In the years that followed, his life spiralled into an abyss as he lost his health, status, relationship and sense of identity. After turning his life around, Felix now lives in France, where he’s waiting to receive the world’s first full double arm transplant. (2020) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/26/202043 minutes, 35 seconds
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Conor Walsh - Passing Through

Conor Walsh was a minimalist piano composer from Co. Mayo, whose musical career was just beginning when he died suddenly of a heart attack in 2016 aged 36. Within days of his burial, Conor's sister found 37 unpublished tracks on his laptop, and so began his family’s journey to release his posthumous debut album, The Lucid. (2020) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/19/202045 minutes, 11 seconds
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A Fight To The End

In December 2016, Eileen Kenny lost a long battle with cancer. It was not the only battle that Eileen fought in the previous years. Dissatisfied with her treatment, and seeking answers, she had been through a struggle with both her treating doctor and the Irish Medical Council. A struggle that has left her family without closure. (2019) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/4/201940 minutes, 44 seconds
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Return To The Green Line

In 1996, Gardaí deployed on UN peacekeeping duties in Cyprus saw two men killed. Unarmed, and caught up in the violence within the UN buffer zone, Garda Frank Flood witnessed both killings at close hand. Now, for the first time in almost a quarter-of-a-century, Frank is returning to Cyprus to revisit those events and find out more (2019) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/26/201940 minutes, 35 seconds
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The Undetectables

Thousands of Irish people live with HIV today. You can’t see it in their face. Many of them are living in the shadows, fearful of judgement. The numbers of people being diagnosed with HIV are higher than they have ever been. We meet four people affected by HIV and find out what it is really like to be HIV positive in Ireland today. (2019) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/20/201939 minutes, 59 seconds
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Death: Don’t Leave It To The Last Minute

When an 81 year old woman, in good health, pitched an idea into us about death and dying, we had to find out more. So in early 2019, we began following Gray Cahill as she put a plan in place for when she dies. In planning ahead, she's also looking back over her life. As Gray says, “Dying is part of living, and living is part of dying.” (2019) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/13/201941 minutes, 23 seconds
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Brendan Behan in Paris

Brendan Behan is one of Ireland's greatest writers. Some of his most important work was influenced by time he spent in Paris just after World War II where he mixed with some of the most important writers of the 20th century. In an interview never previously broadcast, Behan reveals the influence Paris had on him as a writer. (2019) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/29/201939 minutes, 6 seconds
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Reprisals

Set in South Galway against the backdrop of one of the bloodiest months of the Irish War of Independence, th dramatic story the short life and tragic death of 24-year-old Eileen Quinn who was shot by uniformed men outside her home in 1920. Almost 100 years later Eileen’s grand-niece pieces together events from that fateful day (2019) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/29/201941 minutes, 17 seconds
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Benjy The Little Gay Bull

The story of how a little bull from the west of Ireland made national & international headlines which soon became an online viral sensation. In 2014 Joe Kelly, a farmer in county Mayo bought Benjy the bull to breed with his herd of cows but Benjy had no interest with the cows and soon found himself in danger of life at the slaughterhouse. (2019) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/23/201943 minutes, 3 seconds
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There's Something About Elephants

Amy Herron’s grandad was one of the most famous people in Ireland. He was Elephant-keeper at Dublin Zoo and entertained crowds with Sarah the elephant. Amy Herron finds out about the fun side of her grandad’s work but also learns about the treatment of elephants then that would not be tolerated now. (2019) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/16/201941 minutes, 5 seconds
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Thomas and Tess

Tess Murray never forgot her first love. She was a young teacher, engaged to Thomas McEver, a chemist who had moved to Dunmore Co. Galway as the Irish War of Independence was drawing to a close in the spring of 1921. But fate took a tragic turn one night when Thomas was abducted, brutally murdered and accused of being a spy. (2019) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/15/201941 minutes, 4 seconds
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Back To The Rock

In August 1979, a massive Atlantic storm turned the Fastnet Yacht Race into the greatest yacht-racing disaster ever witnessed. In spite of the biggest peacetime rescue effort at sea, 21 people died, boats were dismasted, abandoned or sunk as the race became a fight to stay alive. On one of those boats was teenager John O'Donnell. (2019) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/9/201941 minutes, 39 seconds
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I Hope You Will Be Home Soon

When Nan Delaney, from Co. Laois, died, her six children came across a small wooden box that she had kept private all her life. When they opened it, they discovered evidence of a time, in their family, when things were extremely stressful and frightening. In this documentary, the children recall that period with tears and laughter. (2019) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/2/201944 minutes, 15 seconds
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The Baron of Broadway

This is the near-unbelievable story of a man who, in the 1950s, tried to purchase the six counties of Northern Ireland and gift them to the Republic of Ireland. In 1914, West Limerick man John J Hanley left for New York to gentrify his persona into the 'Baron of Broadway'. He became hugely rich and focused on Irish reunification (2019) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/19/201943 minutes, 32 seconds
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Cigarettes and Samba

The Irish soccer team’s 1982 tour of South America during the Falklands War was a farcical episode in Irish sport. 4 games, 3 defeats, 2 cancellations. But how did half the squad end up being detained by armed police? And how did a carpet salesman from Limerick end up sitting in the cigarette smoke and samba of Brazil’s 1982 World Cup Squad? (2019) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/12/201941 minutes, 53 seconds
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The Whistleblower

In 1976 the Cork to Dublin mail train was robbed of £200,000. Cormac Breatnach’s brother Osgur was arrested for it, confessed and was jailed for 12 years. But there was a catch. He didn’t do it. The devastation of the injustice was enormous as Osgur’s family tried to come to terms with what had happened. Cormac turned to music. (2019) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/5/201938 minutes, 23 seconds
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The Man From Tallahassee

Ed Randolph came to Ireland to play Basketball in the 1980s. While most of his fellow American players went back home, Ed met Ann, settled down and had a family in Bray. He made a sporting life coaching and playing the game he loves well into middle age. (2019) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/28/201939 minutes, 53 seconds
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Inside Stories

Author Carlo Gébler, son of award-winning Irish writer Edna O’Brien, spent three decades teaching creative writing within the Northern Ireland prison system. Carlo was told that his job was not to teach, but to be a human being. Returning to Magilligan Prison, Carlo asks if he made any real difference to the prisoners he taught (2019) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/21/201943 minutes, 32 seconds
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The Case of Majella Moynihan

In 1985, an unnamed female Garda was threatened with dismissal from An Garda Síochána. Following an internal Garda investigation, she was charged with having pre-marital sex with another Recruit Garda, and for having given birth to a baby outside of marraige. Majella Moynihan has remained silent for the past 34 years - until now. (2019) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/15/201942 minutes, 4 seconds
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Sin-é: Jeff Buckley's Irish Odyssey

In the mid 1990s, Singer and Songwriter Jeff Buckley was set to become as big as Bob Dylan or Bruce Springsteen. But he died tragically aged just 30. With over 4 million record sales to his name, Jeff remains a huge musical figure across the world. In 2016, Journalist Steve Cummins explored Jeff Buckley’s connections to Ireland. (2016) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/7/201941 minutes, 19 seconds
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The Loophole

A story of betrayal, scheming, paranoia, money and one of the world's most prestigious law schools, The Loophole looks at the lengths people will go to in order to realise their dreams and the callousness of those who try to shatter them. (2015) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/31/201939 minutes, 37 seconds
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Return to Shark Island

When a group of people arrived on Achill Island in May, 1951 nobody foresaw that only two of them would leave alive. The film they had arrived to make – “Shark Island” - would end in tragedy. Actor Claire Mullen was in that film and returns to Achill to finally try to achieve closure on what was one of the worst film accidents in history. (2017) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/10/201940 minutes, 33 seconds
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Chasin' Roe

In the 1980's, Kildare man Michael Row was amongst the quickest drivers in the world. Destined to become a global household name, the biggest teams in Formula 1 scrambled for his signature. However, a critical decision sent Michael down a different road. But now he's back, helping his newphew James Roe Jr follow in his footsteps. (2018) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/3/201941 minutes, 45 seconds
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Agatha Christie's Final Mystery

A radio documentary about how Dubliner John Curran's fascination with best selling novelist Agatha Christie has changed his life and brought a new Hercule Poirot story to the world for the first time in 30 years. (2010) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/19/201934 minutes, 58 seconds
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Dark Snow & Emma

Over the past decade Ireland has endured some extreme weather cycles from heavy snow to summer heat waves. There is an argument that these events are influenced by what's happening with the Greenland Ice Sheet. Each year the ice sheet is covered in new snow but recently more ice is melting than snow falling. Liam O'Brien visits to learn more.(2018) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/5/201941 minutes, 19 seconds
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The Cut

Young girls throughout Africa, Asia and the Middle East are subject to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) each year. A procedure where the genitals of young girls are deliberately cut for religious and social reasons. Journalist MIchael O'Kane meets women trying to end this practice which is seen as normal tradition within some cultures. (2018) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/29/201939 minutes
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Chasin' Roe

In the 1980's, Kildare man Michael Roe was amongst the quickest drivers in the world. Destined to become a global household name, the biggest teams in Formula 1 scrambled for his signature. However, a critical decision sent Michael down a different road. But now he's back, helping his nephew James Roe Jr follw in his footsteps. (2018) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/22/201941 minutes, 45 seconds
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An Extraordinary Affair

As we celebrate International Women’s Day, we recall the story of two Irish women who were born into upper-class Anglo Ireland in the 17th century. Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby's relationship scandalised Ireland long before Ireland passed the same-sex marriage referendum, but were these two women the first openly Irish lesbian couple? (2011). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/8/201938 minutes, 54 seconds
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The Pope's Prisoners

Just before the Papal Visit to Ireland in 2018, we look back at the first-ever visit of a Pope to Ireland in 1979. We've come across two intriguing stories which have largely been forgotten. One about a Papal amnesty, where the government released 76 prisoners and the other about the hopes of people in Dublin's Sean McDermott Street. (2018) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/1/201940 minutes, 59 seconds
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The Last King of Ireland

Patsy Dan Rodgers is the last King of Ireland. He's ruled his fiefdom of Tory Island for more than 20 years and can trace an unbroken lineage back to the 5th century. Over time, Led by their Kinds and in at least one case a Queen. The Islanders have seen off Vikings, marauding Pirates and invaders from the mainland (2018) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/22/201942 minutes, 13 seconds
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Riverchapel Ladies On Tour

The Riverchapel Ladies Group go on a Golden Years holiday to Westport, County Mayo. They dance, pray, sing, give out about each other and the hotel, post stuff or Facebook, hold starfish, keep each other company and chase the latest toy craze. Nathan is a young man with dreadlocks who joins them on the bus for this week long holiday (2018) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/15/201944 minutes
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Johnny Cash's Lost Tour of Ireland

A Documentary On One listener shares a recording he had for safe keeping. It brings listeners closer than ever to Johnny Cash on his first tour of Ireland, twelve gigs in ten days. Few people remember the very first Irish performances by the country music legend who would come to love Ireland and be loved by the Irish. (2018) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/8/201939 minutes, 51 seconds
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Sisters

Beginning in 1888, hundreds of Irish teenagers were sent to a convent in Texas that was dedicated to educating emancipated salves after the American Civil War. A lifetime later, the grand niece of two of these nuns uncovers their stories, which chronicle a century of change in the Catholic Church, race relations and women's rights (2018) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/1/201938 minutes, 33 seconds
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Prince At The Castle

On a summer morning in 2011, a group of production staff arrived at Malahide Castle, County Dublin to work on a concert for American musician Prince. That morning, Prince had fired his own crew and an Irish team had been hurriedly drafted in. What would the next 15 hours bring? Would the "difficult genius" have any more surprises? (2018) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/25/201940 minutes, 26 seconds
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New York - 1, David - 0

David Atkinson, a cocky, 22-year old from Wexford goes to New York to find work after college. Which sounds great except that David’s going on a visa which gives him just 90 days to find work. The clock starts when the wheels of his suitcase hit American soil. Will he find a job before his money, his visa or his luck runs out? (2018) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/11/201940 minutes, 27 seconds
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The Reindeer Santa Left Behind

Last Christmas Eve Santa Claus was delivering presents around the world. Blitzen got badly injured after a rough landing in Scotland. Luckily the other reindeer made sure Santa made it to Ireland. Unsure if Blitzen could return to The North Pole. Santa asked the Mulready family in Wexford if they could nurse Blitzen back to full health (2018) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/21/201843 minutes, 56 seconds
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The Cut

Young girls throughout Africa, Asia and the Middle East are subject to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) each year. A procedure where the genitals of young girls are deliberately cut for religious and social reasons. Journalist Michael O’Kane meets women trying to end this practice which is seen as normal tradition within some cultures (2018) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/7/201839 minutes
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The Garda Who Limped

In 2014, John Wilson was the first Garda whistleblower to go public. Uncovering a culture of ‘ticket-fixing’ in An Garda Síochána, he also had information on other serious wrongdoings within the force. Wilson, along with the other Garda whistleblower, Maurice McCabe, have both suffered greatly for refusing to turn a blind eye. (2018) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/29/201840 minutes, 38 seconds
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Notes From A Belfast Rape Trial

In 2018, 4 men, including Irish rugby stars Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding, were acquitted on all charges relating to the alleged rape of a 19yr-old woman. The trial provoked widespread media coverage, social media comment and street protests - followed by 2 reports into how Ireland's judicial systems handle serious sexual assault (2018) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/23/201846 minutes, 17 seconds
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The Battle Of Baltinglass

In November 1950, a letter was received by the sub postmistress in the tiny town of Baltinglass, Co. Wicklow. She was to be sacked and replaced by a government appointee - but she wouldn't go down without a fight. She and her supporters took on the Irish government and in the end, only one of them was left standing - but which one? (2018) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/16/201841 minutes, 16 seconds
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Ireland's First Superstar

Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore emigrated from Ballygar Co Galway to America in the 1840's. He went on to become a leading bandmaster and composer, writing the song ‘When Johnny comes marching home’. He played to millions during his lifetime. But this hugely successful entertainer and Ireland’s first real superstar remains largely unknown. (2018) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/2/201840 minutes, 29 seconds
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The Summer of Astral Weeks

Van Morrison is one of the great musicians of his generation. His 1968 album Astral Weeks is said to be one of the finest albums of all time. We visit Boston, LA and New York to hear the story of that summer and reunite, for the first time in 50 years, the musicians who played on Astral Weeks – bar one. Narrated by Richard Dormer (2018) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/12/201840 minutes, 25 seconds
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The Hospital Always Wins

In 2005, American producer Laura Starecheski began recording at the Living Museum, an art studio for patients at Creedmoor Psychiatric Hospital in New York City. Whilst there, Laura stumbled on to a mystery that would take ten years to unravel. It involved one patient, Issa Ibrahim. First broadcast by State of the Re:Union on NPR. (2018) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/5/201839 minutes, 55 seconds
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Finding Private Branch

This is a tale that spans 60 years. It begins in Dublin, travels to America, then onto Germany, before finally returning to Dublin. It’s about friendship and guilt - of bonds made and of bonds broken - and of a mans search to find closure. Throughout all of this, it’s the story of two men inextricably linked by an incident in 1959 (2018) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/28/201839 minutes, 56 seconds
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The Yellow Line

Monday morning in an Irish town. Commuters are waiting for their train. For them, it’s a normal day, heading to school, work and elsewhere. But there’s a movement in the crowd. Some shouting – those waiting know that they’re about to witness a tragic event. This is the often overlooked story of those who witness a death by suicide (2018) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/22/201841 minutes, 30 seconds
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A Tale of Two Sheelas

For years gangs have been looting the ancient treasures of Ireland. In 1990 Jim O’Connor is accused of being involved in stealing a Sheela Na Gig, a stone carving of a naked woman. Later another Irishman tries to sell ancient Irish stones to a college in the US, leading to an FBI sting operation. But are the two stories connected? Since first broadcast, A Tale of Two Sheelas has won a 2019 New York Festivals Radio Awards Finalist Certificate. Narrated and produced by Tim Desmond. (2018) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/6/201841 minutes, 27 seconds
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A Matter of International Secrecy

In the summer of 1979 Ireland was consumed with preparations for a very special visitor to the country - Pope John Paul II. This is the story of how one family hosted 300,000 people at their home during the Pope's visit to Drogheda. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/24/201834 minutes, 25 seconds
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In Shame, Love, In Shame

In 1946, in an unprecedented act of defiance against the local clergy, a group of Listowel men from Co. Kerry forced open the locked gates into their Parish Church. What led to this – and what has happened since? This story examines the devastating impact that the Church and State have had on three generations of one Irish family. (2018) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/16/201841 minutes, 52 seconds
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Who fears to speak of '98?

For many, 1998 is still one of the best hurling championships of all time, not so much for what happened on the pitch, but for what happened off it. 20 years later, we relive one of the most dramatic years in the life of Irish Hurling, where the summers' games became our national soap opera...how Offaly lost the Leinster Final and more.. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/7/201841 minutes, 39 seconds
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The Announcement

In 2015, 22 year old student Laura Molloy sought medical help after discovering changes in her body she didn’t recognise - and that Google simply couldn’t answer. Laura’s doctor examined her mysterious ailments. What happened next turned conventional medical wisdom on its head - and changed her life, and those around her, forever. (2018) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/20/201838 minutes, 49 seconds
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White Noise

What happens when sounds only exist inside your head? How do you cope with an internal soundtrack from which you can’t escape? We explore the mysterious world of tinnitus (a hearing problem), meet with sufferers and investigate how they live their lives accompanied by their own secret symphony. How do you learn to live with it? (2018) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/29/201840 minutes, 56 seconds
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Blonde Hair, Blue Eyes

In October, 2013, a four year old blonde-haired, blue-eyed girl named Maria was discovered peeping out from underneath a blanket on a Roma camp in Greece. Her discovery would prompt a wave of near hysteria around the globe. Within days, two Irish children with similar features would be taken from their Roma parents here in Ireland. Since first broadcast, Blonde Hair, Blue Eyes has won a Silver Award at the 2019 New York Festivals Radio awards and shortlisted in the top five at the Justice Media Awards. Narrated by Donal O'Herlihy. Produced by Donal O'Herlihy and Liam O'Brien. First broadcast in 2018. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/29/201845 minutes, 42 seconds
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Sisters

Beginning in 1888, hundreds of Irish teenagers were sent to a convent in Texas that was dedicated to educating emancipated slaves after the American Civil War. A lifetime later, the grand niece of two of these nuns uncovers their stories, which chronicle a century of change in the Catholic Church, race relations, and women’s rights (2018) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/22/201838 minutes, 33 seconds
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Prince At The Castle

On a Summer morning in 2011, a group arrived at Malahide Castle, Co. Dublin to work on a concert by Prince. They were nervous. That morning, the morning of the concert, Prince had fired his own crew and an Irish team had been hurriedly drafted in. What would the next 15 hours bring? Would the “difficult genius” have any more surprises? (2018) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/15/201840 minutes, 26 seconds
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Does My Bum Sound Big In This?

Joyce, is by her own admission, only living a ‘half-life’. A funny, vibrant, creative person with lots of friends, she rarely leaves the house. She’s morbidly obese. Recorded over the last two years, we follow Joyce as she tackles the complex reasons behind her weight, tries to shed her shell and ‘find her way back to normal’. (2018) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/8/201841 minutes, 34 seconds
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Richard Hayes, Nazi Codebreaker

If you were battling Nazi Germany which individual would you chose to take on the role? A soldier? Perhaps a great statesman? How many of you would choose a librarian? Well, this is exactly what happened in wartime Dublin. Marc McMenamin tells the story of Richard Hayes, Nazi Codebreaker. (2017) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/1/201839 minutes, 23 seconds
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A Talent For Life - The Fergus O'Farrell Story

Fergus O'Farrell was the Irish singer-songwriter behind the cult band Interferecnce, who died in Februrary 2016. His song 'Gold' featured in the soundtrack and Broadway adaptation of the movie Once. He has battled against incredible adversity, but he kept on making music. (2012) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/25/201838 minutes, 24 seconds
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The Long Goodbye

The award-winning tender and loving story of a husband, Matt, and his wife, Mai, whose lives have changed entirely since Mai was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. This is a story of a solemn promise made in marriage 'In sickness and health, till death do we part'. (2007) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/11/201841 minutes, 20 seconds
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More Irish than the Irish Themselves

In the last 100 years, we Irish have struggled with our native language. Now in 2011, less than 5% of us speak it on a daily basis. This is a story of passion - from 'non-Irish' people who see the beauty in the language and have been inspired to learn it. (2011) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/4/201839 minutes, 9 seconds
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An Extraordinary Affair

The story of a scandalous liaison between two Irish women, Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby, which began 250 years ago this year. Were these lovers - two upper-class Anglo-Irish women from Kilkenny - the first ever women to 'come out' in Ireland? (2011) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/27/201838 minutes, 54 seconds
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The Sweep and the Philosopher

Two unlikely men meet to swap jobs. One is a 70-year-old chimney sweep, who left school at 13, the other a professor of philosophy at UCD. The professor cleans a chimney while the sweep delivers a talk to the Philosophical Society at UCD (Broadcast 2009). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/20/201837 minutes, 49 seconds
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Looking for Fairytale Castles

This award-winning doc tells the story of Jenny Tyrell who was adopted in 1972. But, Jenny was almost 9 before she found out she was adopted. In this story, Jenny and her birth mother reunite and speak candidly about the hurt, the pain and the love. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/13/201843 minutes, 30 seconds
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Dogman

Martin McKenna’s career began in a hay barn in Limerick and ended up with three best-selling books about dog behaviour in Australia - he could not read or write but he would become known as 'The Dogman'. (2010) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/6/201837 minutes, 14 seconds
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Don't Go Far

Two Dublin children, with a knack for bunking off school and fare dodging, embark on an unbelievable adventure. On a warm summer's day in 1985, they hop on a Dart and skip out to Dun Laoghaire, nothing much to be doing there, so they sneak on the ferry for Holyhead and make it all the way to London Heathrow where they board a plane to NYC. (2011) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/29/201838 minutes, 45 seconds
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Heel, Toe Step, Together

A beautiful story. Forget your celebrity 'Strictly Come Dancing' - this is the real deal. A chance meeting in East London leads to an unlikely friendship through dance as 86yr old Bob teaches 28yr-year-old Katie to waltz. Gold Award Winner @ UK Sony awards Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/23/201834 minutes, 9 seconds
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My Left Knee

Do you ever think much about your knees? Well, Taragh Loughrey-Grant didn’t - until one of them was being cut open…. Then she discovered that knees are worshipped and even appear in movies and songs. (2014) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/9/201840 minutes, 1 second
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The Common Thread

The Bra turns 100 this year. From the Backless to the Bullet, the Demi-cup to the Push-up, the brassiere has evolved from a simple breast support to a symbol of desire. We unclasp the story of the bra in Ireland, and caress our way through its history. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/2/201839 minutes, 34 seconds
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Leo Maguire - Walton's Programme

The indistinguishable voice of Leo Maguire, the host of RTÉ Radio's Walton's Programme which stayed on the airwaves for almost 30 years until its cancellation in 1981. Born in Dublin's inner city in 1903, Magure was a prolific composer writing over 100 songs including, "The Dublin Saunter" and his most famous hit, "The Whistling Gypsy". (1981) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/27/201838 minutes, 30 seconds
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Michael Gomez: The Irish Mexican

A documentary by former world champion Bernard Dunne about Michael Gomez – the controversial bad boy of Irish boxing and a night in the national stadium when something strange and inexplicable happened - something never before seen in an Irish ring? (2014) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/23/201840 minutes, 30 seconds
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The Reindeer Santa Left Behind

An Exclusive - Recorded over the last year, this is the incredible story which began last Christmas Eve just as Santa arrived into Ireland and Blitzen, one of his reindeers got badly injured. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/22/201743 minutes, 58 seconds
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Perfume Island's Fatal Lure

Douamour climbs into a small fishing boat to travel across the open sea to the Island of Mayotte - a lesser-known Southern border of the EU. The stretch of water around Mayotte has been described as "the widest cemetery in the world" – thousands have died when their boats capsized. Why is Douamour making this treacherous journey? (2017) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/15/201739 minutes, 44 seconds
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A New Niamh

Niamh has decided to turn over a new leaf for Christmas: she has decided to give up shoplifting. This time of year, it's no easy task - the festive season turns a tidy profit. Niamh wants to go straight for her grandson. She wants him to know her, not as someone with a "five-finger discount” but instead as a local Facebook celebrity and a poet. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/8/201740 minutes, 13 seconds
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Little Mouse in the Corner

Being a shy person is often seen as something that you will overcome as you get older. Many introverts feel that there is something wrong with them. Being an introvert is perfectly normal and defining it as something you lack doesn't seem fair. Pauline Dunne decided to challenge the common perceptions. Think you know introverts, think again! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/1/201739 minutes, 4 seconds
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The Occupation

In August of 2006 a small group of anti-war demonstrators from Derry in Northern Ireland took on the might of a multi-billion dollar US defence and weapons contractor with ties to some of the most powerful countries in the world. The protesters faced serious consequences for their actions (2017). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/24/201740 minutes, 59 seconds
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A Man Out Of Time

Fr. Pat Noise died when his carriage plunged into the Liffey in 1919. His death is commemorated by a plaque on O'Connell Bridge, installed without permission by a mysterious group. This was also where the Millennium Clock was lowered into the Liffey before disappearing after a few months. Was it coincidental that both events happened at this spot? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/17/201740 minutes, 23 seconds
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The Tattooed Irishman

In 1836, Dubliner James F O’Connell published a book which told of his incredible life story. Shipwrecked on the remote Pacific Island of Pohnpei, he was forcibly tattooed about the body by natives. Eventually escaping, he landed in New York and quickly gained fame. O’Connell is fêted as the first man to publicly display tattoos in America. (2017) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/10/201741 minutes, 14 seconds
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Frank Stagg's Three Funerals

When Frank Stagg died he had three funerals, not only that, he had two graves and three headstones. That's because when Frank Stagg died in 1976 there was a sort of tug of war over his body between the Irish Government and supporters of the Provisional IRA. Where was Frank Stagg's final resting place? (2017) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/3/201740 minutes, 6 seconds
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Do No Harm

Have you ever thought about what might happen at the end of your life? Dr Luke Dillon explores the controversial and divisive subject of euthanasia. From the Netherlands to Co. Wexford, Luke discovers some very difficult cases of extreme suffering and end-of-life care dilemmas. In Holland, he meets a doctor who has euthanised over 60 people. (2017) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/27/201740 minutes, 51 seconds
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Colombia – Making the Peace

Almost 20 years on from the Good Friday agreement, the Colombian government has made peace with the FARC rebels. Veterans of the Northern Irish peace process are helping to make sure Colombia’s journey to peace stays on course. Luke Holland travels to South America where he encounters Former FARC rebels, victims and others making the peace. (2017) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/13/201738 minutes, 55 seconds
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Richard Hayes, Nazi Codebreaker

In October 2018, a new book entitled Code Breaker by Marc McMenamin was published. That book was borne out of this documentary - which tells the incredible true story of a librarian, a Nazi spy and Ireland's secret role in turning the tide of World War II. And at the heart of this story lies an unassuming man from Limerick, named Richard Hayes 2017 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/6/201739 minutes, 23 seconds
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Ireland and the KGB

Spy stories typically start on dimly lit streets in Eastern Europe, not in Dublin suburbia. But this isn’t your typical spy story. An Irish KGB ring, deadly poisonings, arms deals - Irish people have been involved, knowingly or unknowingly, in the deeply secret world of Russian spying. Enter the shadowy realm of Ireland & Russian espionage. (2017) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/23/201741 minutes
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Cause Of Death

More than ten thousand deaths a year in Ireland are reported to the Coroner's office. Two thousand of those will proceed to an inquest hearing .Ruairi McKenna follows the work of two coroners, in Kerry and Mayo and meets the people they serve, hearing stories form people who are looking to establish their loved ones' cause of death. (2017) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/14/201739 minutes, 48 seconds
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The Brigadier

Eric Dorman-Smith was an Irish General in the British Army who outfoxed Rommel during the Second World War. Sacked by Winston Churchill, he then turned his back on the British and became an advisor for the IRA during the 1950's. Who was this Irish maverick? and why did the people of Cavan call him The Brigadier. (2017) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/9/201746 minutes, 11 seconds
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Pisusuuq, The One Who Walks

60 years ago, Mick Mallon left his home in Ireland, eventually settling in remote arctic Canada. Fascinated by language, Mick began to learn Inuktitut, the native language of the Inuit Eskimo. But not only did he learn to speak one of the most difficult languages in the world, he created a way to teach it - and save it from extinction. (2017) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/1/201737 minutes, 6 seconds
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Being Slaughtneil

Hidden in the hills of the Sperrin Mountains in south Derry is a tiny GAA club with a massive reputation. This year they were going for a hat trick of sporting achievements with their hurling, camogie and football teams all set for All Ireland Club Finals. But, this incredible success story goes way beyond sporting field. (2017) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/25/201741 minutes, 24 seconds
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Love Letter to Wezz

Mention “disco” and “Donnybrook” to people in Ireland and they’ll have a vague notion of a get together for teenagers. Numerous articles have been written speculating on what happens behind the doors of Old Wesley with many parents dreading the day that their kids start mentioning the word, Wezz! But for those who went, what was it like?(2017) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/11/201740 minutes, 8 seconds
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An Unholy Trinity

A Civil War Story. Exactly 100 years ago, in February 1923, a baby girl is abandoned on a doorstep in Dublin. A priest and his housekeeper seen acting suspiciously are handed over to the police. One month later, a young doctor is murdered, shot dead on the streets of a small town in county Leitrim. Are the two incidents connected? Was there a conspiracy of Church, State and Irish Rebel forces determined to cover up a scandal? A murder case was investigated by the authorities at the time, but has remained unsolved, until now... Narrated and produced by Tim Desmond with additional research by Ken Boyle. The documentary (first broadcast in 2017) is now a best selling book - The Murder of Doctor Muldoon - by Ken Boyle and Tim Desmond. Published by Mercier press and available to purchase at this link: https://www.mercierpress.ie/irish-books/the-murder-of-dr-muldoon/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/2/201745 minutes, 5 seconds
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007, The Irish Connection

First appearing on cinema screens in 1962, James Bond brings many famous names to mind - Ian Fleming, Sean Connery, Pierce Brosnan, Daniel Craig - the list goes on. However, Dubliner Kevin McClory is rarely a name that people connect with 007. We take a look at how one Irishman is inextricably connected to the most famous spy of them all. (2017) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/28/201744 minutes, 1 second
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Polar Opposites

In 1935, Iceland legalised abortion making it the first Western nation to create what we might now recognise as an abortion legalisation policy. We travel to Iceland to meet Corkman Fr Denis O'Leary who leads a very small Pro-Life group named Lífsvernd. We also meet staff working in the area of abortion at the National Hospital of Iceland (2017) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/21/201743 minutes, 12 seconds
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The Orwell Wheeler

Road cycling is one of the world’s toughest sports. In 1987, Stephen Roche did the unthinkable - winning the three biggest cycle races in the world, the Giro d'Italia, Tour De France and World Championship. He was hailed a cycling hero across the world. 30yrs on, we look back at his iconic sporting achievement, which is yet to be repeated (2017) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/14/201747 minutes, 37 seconds
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Peshmerga Mick

Michael Martin went AWOL while on sick leave for an injury that he sustained during a training exercise with the British Army. People were shocked to discover that instead of returning to Ireland he travelled to Iraq to fight against ISIS. Why did Michael risk everything to fight in Iraq? ( 2107 ) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/7/201742 minutes, 34 seconds
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Roar and Pace

Ever thought of what it’s like to hurtle through the countryside at speeds in excess of 100mph - and not be in control? You rip out the seats and soundproofing of your car. Then what? Join us as we delve into the world of rallying in Ireland, through the eyes of co-drivers. Meet those who watch, guide and drive these cars right to the edge… (2016) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/30/201739 minutes, 57 seconds
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Are you Tony Sheridan?

A radio documentary about a self-confessed 'Irish Vagabond' Tony Sheridan. In his turbulent and rich life he has worked with the Beatles, entertained the troops in Vietnam, played with Elvis Presley's backing band - all that and far more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/23/201742 minutes, 15 seconds
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Deadly Sleeper

54-year-old Ray suffers from Sleep Apnoea, a disorder where the sufferer frequently stops breathing during sleep. We meet Ray's family, track his path to recovery, and hear about the dramatic changes that a good night's sleep brings to his life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/16/201736 minutes, 29 seconds
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One Hundred Years of Names

Every personal name has a story - In this radio documentary, we go behind the top 100 Irish baby name lists and see a fascinating portrait of a changing country. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/9/201738 minutes, 10 seconds
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The Search for Edna Lavilla

In 1942, Edna Lavilla Haynes died from a backyard abortion. More than sixty years later, Edna's granddaughter looks for clues as to what happened. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/2/201741 minutes, 54 seconds
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JG Farrell:149 Days in the Life Of

JG Farrell - the 2 time Booker winning author moved to West Cork in March 1979. Shortly after, he drowned while fishing. Using interviews of neighbours, family and friends - this documentary tells the story of those 149 days in the life of JG Farrell. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/26/201736 minutes, 3 seconds
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You Can Stick Your World Cup

Five years ago, on the tenth anniversary of the Saipan sporting controversy Irish people still felt as divided as they did back in 2002. They were finding it very hard to get over it ! (2012) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/18/201749 minutes, 21 seconds
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The Year Franco Stole the Eurovision

In 1968, Cliff Richard, the favourite to win the Eurovision Song Contest was pipped to the post by Spanish singer, 20-year-old Massiel. The rumour mill went into overdrive with accusations that General Franco rigged the competition. Why would the Spanish dictator be interested in interfering in a song contest? (2014) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/5/201744 minutes, 18 seconds
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The Irishwoman Who Shot Mussolini

Four people tried to assassinate Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. Only one person ever came close - her name was Violet Gibson and she was Irish. Violet spend the rest of her life in mental institutions, forgotten by society and by history. (2014) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/7/201741 minutes, 11 seconds
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The Diary of Leanne Wolfe

A multi-award winning documentary. In 2007, schoolgirl Leanne Wolfe took her own life. The morning of her funeral, her older sister discovered Leanne's diaries and to her horror, she discovered that her sister was bullied by 6 girls for the last 5 years. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/24/201737 minutes, 15 seconds
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Surviving Ireland

Holly and Declan are a young couple addicted to technology, and in particular their smartphones. Comedy writer & producer Colm Tobin follows them to a digital detox centre on the island of Carnananánachán where they undergo a bizarre, back-to-basics detox programme that tests their relationship to its limit. An RTÉ Radio 1 Comedy production (2017) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/16/201727 minutes, 58 seconds
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The Garda Who Limped

Garda John Wilson awoke one night to find a rat tied to the front door of his home. He was shocked but not surprised - John Wilson is a Garda Whistleblower; the man who exposed a culture of 'ticket-fixing'. What's it like to be a whistleblower? (2014) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/3/201737 minutes, 26 seconds
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Saved!

Does your soul need saving? If so, John Purcell is the man for the job. A born-again evangelical preacher and a member of the travelling community, he travels the country spreading the word of the Lord through his fire n' brimstone services. ( 2014 ) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/24/201740 minutes, 7 seconds
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Down with jazz - Anti jazz campaign of the 1930's

January 1st 1934, Fr. Conifrey led a march through Mohill, County Leitrim, in which demonstrators shouted "down with jazz" and "out with paganism" and called on the government to close the dance halls and ban all foreign dances in Ireland. (Broadcast 1997) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/3/201740 minutes, 54 seconds
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DocArchive (2004): Finders Keepers

An access all areas look at the mechanics of bringing a play from the page to the stage. How does the director get the most out of his actors, while collaborating with the playwright to make it a success? On the centenary of The Abbey Peter Sheridan’s showcase play, Finders Keepers kicks off the celebrations. ( First broadcast 2004 ) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/23/201741 minutes, 5 seconds
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Peadar Mercier

Peadar Mercier, the first ever professional bodhrán and bones player, captured the pulse of Irish traditional music. 25 yrs after his death, his son Mel traces his father’s unique life story – from his protestant heritage, to world tours with the Chieftains and a 10 yr adventure with composer John Cage into the world of experimental music. (2016) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/13/201741 minutes, 46 seconds
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DocArchive (1973): Last Christmas on Inishturk

Proinnsias O'Conluain spends Christmas with the only five families living on the island of InishTurk off the coast of Mayo. This is to be their final Christmas on the island. A quiet, simple life is coming to an end - as they all plan on moving to the mainland. (1973) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/17/201639 minutes, 58 seconds
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The Reindeer Santa Left Behind

Over the course of last Christmas Eve, an incredible series of events took place on a remote farm in Co. Wexford involving Santa Claus, his reindeers and the Mulready family. Recorded over the last year, we piece together this extraordinary story where Blitzen, one of Santa’s reindeers got badly injured and needed to be nursed back to health (2016) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/16/201643 minutes, 58 seconds
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DocArchive (1977): Buskers, Ballads and Brown Pence

An examination of the art of busking. Dick Warner speaks to musicians on the streets of Dublin about the life of a busker. They describe the highs and lows of the job, including travelling around the country and abroad, the attitudes of shopkeepers and the general public. Featuring plenty of music recorded on the streets. (First Broadcast 1977) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/13/201643 minutes, 59 seconds
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DocArchive (1992): Opening of RTÉ Television

This documentary charts the development of Television in Ireland, since the first broadcast on Telefís Éireann in 1961 later renamed as RTÉ. On New Year’s Eve, the first programme was launched by President Eamon De Valera. People across Ireland found homes with a TV set, a rare household item in this era and began to watch this new medium. (1992) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/10/201642 minutes, 43 seconds
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Mayo Boy, Vietnam Hero

Patrick 'Bob' Gallagher emigrated to the United States from County Mayo in Ireland in 1962. He fought in the Vietnam War and for his bravery was awarded the prestigious Navy Cross medal. Just weeks later, the 23 year old Marine Corporal was killed in combat. A campaign has started to have a US navy ship named in his honour. (2016) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/9/201640 minutes, 4 seconds
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DocArchive (1983): Birth of a Pill – Testing New Drugs on Human Beings

An investigation into the ICP, a firm in America and Ireland that tests new drugs on volunteer healthy humans, before being used on people with diseases. Doctors, Professors of medicine, pharmacologists, nurses, and volunteers for drug testing are included in an exploration of the reasons for testing these new drugs. (First Broadcast 1983) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/6/201644 minutes, 16 seconds
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DocArchive (1991): Opera at Wexford 40 Years of Wexford Festival

This documentary looks to the history of the Wexford Festival Opera since its formation in 1951. From the outset the Festival became one of the world’s leading opera festivals. Under its founding director, Dr Tom Walsh, the festival began a steady climb to international success which continues to entertain audiences to this day. (1991) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/3/201641 minutes, 6 seconds
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A Backwards Glance at The Ballroom of Romance

Irish writer William Trevor passed away on Nov 20th 2016. To mark his passing we revisit his most well known short story, which was later adapted into a TV film, and which led to teenage obsession that just won't go away. Éamon Little and Eugene O'Brien explore the iconic TV film that coined the phrase 'Will you come into the field, Bridie?’ (2016) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/2/201639 minutes, 38 seconds
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DocArchive (1990): I’ll See You Later

The story of Christine and Dominic Meenagh; a visually impaired couple. Their son Declan is also visually impaired. They go through their daily routines and the history of their health and disability. Christine works as a telephonist and Dominic is a house husband. Featuring the positives and difficulties of their lives. (First Broadcast 1990) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/29/201639 minutes, 30 seconds
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Kicking The Bucket

We Irish think we handle death better than most. But two Limerick women, Sinéad and Katie, don’t necessarily agree. They want to explore death in a humorous, yet deadly serious way. By holding a series of workshops, they invite people to share their hopes, fears and experiences of death, which they do, just not in the way you'd expect... (2016) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/25/201639 minutes, 47 seconds
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DocArchive (1978): Oh What A Lot of Spongers

A look at the struggles for men and women on social welfare. Unfairly called ‘spongers’, these unemployed people talk about what it is like to be ‘on the dole’. Qualified teachers and tradesmen reveal the complexities of the welfare system and the difficulties they have in trying to find work. (First Broadcast 1978) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/22/201642 minutes, 24 seconds
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DocArchive (1978): Ashington Miners Radio Ballad on English Miners

Life in darkness, miners speak of life below ground dealing with explosives, accidents on the job, workplace strikes and real fact of those who die in the mines. The lack of death inquest and frustration with management. The Ashington Colliery mine created many jobs as well as stories and folk songs, which we hear in this documentary. (1978) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/19/201638 minutes, 53 seconds
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DocArchive (1979): Whiskey With An E Doc On The Ball of Malt

Irish whiskey was once the most popular spirit in the world with distilleries located across Ireland. Presenter Al Byrne delves into the history of whiskey and its production in Ireland. Al visits Middelton distillery to see firsthand the production of whiskey, hearing from whiskey tasters, coopers, production staff and the Power family. (1979) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/12/201638 minutes, 47 seconds
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DocArchive (1998): Alexandrias

Writer and Broadcaster John Theocharis presents a personal odyssey through the city of his birth, Alexandria in Egypt. After 30 years John revisits his old city and joins one barber in a small barber shop to hear how life has changed since he left. Mr George, a local philosopher would recall stories told to John and his school friends. (1998) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/29/201642 minutes, 10 seconds
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No Time To Lose

Katie Cooke is from Dublin. At age 9 she developed epilepsy and suffers about 15 seizures every day. Since leaving hospital at 17 in a wheelchair, she has used running to help her recovery and deal with her illness. She now runs marathons. Despite long-term stays in hospital and frequent seizures, Katie wants to live as normal a life as possible. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/28/201640 minutes, 50 seconds
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Help The Hallowe'en Party

The Documentary On One team selects extracts and short documentaries from their online archive to mark the spookiest night of the year. From being buried alive to making your own coffin. Bodysnatchers who are snatched by death and horror movies that are a scream to watch. (2016) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/28/201650 minutes, 26 seconds
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Siege of Jadotville

A 2016 Hollywood movie tells the story about Irish soldiers besieged in Congo in the 1960s. Some years earlier, radio producer, Tom McGuire spoke to survivors of the battle. They told of the confusion around their role and the UN's failure to learn lessons from their ordeal. (2004) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/22/201640 minutes, 45 seconds
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DocArchive (1998): In Good Cheer

'In Good Cheer' goes beyond the bottle to meet the numerous personalities and the heritage involved in producing Ireland's very own liquid gold. Presenter Julie Duane who once worked in the laboratory at Irish Distillers visited Bushmills Distilleries, the oldest licensed distillery in the world in Midleton Co Cork and Co. Antrim. (1998) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/15/201642 minutes, 6 seconds
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The Prospector's Son

The unravelling of a story of an orphaned Irish boy lost in South Africa in the 1880s, who it's told was cared for by a local tribe, until he was found by a man who then traced his family back to Ireland. Could this be true and how could it happen? (2016) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/13/201642 minutes, 15 seconds
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DocArchive (1992): The Yarnspinners

The seanachai or storyteller has been part of the Irish folk tradition for years. In 1992 in The Ulster Folk and Transport Museum in Co. Down in Northern Ireland, ‘yarnspinners’ from the North and South and the U.K. gathered. With recordings of funny and poignant stories. (First Broadcast 1992) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/7/201641 minutes, 37 seconds
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DocArchive (1980): How to become an Entrepreneur

Brendan Keenan examines the support available to people who would like to setup a business by following the efforts of Harry Lynam as he engages with the Industrial Development Authority to try and get his company Lake Electronics off the ground. (1980) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/1/201637 minutes, 30 seconds
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DocArchive (1977): Speckled Stones – Cursing Stones of Ireland

The history of cursing stones in counties Mayo and Sligo. There are many superstitions relating to the stones going back to pagan times. It is said that no matter how many people count the stones, they will come up with different amounts and the stones were used to curse enemies. (First Broadcast 1977) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/27/201639 minutes, 18 seconds
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The Green Fields of France

100yrs after the Battle of the Somme in WW1, Gerry Kelly sets out to discover the story behind his favourite song, The Green Fields of France. Also known as Willie McBride or No Man’s Land, Gerry tracks down Willie McBride’s family, and finally solves the story of the song itself, when he meets its author, Eric Bogle (A BBC Radio Ulster Production) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/23/201657 minutes, 27 seconds
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DocArchive (1983): Mountjoy – A Day in the Life of a Prison

Mountjoy Prison in Dublin is the oldest prison in Ireland. In this documentary an ex-convict gives an account of the everyday routine for the incarcerated men. He gives the history of his crimes and how he was remanded on charges from armed robbery to assault. He discusses loneliness and missing the joys of everyday life. (First Broadcast 1983) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/20/201644 minutes, 10 seconds
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DocArchive (1989): Brides

Two women, born almost 50 years apart, recall meeting their husband, falling in love and marrying. We hear the contrast in experiences as they prepare for the big day and as time passes after the wedding day itself, we hear our brides reflect on the inevitable adjustments that happen as they settle into the rhythm of married life. (1989) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/17/201634 minutes, 30 seconds
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Bolt and my Belgian Blue

The world of pigeon racing has been transformed by big money deals and the €310,000 sale of a champion named Bolt. But where does the sport in Ireland figure in this world? We follow fast talking Dubliner John O’Brien and a host of characters as they compete in a 200km from Cork to Dublin (2016) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/16/201639 minutes, 20 seconds
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DocArchive (1988): Days in Moscow, Nights in Leningrad

In Gorbachev’s Russia of 1988, perestroika was a political movement which reformed the Communist Party and the country as a whole. The development had impacts on culture, religion and society in Moscow and Leningrad at the time. Censorship was lifted on the playing of rock music and the Bolshoi and Kirov theatres expanded. (First Broadcast 1988) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/13/201649 minutes, 24 seconds
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DocArchive (1997): Mexican Journal

John S Doyle describes life in Mexico as he travels through Mexico City and Oaxaca encountering different people and hearing their stories. John also speaks to UCD's Declan Kiberd on his unusual meeting with former Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari. (1997) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/10/201638 minutes, 18 seconds
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Peadar Mercier

Peadar Mercier, the first ever professional bodhrán and bones player, captured the pulse of Irish traditional music. 25 years after his death, his son Mel traces his father's unique life story - from his protestant heritage, to world tours with The Chieftains & a 10 year adventure with composer John Cage into the world of experimental music. (2016) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/9/201641 minutes, 46 seconds
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DocArchive (1981): Travels Without a Typewriter – The Story of Anna and Samuel Carter-Hall

The story of the author Anna Maria Hall; born in Dublin in 1800. She moved to the U.K in 1815 and married Samuel Carter-Hall, often publishing under the name of Mrs. S. C. Hall. Anna joined Samuel in travelling through Ireland in the 1820s and 30s, and her writing often included social commentary on her native land. (First Broadcast 1981) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/6/201640 minutes, 24 seconds
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DocArchive (1984): George Best Story

Ed Mulhall looks at the football career of Belfast born George Best, who went on to become Ireland's best known footballer. Recalled as the fifth 'Beatle', George Best enjoyed a celebrity lifestyle which made him front page news among tabloids but not for his football, which made him famous from the age of 15. (1984) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/3/201644 minutes, 8 seconds
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We Couldn't Understand the Peace

In 1972, a group of women fled Belfast, with their children, to take refuge in Glenstal Abbey. They came from trauma and violence to an exclusive boys’ boarding-school run by Benedictine monks in rural East Limerick. The children were described as “rude and bold”. It was a clash of cultures that the monks managed with one simple rule… (2016) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/2/201639 minutes, 59 seconds
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DocArchive (1980): Mariculture – Marine Fish Farming

A look at Mariculture in Ireland in 1980. Tracing the history of the culture in Ireland from salmon farms and mussel markets to the development of fish farms. Different factors involved in Mariculture are discussed such as the role of technology, pollution, markets and the fear of an influx of big business. (First Broadcast 1980) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/30/201640 minutes, 27 seconds
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Davy

People think they know Clare senior hurling manager Davy Fitzgerald because of what they see during the game of sport, but what about before and after? This documentary had unique access to follow Clare's 2016 hurling year and experience it through Davy's eyes (2016) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/26/201643 minutes, 23 seconds
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We Decide Who Lives Or Dies

The highest risk group in Irish road deaths: young rural drivers. We visit Co.Donegal and meet drivers who refuse to wear seatbelts, drivers who drink, officials who work with ‘anti-social’ drivers. Teenagers who show off by doing laps of the town in old tractors. A car culture that’s a backdrop to 5 road deaths in one week. (2016) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/19/201641 minutes, 8 seconds
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Richard Fariña – from Lough Neagh to Monterey

Richard Fariña was well known in music and literary circles in New York in the 1960’s. He was a regular visitor to his Irish relations in Ardboe, Co. Tyrone in the 1950’s. He was on the cusp of greatness 50 years ago when his life was cut short. Tracing Fariña’s footsteps from his old haunts in NY to his family by the banks of Lough Neagh. (2016) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/12/201639 minutes, 40 seconds
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What to do with Clogheen?

Kathriona Devereux has inherited a small hotel in Clogheen, Co. Tipperary. ‘Vee house’ has huge emotional value to her, and it has been in her family for years. But the hotel has been closed since her childhood. Kathriona is trying to decide what to do with it – should she keep it, live in it, run it or get rid of it? (First Broadcast 2016) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/5/201640 minutes
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The Sound of Sport

To mark the beginning of the Olympics in Rio, a documentary on a group of people who listen to the events more than watch them: TV Sport sound designers. They use their skills to enhance the pictures but sometimes add little touches of their own - to some people’s annoyance. (A Falling Tree Production for BBC Radio 4.) Broadcast 2016 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/29/201645 minutes, 45 seconds
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The Broken Hearted Farmer

Joe Flynn and his wife Mary from Westmeath wrote ‘The Broken Hearted Farmer’ in the late 1960s - a song that told the story of farming protests at that time. They were hoping for a No. 1 hit, but it never happened. They have always believed RTÉ banned the song due to government pressure. 50 years later we find out what really happened… (2016) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/22/201643 minutes, 7 seconds
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Then There Was Light

On November 5th 1946, the ESB erected the first pole of rural electrification. This was the beginning of a promise to bring electricity to every home in Ireland. 70yrs after this momentous change in modern Ireland, we piece together the story of rural electrification, including tales of fear and hope and love and loss as the nation illuminated. (2016) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/22/201638 minutes, 56 seconds
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Battle at the Bridge

The Battle of Mount Street Bridge was the most successful rebel engagement in Dublin during the 1916 Easter Rising. A detailed investigation leads to a modern re-imagining of the infamous battle that took place in a quiet Dublin suburb during the Easter rebellion. This documentary challenges long held views of the event. (First Broadcast 2016) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/15/201640 minutes, 40 seconds
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Ireland's Secret Hangman

In the 1940's the Irish state secretly recruited its own native executioner. Counted as one of Ireland's great historical mysteries, the true identity of this Irish hangman has never been revealed. We’ve spent over 2 years searching for this man, from Dublin to Manchester to Swaziland – and finally to Cork. He believed he’d never be found… (2016) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/15/201644 minutes, 2 seconds
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Cairo Cellmates

After 4yrs in an Egyptian prison, Ibrahim Halawa, a 22yr old Irish student, was acquitted of all charges against him in Sept 2017. We revisit the documentary we made on Ibrahim’s story in June 2016 with Peter Greste, the acclaimed journalist, who shared a cell with Ibrahim and who had never previously spoken out about this controversial case. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/15/201639 minutes, 57 seconds
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Tearoom, Taylor, Saviour, Spy

Margaret Kearney Taylor was a woman who kept many secrets. She was known as the Irishwoman who ran an elegant tearoom in Madrid, Spain for more than fifty years. But she was also was part of a network which helped thousands of Allied servicemen and Jewish refugees escape the Nazi regime in Europe during World War Two. (2016) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/8/201639 minutes, 31 seconds
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Tearoom, Taylor, Saviour , Spy.

Margaret Kearney Taylor was a woman who kept many secrets. She was known as the Irishwoman who ran an elegant tearoom in Madrid, Spain for more than fifty years . But she was also was part of a network which helped thousands of Allied servicemen and Jewish refugees escape the Nazi regime in Europe during World War 2 (broadcast 2016) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/7/201639 minutes, 31 seconds
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Waterford, Wimbledon, Monaco, Murder

Vere Goold was Ireland’s first tennis star, winning titles in this new sport in 1879. He was born into an aristocratic family in Waterford and met his wife Marie, who posted an ad for a husband with ‘a title’. Thirty years after triumph at Wimbledon, Goold would commit murder on the French Riviera. (2016) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/1/201639 minutes, 58 seconds
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High Heels and Horses

Emma Cahill had a dream of representing Ireland at the Olympics on the National Showjumping team. But in 2011 those dreams were ended when Emma suffered an accident when a horse fell on her, paralysing from the waist down. The story of how she pursued her dreams of becoming an athlete and to dance again in high heels. (First Broadcast 2016) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/24/201640 minutes, 24 seconds
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The Anaconda Road Massacre

In 1916, Thomas Manning left Ireland to work in the copper mines of Butte, Montana. Mining hotspots like West Cork were dying – emigration to America seemed the only choice. However, just 4yrs later, on a union strike mixed in the politics of the day, Thomas was shot and murdered. 95yrs later, we go in search of his forgotten story (Broadcast 2015) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/17/201640 minutes, 25 seconds
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We've Got a Game to Win

With Euro 2016 about to begin, John Kenny from RTÉ Sport looks back to Euro '88 - when the Republic of Ireland qualified for their first ever major football tournament. The entire country came to a standstill and celebrated like never before. Packie Bonner, Ronnie Whelan, Ray Houghton, Jack Charlton and many more recall that epic journey. (2012) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/8/201655 minutes, 26 seconds
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The Loudest House on the Street

Cathy Moorehead opens up the door of her home to reveal an exceptional experience shared by just a very, very small group of people. Cathy is a C.O.D.A – a child of deaf adults. In a warm, intimate and often humorous tale, Cathy reveals how growing up with a deaf mother and a deaf father created a unique soundtrack that has shaped her life (2016) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/3/201639 minutes, 46 seconds
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Bruno the Chimpanzee

In 1988 an accountant came across a tiny chimpanzee tied to a tree in a rural village in the West African state of Sierra Leone. Its mother had been killed by hunters, and the accountant and his wife decided to rescue the Chimpanzee they named Bruno. They had no idea how profoundly this would change their lives. First broadcast May 2016. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/20/201639 minutes, 48 seconds
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Sinking at Hangman's Point

In 2013, a beautiful 100 year old tall ship; The Astrid was shipwrecked off the coast of Kinsale, Co. Cork. Disaster was averted, as all 30 crew were rescued. Captain and Dutch man Pieter de Kam was the owner of the boat and he lost his beautiful ship and his dream life on the sea. (First Broadcast 2015) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/13/201639 minutes, 49 seconds
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The Case That Never Was

In the most in-depth and far-reaching investigation RTÉ Radio has ever undertaken, an international recruitment company is taken to court by one of its workers. Referred to the European Court of Justice, the outcome could change EU labour law for millions of people. The only problem? The worker at the heart of the case knows nothing about it(2015) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/6/201645 minutes, 49 seconds
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Sand, Sea and Smugglers

Amas and Ammar Al-Kadry are two Syrian brothers who put themselves in the hands of ruthless people-smugglers to escape their war-torn country. From the deserts of Algeria to lawless Libyan towns and rickety over-crowded boats, it’s a long way from Damascus to Mayo. (First broadcast 2015) Themes: Adventure, Conflict, Development, Foreign Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/29/201640 minutes
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My Uncle Jack

A story of emigration and sport. Jack Dowling survived an orphanage in Waterford and an industrial school in Cork. He moved to the UK to work in the mines and went on to become an international race walker. Jack was good enough to represent Ireland, but never got the chance. He did set many records, some of which still stand (Broadcast 2015) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/22/201639 minutes, 45 seconds
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The Brits, The Blitz and The Bedwarmer

Leeanne O’Donnell was browsing a market when she saw a bedwarmer from a Big House in North Cork, between Mallow and Mitchelstown. The landlady who owned it was successful author, Elizabeth Bowen who, according to the stallholder, was hated because she spied for Churchill during The Emergency. Was that true? Leeanne set off to find out. (2015) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/15/201639 minutes, 56 seconds
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An Easter Re-Rising

Astonishing and largely unknown, this is the story of how the Irish 1916 Rising provided a blue print for one of the first armed uprisings of its kind in India, Britain's largest colony, bringing closer than ever the inevitable demise of the British Empire. (First Broadcast 2016) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/1/201641 minutes, 57 seconds
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Roger Casement's 'Apocalypse Now' - Africa & 1916

In August 1916, the British executed a very unusual rebel figure: a knight-cum-Irish rebel who honed his nationalism in ‘Belgian’ Congo in Africa - Sir Roger Casement. From Dublin and Ballycastle, Co. Antrim, he was captured in Kerry. Then, imprisoned in the Tower of London, he was, as the saying goes, “hanged on a comma”.(Broadcast 2016) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/25/201639 minutes, 59 seconds
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The All-Ireland Behind Barbed Wire

In 1916, a GAA match between Kerry and Louth footballers took place on a pitch named Croke Park, at a prisoner of war camp in Frongoch, Wales. 100 years on, three relations of men who played in that 1916 match retrace their forbearer’s footsteps. In the wake of the 1916 Easter Rising, Frongoch became home to 1,800 Irish volunteer prisoners. (2016) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/24/201640 minutes, 39 seconds
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The Ballad of Patrick Folen

With a sung narration performed by Mick Flannery, this documentary delves into the life of an Irishman who lived in England. In 2006, Patrick Folens remains were discovered in Horton Woods in Kent. He disappeared mysteriously in 1995. (2007) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/14/201641 minutes, 18 seconds
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Sandbags not Handbags?

Longford/Westmeath was a controversial constituency in General Election 2016. Why? For two reasons. The count took a full six days – and before the election was even called, gender quota caused uproar. Behind the scenes, what were the politics at play from a woman’s perspective? We follow two female candidates as they battle their way to the Dail. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/4/201640 minutes, 8 seconds
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Once Were Champions

In 1985, Kerry club Castleisland Desmonds won their first and only men’s Senior Football All Ireland club title. 30 years on, clubman Dan Kearney examines the David and Goliath journey that his local team embarked on - and tells a story that encapsulates everything about club GAA - and a legacy that his small town is proud to have. (Broadcast 2015) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/26/201644 minutes, 28 seconds
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12 Miles

12 Miles tells the story of Guillermo Rigondeux and his Irish manager, Gary Hyde. Gary was a boxing manager from Cork, who risked over 20 years in prison to smuggle amateur Olympic and world champion boxers out of Fidel Castro’s Cuba. (First Broadcast 2015) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/5/201636 minutes, 29 seconds
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The Big Session on the High Seas

Since 2011, Joanie Madden (Cherish the Ladies) has organised a Caribbean cruise with a difference – over seven days she brings together dozens of Irish musicians, dancers and storytellers from all over the world - and hundreds of passengers return year after year to hear the best of Irish traditional music and song. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/29/201649 minutes, 1 second
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DocArchive (1978): Pilots, Lighters and Horse-Drawn Ships

The Newry Canal in Northern Ireland was built to link the Tyrone coalfields via Lough Neagh and the River Bann to the Irish Sea at Carlingford Lough near Newry. In this documentary we hear from those who worked on the canal to the people trying to save it from disrepair with restoration and preservation plans in mind. (1978) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/28/201641 minutes, 20 seconds
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Put 'em under Pressure'

In 1990 the Republic of Ireland soccer team played in their first ever world cup finals. RTE Sports, John Kenny re-lives the games at Italia 90 where a country began to believe in itself and perhaps laid the foundations for the Celtic Tiger that was to follow. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/15/201640 minutes, 12 seconds
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Through the Kilimanjaro Keyhole

An Irish surgeon's medical adventures in Africa involving Coca Cola gas, home-made fuses and a hotline to the Electricity Supply company. Emer Horgan gets to see at first-hand the impact of the teamwork involved in surgical development in Tanzania. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/8/201640 minutes, 2 seconds
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After the music - The Daughters story

Fran O'Toole, lead singer with the Miami Showband was murdered along with band members in a loyalist ambush in Northern Ireland in 1975. Soon after, Fran's young daughters were taken to live in Canada by their mother. Rachel and Kelly have long searched for a connection to their father and his family, imagining what might have been. (2015) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/19/201539 minutes, 29 seconds
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Mick Meaney - Buried Alive

To the watching world in 1968, Tipperary man, Mick Meaney was an ordinary Irish emigrant to the U.K., with the extraordinary dream of breaking the world record for time spent buried alive underground. His bizarre record attempt was pushed along by Kerry publican turned promoter Butty Sugrue. But for how long and at what cost? (2018) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/11/201538 minutes, 6 seconds
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Mick Meaney - Buried Alive

To the watching world in 1968, Tipperary man, Mick Meaney was an ordinary Irish emigrant to the U.K., with the extraordinary dream of breaking the world record for time spent buried alive underground. His bizarre record attempt was pushed along by Kerry publican turned promoter Butty Sugrue. But for how long and at what cost? (2015) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/10/201538 minutes, 6 seconds
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For the Love of Star Wars

Matthew O'Brien from Meath has been counting down to Thursday 17th December 2015 for over a year - the day when the new Star Wars film ‘The Force Awakens’ opens in cinemas worldwide. Matthew has been hooked on Star Wars since he was 4 years old and he invites us into the curious world of a serious Star Wars fan (2015). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/20/201540 minutes, 10 seconds
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The Two Sisters

Two sisters in one Dublin family joined convents, one in Canada, one in Leitrim. Then both women left religious life. At the time, their ‘baby’ brother, Kevin, was too young to understand what was going on. Now, 50 years later, he’s decided to find out. (2015) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/28/201539 minutes, 55 seconds
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A Matter of International Secrecy

There’s talk that a papal visit might be on the cards in a few years time. We look back to that other papal visit in 1979, and how – all because of an attack of the poisonous yellow weed ragwort - dairy farmer Terry Grant’s field came to be known as the Pope’s Field. (Broadcast 2015) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/9/201540 minutes, 49 seconds
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From Carrick-on-Suir to the Côte d'Azur

Journalist Shane Stokes follows cyclist Sam Bennett on his first tour de France. Sam grew up in Tipperary and has battled injury, self doubt and the weight of expectation to perform at the highest level in sport. We hear the stories of those battles as the peloton makes its way to Paris during the summer of 2015. (First Broadcast 2015) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/2/201539 minutes, 56 seconds
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Saudi Dreams of a Camper Van

An Irish nurse in Saudi Arabia records her life on her phone. At first, it’s the differences in the Middle East but the phone becomes an audio diary of her unravelling life back in Mayo and Kerry. She and her partner struggle to maintain their strained relationship by Skype. Themes: Emigration, Happiness, Relationship, Romance, Travel, Women. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/25/201540 minutes, 4 seconds
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A Caravaggio in Tuam?

10 yrs ago Nora Nic Con Ultaigh’s learned of an unusual family story – that her great-grandfather from Galway was once, reportedly, the owner of a Caravaggio painting. Could this be true? Did a work from the great Italian artist once reside in Tuam? If so, where is it now? Nora sets off on a trail – hoping to find some answers (Broadcast 2015) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/11/201543 minutes, 42 seconds
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Ghosts of Grangegorman

In February 2013 St. Brendan’s Mental Hospital at Grangegorman, Dublin finally closed after 199 years. When artist Alan Counihan heard about the personal possessions left behind of people with mental health problems, who had been in this psychiatric institution, he took some of these items home to investigate. Speaking with people who knew life inside the hospital, Alan met with former patients, psychiatric nurses and the hospital Chaplain as they reveal the true nature of life inside the building that, in its day, was known by many names - The Grange, Brendan's, The Mental, The Puzzle Factory. (First Broadcast 2015) Produced by Alan Counihan and Nicoline Greer. Narrated by Keelin Shanley. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/4/201542 minutes
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An Open Verdict

When Gardai entered a chalet on Mayo's Northwest coast in April 2014, they found a scene of desperation and solitude. Scattered amongst the rubbish lay the body of Marsha Mehran, 36. Marsha, an Iranian born, international bestselling author was a recluse and died alone. How did Marsha come to die at the foothill of Croagh Patrick? (Broadcast 2015) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/28/201543 minutes, 37 seconds
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After The Shock

April 2015, earthquakes in the Asian country of Nepal result in over 8,500 deaths. Half a million homes lost. Tim Desmond travels to see the destruction and poverty first hand. Meeting families who lost relatives, livelihoods and farms, Tim examines how a country copes with disaster. Can new technology help improve things? (First Broadcast 2015) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/14/201542 minutes, 58 seconds
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The Murderer, Me and My Family Tree

When Dylan Haskins was eleven years old he and his Dad were driving along an Irish road, when a voice boomed out of the radio: “James Haskins, you have been sentenced to death by hanging.” Dylan’s Dad almost crashed the car. Years later, Dylan sets out to unravel a family mystery, and tries to finish what his late father began by answering the question: Is he related to the last man hanged in Wicklow Gaol? And what was the heinous crime that James Haskins committed in order to deserve the ultimate punishment in 1843. (First broadcast 2015) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/7/201540 minutes, 44 seconds
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Johnny Jameson

Johnny Jameson is a Meath born DJ living in London who entertains Irish emigrants with music and one-liners. He's also a man with an incredible past which includes working with Johnny Cash, Diana Ross, The Monkees and the Miami Showband - as well as meeting Nixon, Springsteen and Bon Jovi! (Broadcast 2015) Themes: America, Music, Community Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/30/201539 minutes, 14 seconds
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Fine Gaeilgeoir

In July 2014, Donegal TD, Joe McHugh became Minister of State with responsibility for Gaeltacht Affairs. Only problem? Last time Joe spoke Irish was in school. He had to learn the language fast. We follow him over the last 12 months as he faces criticism, a public deadline and gets to grips with a language politics forced upon him (Broadcast 2015). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/24/201542 minutes, 27 seconds
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Grace and Emmanuel

On February 19th, 2011, a young Irish woman named Grace Farrell froze to death on her makeshift cardboard bed in the doorway of St Brigid’s church on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. It was the coldest night of that New York winter. She was just 35 years old. A few days afterwards, Grace`s friend Emmanuel, who'd also emigrated from Ireland to the US, wrote a story about her for the New York Times. Here, Michael Kealy tells the story of Grace, a Drogheda woman who emigrated to America in the mid-1990s in search of a new life. A tale of two emigrants. (First Broadcast 2015) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/17/201539 minutes, 24 seconds
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Seamus Darby and the Goal That Made Champions

Séamus Darby was the Offaly hero who scored a late goal in the All-Ireland football final of 1982 depriving Kerry of their historic 5-in-a-row. He tells the story of how one of the most famous goals in GAA history impacted on his life and family and a journey which took him from Ireland to the UK and back to Tipperary where he now lives. (2015) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/16/201539 minutes, 14 seconds
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Band of Gold

With over 25,000 weddings taking place every year in Ireland, it’s a very competitive industry for wedding bands. We follow bands from Dublin, Cork and Limerick whose full time job it is to give newlyweds in love a night they’ll never forget – and keep the dance floor moving, despite all the different tastes in music! (First Broadcast 2015) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/10/201540 minutes, 10 seconds
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Living Outside The Box

Rachel Breslin is desperate to find a way around the spiralling rents that are being charged for Dublin property.And she thinks she has hit on the perfect solution - acting as a guardian for properties that need to be protected from robbers and squatters. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/26/201538 minutes, 4 seconds
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Seven Years And Nine Months

After seven years of trying to have a baby, Dublin couple Rachel and Daniel have decided to try to complete their family through the emotionally turbulent and expensive surrogacy route. We follow them as they go to America and find a surrogate mother, a donor egg and hopefully, a baby. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/12/201540 minutes, 50 seconds
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The Man Who Played Offside

Patrick O’Connell was a superstar and a cheat.  He was a superstar of soccer in Ireland, Britain and Spain and cheated on his family. He married two women with the same name and same appearance.Patrick, or Paddy O'Connell, played for Ireland in the early days of the national game; he led the country to its first Home Championships title in 1914. He was tall, broad-shouldered, good-looking and robust: he played the final game against Scotland with a broken arm. Narrated by Flor MacCarthy and Richard Fitzpatrick.Additional recording by Fergal McGuire and Colm O'Connor. Produced by Richard Fitzpatrick with Ronan Kelly. (2015) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/12/201540 minutes, 5 seconds
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And A Bit Off The Top

Galway barber, Michael 'Chick' Gillen of Dominick Street is known as one of Galway's most famous characters. A man with a larger than life personality, an accomplished boxing trainer and barber. Two decades ago, we spent time with both Chick and his clientele as they talk their through the world of hair and life. (2000) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/5/201542 minutes, 20 seconds
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With These Hands

This multi award winning documentary is about Tralee man, Eric Roche - a world class virtuosic guitarist - and his younger brother Bryan. Considered by many as Ireland's greatest ever guitarists, this is a story of love, music, life and brotherhood. (2009) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/29/201541 minutes, 31 seconds
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In Tom Crean's Footsteps

In 1916, Tom Crean was part of one of the greatest stories ever told when he joined Ernest Shackleton's Expedition to the Antarctic. 100 years later, in October 2016, his Granddaughter Aileen, travelled thousands of miles to try and retrace her grandfathers footsteps. (2017) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/22/201538 minutes, 44 seconds
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The Secret Chicken Society

All around Ireland, people keep show chickens and with each one comes a dream, to become the next National Champion. This award winning documentary is a glimpse inside the wonderful world of Irish show chickens and their keepers, as producer Liam O'Brien, follows them in the run up to the 2012 National Poultry Competition. (2012) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/8/201547 minutes, 13 seconds
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DocArchive: River of Dreams

An evocation of the River Sullane in West Cork through the music of Peadar Ó Riada. The River Sullane runs from the mountains between County Cork and County Kerry. Peadar and Julian Vignoles trace the route of the river from its source to the sea. (1994) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/9/201538 minutes, 51 seconds
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DocArchive (1991): What Will We Do When The Taxpayer Goes

Ireland has a long link with Africa after allocated millions of euro in foreign-aid over the past decades. Rodney Rice travels to one region that is being developed with help from the Irish Government, professionals and trades people. We hear from those living and working in Tanzania, who speak of the challenges and benefits of foreign-aid. (1991) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/26/201543 minutes, 40 seconds
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DocArchive: Sowing The Seeds, Horace Plunkett & Co-op movement

Sir Curzon Horace Plunkett was an Anglo-Irish man who set up the agricultural co-operation in Ireland. This Co-Op encouraged farmers to process and market their own produce, to standards suitable for the British market. This enabled farmers to establish themselves. (1994) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/24/201542 minutes, 21 seconds
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Searching for Answers - Gold Award Winner at 2011 New York Festivals

In 1975 and 1976 two fishing trawlers sank at the exact same spot off the coast of Donegal with the loss of 11 lives. Over 35 years later, Helena Gallagher, a daughter of one of the men who drowned, goes ‘Searching for Answers’. (2011) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/20/201539 minutes, 52 seconds
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Come on Brigids

Damien O'Reilly charts the progress of the St. Brigid’s Senior Football team through the 2004 AIB club campaign, through the eyes of a supporter and includes interviews with players and supporters and footage from training sessions and matches.(2004) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/13/201541 minutes, 6 seconds
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The Caretaker - Bronze Award Winner at 2011 New York Festivals

This is a classic who dunnit story? When Islamic manuscripts came up for private sale around Europe in 1991 - that questions began to arise. Those questions led a path back to the Chester Beatty library in Dublin and to an insider theft. (2011) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/6/201537 minutes, 51 seconds
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DocArchive (1980): Creel The Scrubber And The Knife

‘Once you got landed you where as healthy as a trout’ is the memory of life on board for one Donegal fisherman. Skilled workers and fishermen speak of their experience of working in the fishing industry and why hundreds from Burtonport in County Donegal left for Scotland and the Shetlands to catch and gut Herring. (1980) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/11/201538 minutes, 44 seconds
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The Boys of Foley Street

This award winning documentary begins in 1975 when Pat Kenny recorded with a group of young men from inner city Dublin. Pat returned again in 1988 and then in 2008, Ciaran Cassidy revisited them to find out how their lives turned out. (2008) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/6/201539 minutes, 40 seconds
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Siege at Jadotville

An award winning documentary telling the story of a company of Irish troops who in 1961 came under siege at the isolated post of Jadotville, Congo and were forced to surrender to authorities in the province of Katanga. (2010) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/23/201541 minutes, 9 seconds
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An Extraordinary Affair

The story of a scandalous liaison between two Irish women - Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby. Long before the civil partnership bill, were these lovers - two upper-class Anglo-Irish women from Kilkenny - the first ever lesbians to 'come out' in Ireland? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/16/201538 minutes, 54 seconds
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The Bells of St.Mels

Christmas morning 2009, a devastating fire destroys St. Mel's Cathedral in the heart of Longford town. 5yrs later, on December 24th 2014, after one of Europe's biggest restoration projects, the Cathedral opens its doors again, just in time for Christmas. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/24/201439 minutes, 56 seconds
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The Outsiders - Our Teenage Life Behind Bars

A unique view inside the Irish direct provision system through the eyes of two 13yr old girls, asylum seekers awaiting their fate from the state. Living in mobile homes on an industrial park near Athlone, they've recorded their lives over the past 4 months Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/19/201441 minutes
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The Bridge

This is the story of Joan Bullock and Betty Leonard - two women from either side of the Cavan/Fermanagh border (divide between north and south Ireland), who were deeply affected by a series of brutal murders that took place on the border in 1972. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/12/201440 minutes, 12 seconds
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Diary of a Bad Year: A War Correspondents Dilemma

Kelly McEvers was a war correspondent in the Middle East during the Arab uprisings. Colleagues and friends were being kidnapped. Some were killed. It made her question why otherwise intelligent people risk their lives to report on war? (from Transom.org) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/12/201454 minutes, 39 seconds
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DocArchive: To Boston and Back

Back in the days when air fares were unattainably high - America literally seemed like a million miles away. And so in 1959, Norris Davidson headed off on a journey of a lifetime - an adventure - to Boston and back in just 3 days. (1959). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/8/201448 minutes, 6 seconds
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A Humanist Milestone

Celebrating the milestones of life the non-religious way, Humanist ceremonies are currently seeing a boom as Ireland's secular population grows. What does it take to become a Humanist celebrant? What are Humanist ceremonies are all about? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/5/201440 minutes, 42 seconds
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Boyle For Congress

Aoife Kavanagh steps inside the political campaign of Brendan Boyle as he attempts to become the only American State Congressman with an Irish born parent. It’s a ‘David and Goliath’ battle – but Brendan has a secret weapon – his Dongeal born father Frank Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/28/201440 minutes, 25 seconds
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Small Lives and Great Reputations

On the 25th anniversary of his release from prison, Paddy Armstrong of the Guildford Four visits London and Guildford with his wife. Wrongfully convicted and having spent 15 years in prison, Paddy reunites with the solicitor and MP who fought his case. (2014) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/22/201440 minutes, 46 seconds
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Con Carey and the Twelve Apostles

April 2nd 2023 marks the 45th anniversary of the death of Con Carey, the only man in Kerry to be buried twice. The story itself goes back to April 1978, when Con Carey, a bachelor labourer, was found dead on the outskirts of Brosna village in Co. Kerry. With no family around, Con’s burial was rushed and unusually quick. Having died in the early hours of Sunday morning, April 2nd, he was buried the following day, Monday April 3rd, 1978. The talk was that Con had not even been properly prepared, washed or dressed for burial. 12 of his friends and neighbours were disgusted that Con could be treated in this way - so they set out to right that wrong - and they'd become known as the 12 Apostles in a story that has become a parable for how to treat our dead (First broadcast 2013). Credits: Narrated by Mairead Heffernan and produced by Mairead Heffernan and Liam O’Brien. Additional Recordings by Diarmuid McIntyre and Mairead O'Connor. Readings by students from the Diploma in Radio Production run at Radio Kerry Training Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/7/201440 minutes, 56 seconds
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Walking The Line

The story of a family of 'the disappeared' – the Megraw’s, whose brother Brendan was murdered and buried in secret by the IRA and the man, Geoff Knupfer, whose job it is to find the body after thirty six years. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/6/201439 minutes, 28 seconds
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Saved

John Purcell sells caravans and saves souls. The caravans are apt because John is from a Traveller family. The saving souls is more difficult because John has never read The Bible; he is illiterate. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/31/201440 minutes, 10 seconds
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Palm Oil Republic

The rise in global demand for Palm oil is putting pressure on agricultural land and rural communities across the developing world. Palm oil is in half of all products we buy in the supermarkets. Tim Desmond went to Honduras to investigate this business Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/27/201441 minutes, 13 seconds
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Bombs, Balls & Beyoncé

A football team and its billionaire owner - some bling and lots of politics: Before the world knew of Maidan Square in Kiev, we knew of Dynamo Kiev and Shakhtar Donetsk soccer teams - football has nothing to do with politics? In Ukraine it does - lots. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/24/201440 minutes, 43 seconds
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The Common Thread

The Bra turns 100 this year. From the Backless to the Bullet, the Demi-cup to the Push-up, the brassiere has evolved from a simple breast support to a symbol of desire. We unclasp the story of the bra in Ireland, and caress our way through its history. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/17/201439 minutes, 34 seconds
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Fantastic Beasts and the People who Love Them

Have you ever wondered about Ireland's mystery animals? Have you ever actually gone in search of one? Referred to by experts as Cryptozoology, Shane Dunphy goes ‘monster hunting’ in the wilds of Connemara and encounters a little more than he bargained for Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/10/201439 minutes, 34 seconds
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Power Light and Heat

The story of how Ireland became electric - a little later than most other countries. (1977) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/3/201439 minutes, 28 seconds
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The Lost Orphans

In 1945 two Irish boys arrived in Dublin by boat. Their journey began in a Philippine jungle during World War II. Work had taken their family from Meath to Manilla. When the Japanese invaded, Irish neutrality didn’t save them all. They had to escape. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/3/201439 minutes, 36 seconds
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The Brady Bunch

Oliver Brady passed away on Sept 15th last. Listen back to a documentary we made on Oliver - which takes you down a long and winding road to a small village in County Monaghan to meet the 'small man' competing in the 'Sport of Kings'. (Broadcast 2010) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/18/201437 minutes, 27 seconds
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Thirty Years Later

Michael de Courcy died in 1984 following a football accident aged 29. Now dead longer than he was alive, his family and friends explore the influence his life had on them thirty years later. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/5/201440 minutes, 20 seconds
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The Seventh Summit

2014 was Mount Everest darkest year. In April of this year, Irishman Paul Devaney was approaching Base Camp as the biggest tragedy to hit the legendary mountain struck. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/29/201440 minutes, 9 seconds
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The Seventh Summit

2014 saw Mount Everest's darkest year yet. In April, Irishman Paul Devaney was approaching Base Camp as the biggest tragedy to hit the legendary mountain struck. (First broadcast 2014) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/29/201440 minutes, 5 seconds
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The Grandfather Canoe

Two hundred years after a revered and sacred canoe disappeared from the banks of the St John River in Canada, it turned up in a building in Galway. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/22/201439 minutes, 54 seconds
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Info Lady

Why is a woman cycling around Bangladeshi villages with a laptop on her bike? Because she’s an “Info Lady”. A Bangladeshi innovation that's changing lives. Why is a woman cycling around Bangladeshi villages with a laptop on her bike? Because she’s an “Info Lady”. A Bangladeshi innovation that's changing lives. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/15/201440 minutes, 27 seconds
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Never Knocked Down

Legendary boxing trainer Angelo Dundee said the two best chins in boxing belonged to Muhammad Ali and a Connemara man, Sean Mannion. Originally from Rosmuc, in County Galway, Sean was never knocked down in 57 professional bouts, including a world title fight. (2014) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/15/201440 minutes, 45 seconds
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They Had No Choice - The Irish Horse at War

The horse has been at the heart of Irish life for centuries, but its role, significance and relationship with humans was irrevocably changed during WWI when over 65,000 Irish horses were brought to the front. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/8/201438 minutes, 23 seconds
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A Song For Kathleen

The story of 87-year-old Kathleen Tierney who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's, but finds her spirit lifted and her health improve when she joins ‘The Forget Me Nots’ - a choir welcoming those affected by dementia and memory loss. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/25/201439 minutes, 36 seconds
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A Solemn Undertaking

Somewhere in Ireland today, a grieving person is picking up the phone to call a Funeral Director, but have you ever wondered what it is like to be that person in the black suit? ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/18/201437 minutes, 9 seconds
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The Beach Boys of Rossnowlagh

The four brothers who discovered surfing in the 1960s - when nobody in Ireland even knew what it was - and have kept on riding the waves for almost fifty years. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/11/201441 minutes, 28 seconds
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Dead People Don't Matter

On the night of Sep 18 1988 Anne Gillepsie and her mother Annie were shot dead in the car park of Sligo General Hospital by John Gallagher, Anne's estranged boyfriend of three and a half years, John Gallagher, was found guilty but insane in 1989. (2006) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/2/201443 minutes, 36 seconds
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Keeping the Door Open

Levis Pub in Ballydehob, Cork has been in the hands of one family for over 100 years. The next generation have taken on the challenge of keeping the pub alive and maintaining that legacy. With costs rising and rural population declining, will they succeed? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/27/201441 minutes, 13 seconds
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The Irishwoman Who Shot Mussolini

Four people tried to assassinate Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. Only one person ever came close - her name was Violet Gibson and she was Irish. Violet spend the rest of her life in mental institutions, forgotten by society and by history. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/20/201441 minutes, 13 seconds
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The Irishwoman Who Shot Mussolini

Four people tried to assassinate Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. Only one person came close - her name was Violet Gibson and she was Irish. Violet spent the rest of her life in mental institutions, forgotten by society and by history. (2014) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/19/201441 minutes, 11 seconds
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The Rough With The Smoothie

What can you do if you're pregnant and dreading the aftermath of a rough labour? You could try eating your placenta. Mary-Elaine Tynan was dreading post-natal life and came across this as a possible solution. Is it dangerous; could she try it? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/12/201440 minutes, 22 seconds
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Mairead's First Communion

What do you do when you're not practising Catholics but your daughter wants to make her First Communion? daughter Mairead is excited about making her First Communion with all her school friends. Mam Anne, is an Australian immigrant to Ireland and wants to understand why the celebration of First Communion is so popular in Ireland. Narrated and produced by Anne Wayne. Production Supervision by Liam O'Brien. (2014) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/6/201441 minutes, 27 seconds
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Live Where You Learn

Cistercian College Roscrea invites Sixth Class boys to stay overnight to see if they like the idea of boarding-school. So, the Documentary On One did just that: spent 24 hours in Cistercian College Roscrea. Cistercian College Roscrea invites Sixth Class boys to stay overnight to see if they like the idea of boarding-school. So, the Documentary On One did just that: spent 24 hours in Cistercian College Roscrea. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/30/201440 minutes, 58 seconds
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DocArchive (1975): A Universal Affliction, Loneliness

Often described as the worst form of human suffering, loneliness can affect anyone and any person of any age. Producer P.P McGuire traces the reasons why people feel lonely. In this documentary, people living with loneliness share their experience while one doctor shares his experience of helping patients recover. (1975) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/28/201437 minutes, 33 seconds
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A Solemn Undertaking

Somewhere in Ireland today, a grieving person is picking up the phone to call a Funeral Director, but have you ever wondered what it is like to be that person in the black suit? We go behind the doors of the Irish Funeral Home. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/23/201437 minutes, 9 seconds
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The Two Hundred Euro Racehorse

Maria Gallagher just wanted to give a rescue horse called Rolo a home - but she soon found out she had a racehorse on her hands. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/16/201440 minutes, 55 seconds
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The Echo Chamber - The Story of Jihad Jane

One day three people in different parts of the world went online, the meet in a chat room, they talk with each other, it will change their lives forever. (2013) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/9/201449 minutes, 27 seconds
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Eight Days in November

In 2002, a succession of men went into the River Slaney in Enniscorthy in Co Wexford - 12 years on, Aoife Kavanagh returns to the town to see how the families and communities have coped – and to explore the revived push within Wexford to combat suicide. In 2002, a succession of men went into the River Slaney in Enniscorthy in Co Wexford - 12 years on, Aoife Kavanagh returns to the town to see how the families and communities have coped – and to explore the revived push within Wexford to combat suicide. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/25/201440 minutes, 54 seconds
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Losing Erin

The story of a woman watching her world slip through her fingers and a family struggling to keep her falling through the cracks of the mental health system. It takes you from her home in Western Australia to the streets of Tijuana, Mexico. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/11/201453 minutes, 11 seconds
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Corks Hidden Village

A fabulously witty and charming journey into Cork City's labyrinth that is the English Market - A story that weaves it way through two centuries - overcoming fires, famine, rebellion and war. A fabulously witty and charming journey into Cork City's labyrinth that is the English Market - A story that weaves it way through two centuries - overcoming fires, famine, rebellion and war. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/4/201439 minutes, 32 seconds
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John's Move

John Maguire has a big decision to make. He has to move home. He's 59 years of age and has lived in the same type of home since he was just two: sheltered accommodation. John Maguire has a big decision to make. He has to move home. He's 59 years of age and has lived in the same type of home since he was just two: sheltered accommodation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/21/201431 minutes, 23 seconds
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DocArchive (1959): Centenary of Lourdes

In 1858 Bernadette Soubirous, a fourteen year old girl had multiple visions of the Blessed Lady in a grotto in the outskirts of Lourdes, Frances. One hundred years later, The Catholic Church celebrated the Centenary of Lourdes. We follow those who travelled there for miracles including Irish clergy and Irish pilgrimages. (1959) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/19/201458 minutes, 42 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2008) - With Her Lipstick and her Keys

The Beatles were an English music rock band that formed in Liverpool, U.K in 1960. They became widely regarded as the greatest and most influential act of the rock era. This is the remarkable story of thecoincidence of talent, fate and sheer good luck which helped The Beatles break into America in 1964. (First Broadcast 2008) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/11/201413 minutes, 42 seconds
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Rail Baggage - Part 2

Everyday hundreds of people travel between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland on the Belfast Dublin train. In part 2 John Toal explores opinions and perceptions whilst traveling south to north over the Irish border (BBC Radio Ulster Production) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/7/201429 minutes, 13 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2008): Eight Days a Week

Kilkenny man, Seán Kilkenny is a huntsman who’s devoted to his pack of hunting dogs - whose job it is to follow and kill the fox. We eavesdrop on Seán and his dogs and hear him talk about his passion for the hunt. He dismisses hunt objectors and believes that the hunting ban is not working in the U.K. (First Broadcast 2008) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/6/201414 minutes, 13 seconds
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Rail Baggage (Part 1)

Everyday hundreds of people travel between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland on the Belfast Dublin train. In part 1 John Toal explores opinions and perceptions whilst traveling north to south over the Irish border (BBC Radio Ulster Production) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/28/201429 minutes, 23 seconds
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Tangled Web, Part 2 - The Sound of Dissent

2nd part of a two part documentary on the history of adoption in Australia. Throughout the 1950's and 60's, adoption was widely accepted in Australian society - but the 1970's brought a change in thinking and the consequences of adoption (ABC Production) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/21/201452 minutes, 12 seconds
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Tangled Web - Part 1

In the 1970's almost 10,000 babies a year were given up for adoption in Australia - it seemed unstoppable. Why? Single parents were invisible - families kept secrets - there was a suspicion of the 'quality' of children born out of wedlock (ABC Production) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/14/201452 minutes, 22 seconds
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Act Like a Lady, Lift Like a Beast

How does a petite, not-particularly-sporty advertising executive become a world record breaking power lifter? Clare Connolly is pushing herself to her physical and psychological limits to lose fat, gain muscle and to try to lift twice her bodyweight. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/7/201439 minutes, 7 seconds
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Clouds in Harry's Coffee

During World War Two, 32 Irishmen spent five years in captivity at the Farge Concentration labour camp. They became known as "Hitler’s Irish slaves". In 2014, we joined the last survivor of that group, as he travelled back to Germany for one final visit. For over 60 years, Harry Callan suffered from recurring nightmares because of this era. (2014) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/7/201440 minutes, 28 seconds
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A Letter To Ann

In 1984, a 15 year old girl gave birth to a baby boy beside a grotto in Granard, Co. Longford. Bothe she and her son had died. This documentary looks at the impact this story had on the nation. (Broadcast 1996) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/31/201442 minutes, 12 seconds
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Bound By Regulations

In Ancient Ireland, Fairs were a social gathering, for buying and selling - but they were also a place where you could hire labour - men, women and children. Claire Cunningham examines the intracies of the Irish Fair, most particularly, the Strabane Fair. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/24/201442 minutes, 27 seconds
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Joe Browns Liffey Swim

Joe Brown has handicapped the Liffey Swim for 25 years. 2009 was his last year - The Curious Ear was there. Joe Brown has handicapped the Liffey Swim for 25 years. 2009 was his last year - The Curious Ear was there. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/20/20148 minutes, 14 seconds
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The Garda Who Limped

Garda John Wilson awoke one night to find a rat tied to the front door of his home. He was shocked but not surprised - John Wilson is a Garda Whistleblower; the man who exposed a culture of 'ticket-fixing'. What's it like to be a whistleblower? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/17/201437 minutes, 28 seconds
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They Didn't Suit You

The world of a laughing Irish 'quizzer' - John Nolan runs table quizzes, he hosts a quiz show on his local radio station. In October 2013, John travelled to Liverpool to compete at the European Quizzing Championships. Does he have what it takes to win? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/10/201435 minutes, 48 seconds
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The Champ

Sports people will tell you it’s not a real sport and actors will tell you it’s not acting - the world of Irish pro wrestling and the rise of one of its biggest stars 'Sheamus' from small Irish venues to entertaining 50,000 people at Madison Square Garden. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/3/201437 minutes, 50 seconds
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Heavens Special Children

A beautiful, yet tragic story - of how the lives of two boys born profoundly disabled in 1960's Ireland took incredibly different paths - based entirely on how their families came to grips with the situation (2007) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/26/201340 minutes, 56 seconds
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Christmas Moments

The Documentary On One team travelled to various parts of Ireland to record memories of Christmasses past and wishes for this Christmas – in letters to Santa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/23/201339 minutes, 52 seconds
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DocArchive (1984): New Emigrants, The Young Irish In Britain

Broadcaster Paddy O’Gorman hears from the young Irish who left for London as Ireland was deep in recession. Making home in Britain wasn’t easy as accommodation, jobs & social welfare were difficult to secure. London brought hope to many but also the grim reality of those working in uncertain employment from building sites to Soho sex clubs (1984) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/18/201342 minutes, 49 seconds
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Dogs and the City

A tale of puppy love: Ger Philpott with his three beautiful dogs - Frost, Thunder and Drizzle and his quest to have a litter of puppies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/13/201339 minutes, 9 seconds
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DocArchive (1980): Mother and Child Scheme

Health Minister Dr. Noel Browne proposed a new mother & baby scheme that would lead an Irish government into political chaos in 1950. If introduced, it would have allowed free health care to mothers & their children up until the age of 16. In the end, the scheme failed, but who exactly was to blame; the doctors, politicians or bishops? (1980) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/11/201339 minutes, 20 seconds
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Sounds Mad

A story about hearing voices - and learning to live with them. About how your past shapes your future, until you begin to understand it. Do you think that people who hear voices are just plain mad? If so, this documentary might make you think twice. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/6/201339 minutes, 11 seconds
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DocArchive (1994): Return to Limehill

Irish writer Sheelagh Conway grew up in the village of Limehill, East Galway. A village in rural Ireland enriched with stone walls and flat green fields. Conway emigrated to Canada and became involved with the Women’s Movement. Sheelagh returned home with RTÉ Producer John Quinn to recall her childhood, her memories & the people of Limehill (1994) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/4/201344 minutes, 16 seconds
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Sunken Treasures

Diving for buried treasure no longer the story of fairy tales – with over 17,000 shipwrecks recorded in Irish waters, do we think about what lies beneath these seas? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/29/201339 minutes, 28 seconds
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DocArchive (1949): Republic of Ireland Act

In '48 The Irish Government enacted the Republic of Ireland Act. Legislation that officially closed the door to British Rule and association. A topic that was discussed throughout every home & church across Ireland over 70 years ago but what did it to mean to Irishmen and Irishwoman. We hear from politicians guiding Ireland through this time (1949) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/27/201339 minutes, 59 seconds
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Lions on Tour - The Jersey Returns !

In 1930 a boat set sail from Southampton carrying 29 Lions rugby players on a tour of Australia and New Zealand. 83 years later, a woman from New Zealand is delivering a very special relic from that tour to the Dunne family in Dublin. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/22/201339 minutes, 9 seconds
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Oswald Froze A Moment - Ireland on the day JFK died

If you search 'November 22, 1963', you get lots on the death of JFK, but lots more happened in Ireland that day: births, deaths, dinner in the middle of the day. Even small boys cheting their grannies out of chocolate. Plenty really. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/15/201339 minutes, 13 seconds
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Pregnant on my Lunchbreak

Angela has always wanted children, but in the absence of Mr Right, she took an alternative route to motherhood. She chose artificial insemination - and a sperm donor from Denmark. The question is, would it work? Would she finally have a baby of her own? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/8/201338 minutes, 27 seconds
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The Dingle Sturgeon Story

On April 2, 1966, a fishing-boat came into Dingle harbour carrying a very rare and valuable catch: a wild sturgeon - the fish whose eggs are used to make caviar - in today's money, the fish was worth over €3,000. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/1/201339 minutes, 31 seconds
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Tallaght District Court

Noelle Fitzsimons sits in Tallaght District Court every day the court sits. She's a volunteer with Victim Support and works with the Court Support Services. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/31/201325 minutes, 21 seconds
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Travenol Gathering

300 women and 15 men in a Mayo medical devices plant - a recipe for fun and significant social change in an impoverished area. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/28/201312 minutes, 3 seconds
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Milltown Bodhrán Festival

Ronan Kelly travels to the first World Bodhrán Championships in Milltown, Co. Kerry - meeting some very interesting characters along the way, some of whom have travelled a very long way to be there. (First Broadcast in 2006) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/24/201326 minutes
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Valentines Bones

Irish comedian Maeve Higgins looks for people who write to Saint Valentine in Whitefriar Church Dublin. She meets people who are looking for love, asking for help, telling him their most intimate hopes and fears - all written into a public book on display Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/18/201337 minutes, 7 seconds
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Wexford Bed Manager

Marianne Argue has an unglamourous job in the frontline of the health service crisis: she's a bed manager in Wexford General Hospital. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/17/201326 minutes, 48 seconds
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Michael Jackson's Irish Driver

In 2006 Westmeath taxi driver Ray O'Hara found himself with a VIP in the back of his cab, and a fare that would last 6 months with the King of Pop. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/11/201339 minutes, 43 seconds
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Jim Barry's Ax

Jim Barry is from Portlaoise; he's spent his working life in technology and now he's set up a company with his children to produce products for bedroom DJs and musicians. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/10/201326 minutes, 59 seconds
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Skelligs Calling

A sonic portrait of Skellig Michael in the company of world-renowned sound recordist, Chris Watson. Chris captures the gurgling of Storm Petrels and the raucous music of Manx Shearwaters as they swarm around Christ’s Saddle in the dark. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/4/201352 minutes, 31 seconds
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Retro Lovers

Two different tales of Irish people who share an enthusiasm for retro Americana. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/3/201326 minutes, 24 seconds
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The Little Cross of Bronze

Every county in Ireland, except one, has at least one winner of the Victoria Cross. This radio documentary delves into this little known aspect of Irish history to find out who these men were and how they won the most prized award for gallantry. (2010) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/27/201338 minutes, 27 seconds
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Nurse Roche

District Nurse, Margaret Roche, recalls working as a rural midwife in Co. Wexford from the 1950s to the 1970s. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/26/201325 minutes, 54 seconds
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A Murder in the Neighbourhood

A shocking incident in a quiet Canadian town, as told by the neighbours who unwittingly found themselves caught in the middle of a domestic abuse incident. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/20/201337 minutes, 24 seconds
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The Hook: A People and a Place

In 2004, Wexford Co. Council built new public housing in the villages of Campile and Fethard-on-Sea and to mark this project the Council also commissioned a suite of music. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/19/201327 minutes, 1 second
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Peter Daly - Good Cop/ Bad Cop?

An incredible story. 80yr old Donegal man Peter Daly was a member of the notoriously corrupt NYPD Special Investigations Unit during the 1970s. Peter received a 10yr jail term for his involvement in a 100kg drug seizure and befriended the mafia in prison Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/13/201338 minutes, 18 seconds
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Smashing Pianos

Why people are breaking up pianos, what the keening means at a funeral in South Africa and the boxing barber/hair-cutting boxer - extracts from three stories courtesy of The Dark group in London. You can listen to the full stories at inthedarkradio.org. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/12/201311 minutes, 24 seconds
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First Days, Final Days...Revisited

20 years ago the Documentary Unit put a microphone on a small boy starting national school in Dublin. Now, 20 years later, where is everyone? Especially the hysterical child who tried to escape the classroom when his mother left. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/6/201336 minutes, 45 seconds
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Undue Alarm

The biggest known oil reserve in the world. A tiny community of aboriginal Canadians. And a Limerick GP. How an Irish doctor came face to face with the biggest industrial project on the planet and found himself at the centre of a nationwide controversy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/30/201337 minutes, 29 seconds
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The Dublin Lock-Picking Club

TOG is a hackerspace group. Every other Tuesday they meet to pick locks. They have a table full of padlocks that range from simple 3-pin ones to more challenging 5-pin locks. They all seek that "moment of joy" that comes with success. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/29/201311 minutes, 26 seconds
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A Very Brief Encounter

It's 1913 and when a Longford woman's engagement to a rich Glasnevin resident is derailed, where does she turn for comfort - the Dublin Courts. Miss Emily Sheeran took Mr Patrick Duignan to court for Breach of Promise to Marry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/23/201339 minutes, 44 seconds
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Mike Fitz - Drifter

'Drifting' is the 'art' of driving a car sideways. Mike Fitz says he can park better with a handbrake than conventional manoeuvering. It sounds scary and looks chaotic but Mike explains that drifting racing cars is carefully controlled. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/22/20139 minutes, 5 seconds
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Life in La Modelo

In August 2001, three Irish men who were travelling on fake passports were arrested in Bogota Airport, Colombia. The men became known as the 'Columbia Three'. One of the men, Jim Monaghan, tells his story. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/16/201336 minutes, 52 seconds
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Tallaght Treasures

The car boot sale in the grounds of Tallaght stadium every Saturday morning has people queueing from 3a.m. Salum is there for books, Calthe is looking for runners and Joe, John and Jeremy are trying to offload unwanted stuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/15/201322 minutes, 28 seconds
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Tusk: Hunting Irelands Wild Boar

The Wild Boar became extinct in Ireland during Celtic times, hunted into legend by our ancestors, but could it be making a comeback? Shane Dunphy seeks out the true story behind this enigmatic animal. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/9/201337 minutes, 31 seconds
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The Man Who Makes Faces

PJ Heraty is a sculptor. One day, over 30 years ago, he was called to an interview with 14 other artists to a Dublin pub. This led to a career working up close with Irish celebrities as part of his job with the Wax Museum. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/8/201311 minutes, 51 seconds
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The Last Lonely Irish Idiophone

A look into the secret life of Richard Pockrich's Glass Harp, celebrating its music and exploring the strange career of its wild and wacky inventor and examining the myths surrounding its effect on listeners and performers alike. A look into the secret life of Richard Pockrich's Glass Harp, celebrating its music and exploring the strange career of its wild and wacky inventor and examining the myths surrounding its effect on listeners and performers alike. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/2/201328 minutes, 23 seconds
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For the Burren ! To Death's Door !

A coach among coaches - Gus O'Loughlin of The Burren tug-of-war team. He has sworn he'll bring a team from The Burren to an All-Ireland final and he's on his way. But Gus has his own to story to tell too, of hard work and wild times. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/1/201322 minutes, 53 seconds
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Sugar and the Blue Eyed Slave

Nicknamed the ‘Emerald Isle of the Caribbean’, for centuries the island of Montserrat has had connections with Ireland. However, lurking in it's history are stories of fierce Irish slave owners. The story behind Ireland’s unofficial colony. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/26/201337 minutes, 7 seconds
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Dún Laoghaire Doldrums

Four men go sailing out of Dún Laoghaire - there's no wind - nothing for it but to sit around and tell stories of whaling and banjaxed boats... Four men go sailing out of Dún Laoghaire - there's no wind - nothing for it but to sit around and tell stories of whaling and banjaxed boats... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/25/201311 minutes, 21 seconds
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Number 3 - Lessons in History

What Joe Duffy finds in a 200-year old house on Mountjoy Square Dublin - a safe house, a Dáil chamber, a wealthy home and a fresh start for adult students ... What Joe Duffy finds in a 200-year old house on Mountjoy Square Dublin - a safe house, a Dáil chamber, a wealthy home and a fresh start for adult students ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/19/201334 minutes, 51 seconds
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Curious Ear - Mr Ball Control

A 68-year old Galway man with a passion for soccer tricks and a few Guinness world records to his name. In his last attempt, he managed 'keepie uppies' for over 4 hours. A former upholsterer, he also played for Galway United. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/18/201315 minutes, 57 seconds
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The Comeback Kid

In October 2005, 25-year-old Shane Mullins drove drunk, crashed his car and sustained a catastrophic brain injury. He fought his way back from the brink of death,and developed his own self-help system D'MESS to help young people mind their mental health. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/12/201340 minutes, 40 seconds
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Dromsligo's 'Three Amigos'

A visit to a horse rescue centre in Cork in the company of the bustling Julie Waters, the centre's manager. The mood is one of concern at the distress of the abandoned animals who come in and joy and playfulness with those who survive and thrive. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/11/201310 minutes, 43 seconds
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The Cure at Hand

Ireland has a long history of faith healers and cures. Many claim that certain individuals have the gift to heal - others say that remedies passed down through generations can cure. We look inside this mysterious world - and meet some believers and healers Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/5/201340 minutes, 44 seconds
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The Kindness of Strangers

What happens when a woman walks up to you on the street and gives you a bunch of flowers? The 2011 London riots shocked many Londoners but in Bernadette Russell's, they made her start an unusual project: 366 Days of Kindness. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/4/201311 minutes, 42 seconds
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Hear, See, Feel

How do you experience music when you can't hear? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/28/201335 minutes, 4 seconds
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The Door Into the Dark

A Waterford forge comes to life once more Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/27/201315 minutes, 26 seconds
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Doc Archive (2006): The Nore Bar

What happens when they turn off the TV in the Nore Bar, Kilkenny City every second Tuesday night? The young folk leave after watching the football, the TV is switched off, the spotlight comes on in the corner of the bar and the monologues start. It is a social occasion, where many stories are shared with laughter and tears. (First Broadcast 2006) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/26/201326 minutes, 5 seconds
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An Angelman year

Zac, Luke and Clara are three children living in Ireland. In America, another little girl they don't know - Molly Brockie - is undergoing clinical trials that could change all of these childrens lives. All have Angelman Syndrome - a rare genetic disorder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/21/201338 minutes, 56 seconds
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County London

For the first time since the 1970s, 'County London' have advanced to the Connacht semi-final in the GAA Senior Football Championships. Maybe not a big deal here but over there, Robert Mulhern, author of "A Very Different County", says it matters a lot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/20/201312 minutes
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Lucia Joyce - Diving and Falling

Imagine being the daughter of one of the world's most experimental and famous writers. Lucia Joyce was the troubled and talented daughter of James Joyce. Surrounded by bohemian life, he fragile mental health led to a long battle to regain her life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/14/201342 minutes, 41 seconds
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Racing The Tide

There's more to one Connemara beach than sunbathing. Omey Island is off the coast of Galway. At every low tide you can travel to the island across a magnificent, broad strand. Once a year, this strand is the location of one of Ireland's beach races. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/13/201311 minutes, 3 seconds
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A Tale Told in Thread - The Ros Tapestry

Invasions, battles, romance - centuries of history brought to life in 15 huge embroidered panels telling the epic story of the founding of New Ross, Co. Wexford in 1207. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/7/201341 minutes, 23 seconds
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Irish Jack

Why is this man Ireland's No.1 "Who" fan?… Why is this man Ireland's No.1 "Who" fan?… Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/6/201335 minutes, 58 seconds
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For Ever

A story of co-parenting, of a parenting contract and the creation of a 21st century modern day family. Brian Kelly is from North Cork, Phoenix, the mother of his child is Chinese - and their daughter, Ever Elizabeth Jade Kelly is Australian. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/31/201341 minutes, 22 seconds
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The Exam

In July 2011, Anders Behring Breivik killed 77 people in Norway - 8 died in a bombing and 69 were subsequently shot in one of Norway's worst human atrocities. Here, we meet the police investigator who was charged with bringing Anders Breivik to justice. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/30/201326 minutes, 32 seconds
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The Undiscovered Country

This is a documentary about travelling theatre, about a childhood trauma, about a place on the border, and about a 70-something man's search for his father. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/24/201334 minutes, 2 seconds
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31 Years of Memories

Two men with Irish connections on opposite sides in the Falklands War. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/23/201316 minutes, 41 seconds
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Songs My Mother Taught Me

A 'documentary novel' by Chris Brookes about war brides – women, including Chris's own mother, who married allied servicemen during World War II. A 'documentary novel' by Chris Brookes about war brides – women, including Chris's own mother, who married allied servicemen during World War II. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/17/201352 minutes, 50 seconds
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Dalkey Meals on Wheels

A day out with the cooks, drivers and customers of the Meals on Wheels in Dalkey, Co. Dublin. (First Broadcast March 2006) A day out with the cooks, drivers and customers of the Meals on Wheels in Dalkey, Co. Dublin. (First Broadcast March 2006) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/16/201326 minutes, 49 seconds
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Over There - Green Cab

A London taxi tour around the stories of the Irish in London, including the more recently-arrived. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/10/201333 minutes, 28 seconds
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Banna Polar Bears

Now that the weather's picking up, you may be thinking about going for a swim. But, no matter how hardy you think you are, you'll have to go a long way to match the Banna Polar Bears who swim every month of the year - even when the sand is frozen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/9/201316 minutes, 14 seconds
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Over There - The Green Line

The London Underground has The District Line, The Circle Line and so on. "The Green Line" is a notional Tube line that Robert Mulhern has taken to find Irish stories in the UK capital: the "Mammy" away from home, the ex-prisoner, the retired drinkers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/3/201336 minutes, 30 seconds
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Twigs

The artist who burns his art Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/2/201314 minutes, 40 seconds
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Hark !

'Hark' takes our modern ears on a sound-rich journey through the acoustic world of Elizabethan England. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/26/201352 minutes, 27 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2006): Patricia Cantlon's Unique Guesthouse

Cullintra House, Co. Kilkenny: a 250 year old farmhouse set amid 230 acres of farm and woodland, has been the home of Patricia Cantlon's family since the early 1900's.; She speaks about the history of the place, and the work of running it as guesthouse. She doesn't do it on her own, though, she has the help of 5 cats. (First Broadcast 2013) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/25/201326 minutes, 37 seconds
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DocArchive (1990): George Redmond Gentleman Piano Tuner

This is the life of 83 year old George Redmond from West Cork. He spent his lifetime tuning pianos for the great and good of Ireland, meeting many seasoned performers such as John MacCormack, Beniamo Gigli and Margaret Burke Sheridan. (1990) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/23/201339 minutes, 41 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2013): Ramble In

Like most places, Kerry had a tradition of 'rambling' houses or 'visiting' houses. This was where neighbours would gather in one house on winter evenings for story-telling, card-playing, singing and music. In the village of Glenflesk, the 'rambling house' is open twice a year and the programme is loose. (First Broadcast 2013) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/18/201310 minutes, 45 seconds
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The Echo Chamber

The Story of the Jihad Jane. 3 people go online, they meet in a chat room and their lives change forever. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/12/201349 minutes, 27 seconds
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The Echo Chamber: The Story of Jihad Jane

One day three people in different parts of the world went online, the meet in a chat room, they talk with each other, it will change their lives forever. (2013) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/12/201349 minutes, 26 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2013): Mr. Greenland

Adrian Vernon Fish has twin preoccupations: composing contemporary music and the country of Greenland. From his home in Co. Mayo, he travels around Irish national schools telling the children wintry stories about the country while wearing a traditional Greenland costume and displaying handcrafted items from there. (First Broadcast 2013) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/11/201326 minutes, 34 seconds
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Neither Nor

The music and stories of a young Northern Irish jazz singer, Victoria Geelan. She's neither fully Catholic nor Protestant; neither blind nor partially-sighted. She sings jazz and blues in Derry where she is fondly referred to as a 'Fenian Jaffa'. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/5/201334 minutes, 50 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2013): Mill Creek Blues

Maurice Brennan has always wanted to visit America. As a child he loved the literature of Mark Twain. On his first visit headed to the Mark Twain Forest Park, Missouri, where he spent a day fly-fishing on Mill Creek, a small river in the Mississippi system. (First Broadcast 2013) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/3/201312 minutes, 50 seconds
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Two Miles An Hour

Writer Eugene O’Brien takes a trip on a barge through the heart of the midlands, experiencing his home county in a different – and much slower – way than usual. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/29/201338 minutes, 30 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2013): Pink Day

The secretary of a Dublin boys' secondary school, Moyle Park College, was diagnosed with breast cancer. Since then, the teenagers at the Clondalkin school, have held an annual 'Pink Day' a 'no uniform' day with a difference, where the students come into school dressed in pink and the event raises money for cancer research. (First Broadcast 2013) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/28/201310 minutes, 57 seconds
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Frank the Poet - A Convict's Tour to Hell

Originally from Cashel, Frank McNamara's songs and poems were spread through convict Australia by his fellow prisoners. Today a new generation of musicians regard him as giving Australia a tradition akin to the Mississippi blues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/22/201350 minutes, 55 seconds
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Michael Whelan - Air Corps Historian (2006)

Michael Whelan's museum in a huge hangar at Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel stores hundreds of artefacts but also thousands of stories behind those objects. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/21/201324 minutes, 56 seconds
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Athy Is The 'Hood, Man

It's tough enough being a teenager, trying to work out who you are. But, say you're a teenager with African parents but you've grown up in Ireland. What are you? African? Irish? Or, a bit of both? And where is 'home'? Where you holiday or where you live? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/15/201338 minutes, 43 seconds
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Big Brother Big Sister

The joy of milkshakes, driving ranges and just 'chattin' '. Big Brother Big Sister is a programme where young adults meet up with young teenagers once a week for a year. How does it work and what are the benefits for both the adults and teenagers? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/14/201310 minutes, 56 seconds
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Rhapsody in Bohemia

Pomp rock's classical pretensions come under scrutiny in this palyful reconstruction of Queen's pop classic 'Bohemian Rhapsody'. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/8/201327 minutes, 19 seconds
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Card Club

Back in 2006, card clubs and casinos were becoming popular. At the time, the government were making noises about regulating them and even closing them down. What was it like behind the closed doors? James Bond in a white dinner jacket? Eh...no. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/7/201326 minutes, 37 seconds
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DocArchive (1986): Fathers Role Of Fathers In Today's World

Becoming a father for the first time is daunting to many men to say the least, as it’s not only mothers who find new parenting challenging. Fathers recall the challenges of access to maternity wards while unmarried, the importance of the son for the family farm and the pressures of life as this new chapter begins. (1986) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/5/201341 minutes, 33 seconds
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Streets in San Francisco

Duncan McNiff is an Irishman who's an amateur podcaster. He wanders the streets of San Francisco meeting and recording people with interesting stories. Like the old woman with the police car, the veteran with 'summer' teeth and the man with seven degrees. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/28/201315 minutes, 25 seconds
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A Knock On The Door

The story of the kidnapping of German industrialist Thomas Niedermayer by the IRA in the 1970s faded from public memory – but affected one family for generations to come, with tragic consequences. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/15/201345 minutes, 44 seconds
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Dads, Lads & Nicole

Would you go along at 60mph, your backside millimetres from the road surface? This 13-year old girl would: Nicole aims to be a Formula 1 driver; but first, she has to make her way to the top of the go-kart drivers' table. At the moment, she's at No. 2.... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/8/201337 minutes, 46 seconds
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The Orphans That Never Were

On February 23rd 1943, a fire in St Joseph's industrial school in Cavan Town, an orphanage run by an enclosed order nuns caught fire. 35 orphans and one elderly woman died that night. After the fire, attention turned to the role played by the Poor Clares, the order of nuns who ran the orphanage, and the local fire service and what could have been done differently... (First published 2013) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/8/201340 minutes, 29 seconds
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Blue Cross Van

Every Thursday night in a Dublin suburb, people form a queue on an empty footpath. The only clue to what they're doing is the line of pets at their feet. They are waiting on the Blue Cross mobile animal clinic. They have their pets and their stories. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/7/201312 minutes, 6 seconds
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Our Man in Westminster

Enter the world of parliamentary plots, rumours and conspiracy. Paul Staines - aka Guido Fawkes - is the number 1 political blogger in the British Isles. Paul is viewed by some as a scourge, and by others as 'new media'. Paul is also an Irish citizen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/1/201334 minutes, 8 seconds
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Agape

Every year, on the last Sunday in June, hundreds of people head out to the deserted island of Inchagoill on Lough Corrib in Co. Galway. They go for a Mass on the old monastic site and also for ‘Agape’, feasting. (2006) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/31/201326 minutes, 35 seconds
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DocArchive (2000): Lourdes

The small town of Lourdes, located at the foothills of the Pyrenees has been the destination for Irish pilgrimages to Lourdes for decades. Since the Apparitions in 1858, thousands of people have visited the Grotto of Massabielle to pray and reflect. Broadcaster Paddy O'Gorman joined one Dublin pilgrimage as they begin their trip to Lourdes (2000) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/29/201342 minutes, 37 seconds
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Oiled: A Portrait of Henrietta

She was muse to artists like Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, she was known as the 'Queen of Soho', she toured with Marianne Faithfull and she lived for a time in a mansion in Laois - Henrietta Moraes lived a decadent but fiercely tragic life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/25/201339 minutes, 17 seconds
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Mag

Mag lived in Wexford in the 1990s. She started to get pains in her stomach. She was assured she was not seriously ill and continued to work - including pulling a plough for her father. Then, the pains got worse... Presented by Ann Marie Duffin Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/24/201311 minutes, 18 seconds
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DocArchive (1998): Remembering Michael

Remembering one of Ireland's most famous actors Alfred Willmore also known as Micheál MacLiammóir. This dramatist, impresario, writer, poet and painter was a prominent figure who dominated the arts scene in twentieth-century Ireland. Born in London, he adopted Ireland as home & co-founded The Gate Theatre in with his partner Hilton Edwards (1998) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/22/201344 minutes, 36 seconds
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The Voices of Vern Nash

A multi award winning portrait of an elderly jazz man and his long battle with schizophrenia. Vern has multiple voices that speak to him - and he talks right back. And then there's his accordian - and his humour - and the friendships he had and lost Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/18/201331 minutes, 17 seconds
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The Leisure Centre

January is a busy time for gyms and leisure centres but, who are the regulars? Portlaoise Leisure Centre has a stream of people through it beginning with children eating breakfast at 7 a.m. Irish life, as seen through a day in a leisure centre. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/17/201324 minutes, 16 seconds
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Dee

The remarkable story from 2007 of an Irish nurse who emigrated to America and ended up living on the streets there. She eventually regained control of her life but not without losing her children and being attacked so badly that she now uses a wheelchair. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/11/201327 minutes, 16 seconds
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Waiting at the Railings II

Before Christmas there was the excitment of them coming home - choirs, banners and cheering in the emigrants' airport arrivals. In January, it's a very different story - all about the parents left behind - waving goodbye to their emigrant children. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/4/20138 minutes, 17 seconds
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"Ganbatte!"

An Irishman moves to Japan and learns about the place and its people from other Irish already there: a fake Catholic priest, a teacher on TV and a Roscommon Sumo wrestler. (Made with support of BAI Sound & Vision Fund) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/1/201324 minutes, 28 seconds
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Waiting At The Railings

Christmas, Arrivals Dublin Airport. Who is waiting at the railings for returned emigrants? The woman who's hiding from her family, the mother who hasn't seen her 19-year old 'baby' in months. An national ritual with individual stories at the railings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/29/20128 minutes, 2 seconds
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Little Molly O'Neill

1922, Alice O'Neill and seven of her children are killed by a suspicious fire in their home. One child survives, 8yr old 'Little Molly'. Now, 90 years later, Molly's family finally tell the story of that night - as we discover what really happened. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/28/201239 minutes, 23 seconds
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On A Christmas Morning

A woman is rushed to a maternity hospital...in the same hospital, another woman dreamt she'd hold a baby girl, called Lili....across the city a family are seeing children in Australia opening Santy presents. The sounds of Christmas 2012. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/25/201212 minutes, 56 seconds
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The Joy At Christmas

In December 2011, a prisoner in Mountjoy Prison, Dublin recorded the sound of the place during the Christmas period, the meals, Mass, present-making and the thoughts of individual staff and inmates on the 'festive' season in jail. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/21/201214 minutes, 36 seconds
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Dublin City Council Messiah

What links Handel's 'Messiah' and Dublin City Council. Well, there are lots of real links (it was written and first performed in Dublin, the annual open air 'Messiah' takes place beside the council HQ). There's one notional link, though. Have a listen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/20/201218 minutes, 49 seconds
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Take No More

The extraordinary and desperate story of a standoff between teachers, subcontractors and parents. In September 2012, after 160yrs of waiting, Kilfinane in Co. Limerick got a new primary school - but in Nov 2012, a standoff ensued over unpaid bills. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/14/201238 minutes, 3 seconds
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Talking Statue?

Louis Wilson makes money standing still...very still. He's a 'human statue' in Dublin. He dresses up as writers James Joyce and Patrick Kavanagh and strikes a pose in Grafton St. What's it like? What happens if you have to sneeze or go to the loo? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/13/201211 minutes, 30 seconds
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Superdog

Eoghan Clonan is ten and like many children of his age, he really wants a dog but when Eoghan gets his new pet, it's not your usual four legged mutt. It's Superdog. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/7/201235 minutes, 39 seconds
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Nightscapes - Earth

Based on the Four Elements: Earth, Wind, Fire & Water. A night-time earth soundscape from Northern Ireland - birth, taxis, death. Sounds from the Maternity Department , Ulster Hospital; Value Cabs taxi, Belfast and the Northern Ireland Hospice, Belfast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/6/201213 minutes, 49 seconds
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Kenmare Street

A story of famine, enforced emigration, New York tenements, politics and how a kid from the slums of the 'Five Points' got to name a street in Manhattan after his mother's homeplace - Kenmare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/30/201237 minutes, 43 seconds
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I Hate My Voice

Rosaleen McDonagh has a speech impediment. It makes dealing with people difficult. She is often frustrated with others, sometimes blames herself but she can't or won't change how she speaks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/29/201211 minutes
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Nightscapes - Water

Soundscapes from Northern Irish night-times based on the classical elements - Air, Earth, Fire & Water. In this episode, Water: fishing, crying, sailing. (Made with the support of the BAI Sound & Vision Fund.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/22/201214 minutes, 29 seconds
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The Many Sides of Steve Menarry

Steve, from England, lives in Donegal. He took early retirement from one high-pressure job on health grounds. Then, gradually he got another job, and another, and another....(2007) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/15/201228 minutes, 32 seconds
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Love Letters From The Front

To mark Armistice Day 2012 - A story of love and war - based on a collection of letters written by Eric Appleby from the trenchs of WW1 to Phyllis, an Irishwoman, who waited and waited for Eric to return... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/9/201243 minutes, 4 seconds
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Wrong Way Across The Atlantic

They went against the flow. Tom McDonough and Ned Hammell immigrated to Ireland from the US in the early years of the last century - they left America as children to settle in Ireland. Tom left before WWI, Ned during the Depression. How did they get on? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/8/201228 minutes, 50 seconds
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No Place Like Home

Life inside a 'wet' hostel - where residents are allowed bring in alcohol. Sundial House, run by DePaul Ireland, a long-term housing project in Dublin for men and women who have lived for long periods of time on the streets and have alcohol problems. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/2/201230 minutes, 42 seconds
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Shellacked!

It used to be that you could varnish your nails - now you can have 'shellac nails'. It's a hard protection that makes the colour last. However, it's applied by a nail technician which sounds like a drawback, but it's not, there's a hidden benefit... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/1/201217 minutes, 49 seconds
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Daft Horror Movies

Horror movies that are so bad, they're good. Erik Threlfall is an expert on horror movies, trashy ones: 'Bloody Moon', 'Pieces', 'Slumber Party Massacre'. They scare you but they just make him laugh. Although, there is one thing that frightens him... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/31/201214 minutes, 20 seconds
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One World: Team Vietnam - Let the games begin!

Everyone got behind the Irish Paralympic team at the London 2012 games but we also had good reason to be cheering on another team - Vietnam. Irish Aid took the Vietnam team under its wing and brought them to Ireland for training (Funded by Irish Aid) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/29/201233 minutes, 55 seconds
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One World: Under the Mango Tree

Kiliwa is a community living with the aftermath of violence and child abduction by Joseph Kony’s Lord's Resistance Army. Della Kilroy records stories of survival in the Democratic Republic of Congo (This documentary was funded by Irish Aid) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/26/201238 minutes, 19 seconds
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German Soup Kitchen

In the week in which Angela Merkel put the frighteners on Ireland, The Curious Ear visits a place in Germany you may imagine didn't exist: a soup kitchen for hungry Germans, the Bahnhofsmission - the 'Railway Station Mission' in Berlin. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/25/201215 minutes, 57 seconds
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If Music Be the Food of Life, Play On

Three professional musicians go on the wards of Ireland's hospitals to make live music part of the healthcare experience, but for one, a tragic accident shows just how fragile life can be. (Part of RTÉ Big Music Week) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/19/201235 minutes, 45 seconds
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Nightscapes - Fire

Four classical elements: Earth, Air, Fire and Water. Producer, Laura Haydon makes a series of programmes from Northern Ireland recording nighttime sounds using the classical elements as themes. This is the second in the series: Nightscapes – Fire. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/18/201215 minutes, 2 seconds
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From Belief to Unbelief

In September 1980, twenty young religious men entered a seminary in Milltown in Dublin. Thirty years later, three of them tell their personal stories of a a journey from believer to unbeliever. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/12/201239 minutes, 54 seconds
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Marge: cleaning, cancer and Dolly Parton

A woman's unexpected gift from cancer: Marge was obsessed with cleaning and tidying. That all changed in 1985 when she discovered a lump on her breast. A double mastectomy and implants followed. Slowly, she realised cancer had given her a new life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/11/201210 minutes, 19 seconds
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Thank you for having me (but I think you've been had)

The brilliant hoaxer Campbell McComas and his 'career' as a bogus after-dinner speaker. He created almost 2,000 fake characters that shocked and tickled Australia for years. From ABC Radio's "Radio Eye" series. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/5/201247 minutes, 48 seconds
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Picking No.11 at the Prince of Wales Hotel

What happens at a Gramaphone Society meeting? In 2007, the Athlone Gramaphone Society met every Tuesday evening. They played music for each other but also, turned out to be a pretty interesting bunch of people. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/4/201227 minutes, 27 seconds
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Míne Bean Uí Chribín - My Granny

One of the most provocative and colourful public figures to hit the Irish airwaves in recent decades, who died lately. Even those who clashed with her had a grudging admiration for her tenacity. (Irish audio documentary from RTE Radio Ireland.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/28/201250 minutes, 43 seconds
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A Forty Second Street Story

The shortest podcast we've ever published. Yet, it's full of character, tension and sound - just the kind of thing you're looking for in every full-length documentary. Sadly, we don't know the date or who the little girls are. (Irish audio - RTE Radio) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/27/201239 seconds
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Sex, flights and videotapes.

How Ambrose Gordon - a man who claims to have more girlfriends than Rod Stewart ran a profitable but illegal pirating business in London during the eighties. The videos were of the GAA Show 'The Sunday Game.' Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/21/201238 minutes, 26 seconds
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Donegal Football Sound Story

Donegal are in the GAA All-Ireland Football Final. Sound recordist, Guillaume Beauron, who lives in the county, has made an homage in sound to Donegal football - recordings made at a local club game. (Short Irish audio documentary - RTE Radio Ireland). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/20/201211 minutes, 22 seconds
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Meggers

It could be an insult or a term of endearment; it actually means, 'horseshoe-pitching'. Terry Flanagan is at a league final in Knockananna, Co.Wicklow and discovers it's as much about 'grub' and 'genuine boys'. (Short audio documentary; RTE Radio Ireland) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/13/201210 minutes, 13 seconds
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Fighting on all Fronts

Last April 42yr old Cathy Durkin went public to campaign for access to the cancer drug Ipilimumab or 'Ippy' - This documentary tracks Cathy's life from then until the end of her life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/7/201236 minutes, 30 seconds
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The Visit

Joe Kearney has become lost in his own county, Kilkenny. Up and down lanes and by-roads looking for a man who, he's told, is a local legend, a fiddle player and philosopher: Jimmy Fanning. (Short Irish audio documentary; RTE Radio Ireland) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/6/201211 minutes, 49 seconds
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The Visit

Joe Kearney has become lost in his own county, Kilkenny. Up and down lanes and by-roads looking for a man who, he's told, is a local legend, a fiddle player and philosopher: Jimmy Fanning. (Short Irish audio documentary; RTE Radio Ireland) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/6/201211 minutes, 49 seconds
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A Farther Education

On a small island off the west coast of Ireland, three 13 year old boys are preparing for one of the biggest moments of their lives - leaving home. Inishturk has no secondary school so they must leave home to live on the mainland to get an education. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/31/201238 minutes, 22 seconds
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Stasi & Google Maps

Eavesdropping on eavesdroppers in Berlin while being eavesdropped upon. (50 Kilometres of Files; Rimini Protokoll). A short audio documentary from RTE Radio Ireland. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/30/201211 minutes, 51 seconds
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Seen from a Distance

All around Ireland houses lie deserted. Zoë Comyns brings her family back to the cottage they own in Leitrim, where they lived when she was born, to sift through everything they left behind 35 years ago. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/24/201233 minutes, 4 seconds
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Nightscapes - Air

Four classical elements: Earth, Air, Fire and Water. Producer, Laura Haydon makes a series of programmes from Northern Ireland recording nighttime sounds using the classical elements as themes. This is the first in the series: Nightscapes – Air. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/23/201215 minutes
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A Love That Slowly Grows - Tehran to Thomond

A love story that begins in Iran, then moves to Pakistan, then to Canada - and finally to Limerick - A remarkable tale of love, revolution, persecution and separation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/17/201239 minutes, 6 seconds
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Drop Into The Archives

There are over 1,000 documentaries on the RTE Radio Documentary On One site - Ronan Kelly drops in on a couple. (A short audio documentary from RTE Radio Ireland.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/16/201211 minutes, 51 seconds
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The Wednesday Club

What's it like to be old? Well, every Wednesday a group of Dublin pensioners meet to enjoy life. Music is supplied by an inhouse band (all aged 80yrs+). They dance, they eat, they drink tea. And all the while they reflect on lives lived and how life is now Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/10/201237 minutes, 21 seconds
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Clonehenge

Achill Island has a new tourist attraction: enormous, brutal and totally illegal. But it has fans: It's fun, healing, artistic, archaeologically-interesting, annoying, a place to write graffiti....anything you want, really. (RTE Radio documentary) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/9/201212 minutes, 29 seconds
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I Could Have Danced All Night

One of the last great characters of Co Clare, for decades Michael Tierney could be seen walking the streets of Ennis delivering newspapers on his daily round recognised by his wigs, hats, his choice of jewellery, or the smell of perfume as he walked by. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/5/201235 minutes, 52 seconds
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Message in a Bottle

The extraordinary story of Frank and Breda, an American GI and an Irish milk maid who 'met' via a message in a bottle which Frank threw overboard. In the early 1950s this story was a worldwide news sensation. 60 years later we find out what really happened. (2012) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/3/201243 minutes, 45 seconds
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Knowth Trowellers

In the summer of 1962, archaeological excavations began on the megalithic site of Knowth, Co.Meath. In the summer of 2012, there was a reunion there of all those archaeologists and students who helped uncover this remarkable site. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/2/201211 minutes, 30 seconds
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Fire and Water

By day, Feargus Callagy fits fireplaces; by night this Sligo man dreams of diving deep underwater on a single breath of air – Feargus is a freediver and can hold his breath for over five minutes. He's on a mission to get more Irish people into the ocean. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/27/201239 minutes, 9 seconds
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Abandoned

The forgotten victims of Japan's Tsunami and nuclear disaster: pets. Irishwoman, Kate O'Callaghan works to reunite pets from the exclusion zone with their owners. (Made by Julien Clancy with the assistance of the Sound & Vision Fund of the BAI). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/26/201215 minutes, 7 seconds
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The Animal Gangs

The so-called 'Animal Gangs' from the 1930's and 40's are a staple of Dublin folklore. Based around inner city Dublin, some remember them as Robin Hood figures who protected the poor - others remember brutal thugs whose nickname reflected their savagery. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/20/201237 minutes, 55 seconds
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Bring Your Grandparents To School Day

Pupils from the tiny two-teacher school in Kilrusheighter, Sligo, brought their grandparents to school. They didn't have to bring books or lunch, just stories from their own schooldays. (Short audio documentary - RTE Radio, Ireland) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/19/201211 minutes, 50 seconds
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Blind Ambition

The story of North Clare man Senator Martin Conway who, with just 16 per cent sight, recently became the first visually impaired Oireachtas member in living memory. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/13/201240 minutes, 53 seconds
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A Silver Lining

As GAA clubs around Ireland are being devastated by emigration, the GAA abroad is thriving. A story about missing home and embracing new opportunities, as we follow the Stockholm Gaels attempting to defend their Scandinavian GAA Championship title. (2012) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/13/201236 minutes, 38 seconds
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A Gathering

Colette Clarke is obsessed with finding her grandfather, Paul, about whom there are many mysteries. She never finds him but, instead, finds a whole new family. Reporter, Bríd McBride (short Irish documentary from RTE Radio Ireland) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/12/201212 minutes, 28 seconds
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May the Best Queen Win.

In March the last Alternative Miss Ireland beauty pageant was held. The biggest night in the Irish gay calendar was at an end. For this bizarre but fun show, we follow 2 competitors Paul and Sinead, as they battle for the coveted Medusa Crown of Shamrocks Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/6/201240 minutes, 32 seconds
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Great Limerick Run

Why do people run in charity races? Reporter, Alison Turner, ran in the Limerick Fun Run with her recorder and discovered that a lot of the reasons are personal: friends, relations or neighbours with illnesses. (Short Irish documentary RTE Ireland). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/5/201213 minutes, 31 seconds
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Layby of Dreams

During the Foot and Mouth crisis of 2001 you couldn't go to sporting or cultural events - you couldn't even go for a walk in the woods. But there was one place you could go - if you dared to dream. (Short Irish documentary - Dublin Airport - RTE Ireland) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/28/20127 minutes, 21 seconds
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Undoing The Folded Lie

South African freedom fighter Kader Asmal lived in exile in Dublin for nearly thirty years. Born in 1939, he was the driving force behind the Irish Anti-Apartheid movement, and fought for freedom and democracy in South Africa. Kader died on June 22nd 2011 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/22/201247 minutes, 20 seconds
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Schools Out Forever

One teacher rural schools, nearly all gone. Mantua NS, Roscommon closes June 2012. Fealeview NS, Limerick closed 2010. Both had enthusiastic teachers and confident pupils as you can hear in this report by Ronan Kelly from "Morning Ireland" in 2007. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/21/20127 minutes, 55 seconds
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Border Beliefs

A Hare Krishna Island Community in Fermanagh, a Celtic Shaman in Leitrim, a Tibetan Buddhist Centre and Jehovah Witness Hall in Cavan - all found within a 25 mile radius of the town of Belturbet in the border region of Ireland. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/15/201242 minutes, 27 seconds
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Father's Day

Bono, Imelda Kenny and Maeve Conran talk about their fathers: Bob, 'Gally' and Desmond; all since deceased. Bono slept beside his father as he died, Imelda learned to talk to her father and Maeve recorded one of her last visits to her father. (RTE Ireland) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/14/201210 minutes, 54 seconds
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The Book Club

The story of one of Ireland's oldest book clubs. On the 3rd Tuesday every month, 12 women in rural mid Cork, meet to discuss a book - and they've been doing this for almost 40yrs. This Book Club has sustained these women through much of their adult lives Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/8/201239 minutes, 33 seconds
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We wuz robbed!

The fable of the Irish 1965 World Cup campaign games against Spain. A story of brilliance, luck and dodgy decisions as told by Dermot Corrigan. (A short Irish audio documentary from RTÉ Radio Ireland.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/7/201210 minutes, 52 seconds
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Ber vs The Big Wheel

Ber O'Sullivan wanted new kitchen presses. She bought a scratchcard. Three stars came up and she was drawn to go on Winning Streak. A good day out on TV? You bet. Money for new presses? Listen to find out.(An audio documentary from RTE Radio Ireland) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/1/201250 minutes, 35 seconds
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Wexford Huskies

Imagine being pulled by a dog across a truck-busy road. You don't have to imagine it, listen to this story from the RTE Radio Archives from 2003, in Oylegate, Co. Wexford. (A short Irish audio documentary from RTE Radio Ireland). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/31/201211 minutes, 54 seconds
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Welcome to Holland

A story of hope, hard work, love and courage. In 2004, Grace Harper was born a healthy baby but within a year, her life, and the lives of her family changed dramatically. What happens when your expectations of life change forever? You adjust - over time... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/25/201239 minutes, 17 seconds
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Joyce not Jedward

Ged Walsh is a housepainter with an odd-looking van. At first it looks like it's covered in gobbledegook words but when you look closer you see it's a rolling lesson in Irish literature. (A short Irish audio documentary from RTE Radio Ireland). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/24/201211 minutes, 1 second
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DocArchive (1980): Alcoholism

A collection of stories from people who have struggled with alcohol. They speak about the effects on family, physical ruin and how it leads to depression. There's talk about the shock of being called an alcoholic for the first time and a discussion on treatments for the disease. Families of alcoholics tell their own tales. (First Broadcast 1980) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/22/201243 minutes, 32 seconds
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Elvis and the Most Miserable Woman in Meath

Whatever the weather, the Irish summer starts with the first country fairs. Last week, the Dunderry Country Fair took place in Co. Meath. Animals, fairground rides, stalls and one laugh after another. (Short audio documentary RTE Radio Ireland) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/21/201222 minutes, 49 seconds
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Letter to Ann

In 1984, Irish women wrote letters to Ann. She was a schoolgirl who had died giving birth in Granard, Co. Longford. The letters were read The Gay Byrne Show. 12 years after Ann's death, Lorelei Harris, a producer on the show, revisited the story. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/18/201242 minutes, 11 seconds
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Two Boxes

One story is unbelievable, the other poignant: Two boxes, belonging to an English lord, Morpeth and an Irish orphan, Barbara McDonough. Two different boxes but both serving the same purpose - remembering. (Short Irish documentary from RTE Radio, Ireland.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/17/20129 minutes, 21 seconds
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DocArchive (1984): Will You Still Love Tomorrow? - The Assassination of JFK

November 22nd 1963 is a famous date in history. It marks the day that the 35th President of America, John F. Kennedy, was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. We trace the events of that day, including archive footage from radio reports, pop music of the time and first-hand accounts which paint a picture of the assassination. (First Broadcast 1984) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/15/201245 minutes, 38 seconds
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The Secret Chicken Society

All around Ireland people keep show chickens. And with each one comes a dream, to become a National Champion. Join us as we journey through the up's and down's and in's and out's of the wonderful world of Irish show chickens as we tell a humorous and lively story of people who absolutely love their chickens. (First broadcast 2012) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/10/201247 minutes, 13 seconds
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Litter Pickers

The Celtic Tiger wasn't all about making money and looking after No.1. There were some Irish people who made it their business to go around picking up other people's litter, as this report by Ronan Kelly from 2009 shows. (Short audio RTE Radio, Ireland) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/10/201210 minutes, 31 seconds
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You Can Stick Your World Cup...

Are the Irish still going on about Saipan 10 yrs later? Of course we are. Go down any street, into any pub and the whole Mick McCarthy vs Roy Keane row is ready to be debated. They may have moved on but have we? Ten years is a bit soon. A humourous listen Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/4/201249 minutes, 22 seconds
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Silly Scully

A spoof caller, "Mr. Scully" with Gay Byrne on holidaying at home and why Brazil's soccer team were 'ballerinos'. We think this may be from 1973, Prescott's sponsored programme. (An audio short from RTE Radio, Ireland.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/3/20124 minutes, 15 seconds
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Our Women's Hearts

20 years after the release of Ireland's best selling home-grown album 'A Woman's Heart', Kiara Murphy explores the effect this one album had on three generations of Irish women. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/27/201237 minutes, 48 seconds
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Don't Hang Up: Nightlines

In the deep night a public phone box rings. It could be Margate in England, the Florida Everglades or a tiny town in New Zealand. But who will pick up? And will this complete stranger share their life under the cloak of darkness? (A BBC Radio 4 production) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/20/201227 minutes, 47 seconds
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The Finer Points of W's

A Whimsy of W's: shooting Weirs, Watching grass grow, Writing in stone, hanging out the Washing and Whistling. A series of random activities joined by only by the letter W. (A short audio documentary from RTE Radio Ireland.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/19/201226 minutes, 32 seconds
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Old School, New School

15 retired teachers from Ireland embark on a trip of a lifetime, as they travel to West Africa to bring over 500 years of teaching experience into the classrooms of The Gambia. A story of old life and new life, of hope, experience and a shared education. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/13/201236 minutes, 59 seconds
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Ballroom Belles

Brian Gallagher's mother, Mona, loves dancing. Her heydey was during The Emergency. It was a time of clothes rationing and when a man could complain if you refused a dance. Then, there's the great music. (A short radio documentary from RTE, Ireland) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/12/201212 minutes, 23 seconds
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Unsinkable - Ireland's Titanic Village

Will it sink? 100 years after 14 villagers left to travel on The Titanic, Lahardane, Co. Mayo, gets ready to commemorate the disaster. (An Irish audio documentary for RTE Radio, Ireland.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/6/201250 minutes, 33 seconds
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Dracula was Irish

100 years after Bram Stoker's death, DIT graduate, Fergal Browne finds the Irish influences on the "Dracula" story. (A short Irish audio documentary for RTE Radio Ireland.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/5/201210 minutes, 35 seconds
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Checking in at the Central Hotel

Have you ever thought about what goes on behind the scenes when you stay at a hotel? This is the story of a day in the life of one Irish hotel - the Central Hotel in Dublin - now in its 125th year. Stories of poker bets, memorable guests and lots lots more Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/30/201231 minutes, 31 seconds
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Dan Joe's TV Station

50 years ago, Cork farmer, Dan Joe Kelleher, was helping RTE erect a TV transmitter on a nearby mountain. It gave him an idea: Why not erect his own transmitter and set up his own local station? Welcome to LTV Macroom. (From 2006 on RTE Radio, Ireland) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/29/201225 minutes, 52 seconds
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My Bar Mitzvah in the Holy Land

Jerusalem was a scene of sadness this week. In poignant contrast, a joyful visit to the city: 13-year old Irish boy, Coby Baker, went there to make his Bar Mitzvah....and to get sweets thrown at the back of his head. (RTE Radio Ireland documentary) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/23/201222 minutes, 58 seconds
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Lanier Phillips - Survivor

How a 'joke' helped free a man from the racism of the U.S. Navy. The remarkable story of Lanier Phillips who survived a shipwreck and prejudice. He died last week and his story is told by Chris Brookes. (Battery Radio documentary for RTE, Ireland.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/22/201225 minutes, 9 seconds
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DocArchive (1990): Sisters Under an African Sky

In 1984, the first TV reports from the famine in Ethiopia in Africa aired. They had a profound effect on the nuns of The Little Sisters of the Assumption. As trained nurses, they decided to go and help. Although surrounded by great death and sorrow, the sisters felt a bond with the people and learned from them. (First Broadcast 1990) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/20/201243 minutes, 5 seconds
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Rubber Swords

LARPing is a new 'sport'. Live Action Role-playing. Participants pretend to be mythical creatures the like of which you'd find in 'Lord Of The Rings'. Sounds crazy but suspend your scepticism and enjoy Robert McDonald's feature. (Audio documentary RTE) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/19/201222 minutes, 4 seconds
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000 Ambulance

Irishman, Les Dougan, worked as an emergency operator in Melbourne when, in 2008, radio producer, Kyla Brettle, eavesdropped on the kinds of calls he and his colleagues took. A tense, sometimes distressing listen. (ABC Radio on RTE Radio Ireland) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/16/201224 minutes, 2 seconds
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The Sinking of The Saint Patrick

We go in search of the truth behind one of Ireland's worst maritime disasters, the sinking of the St Patrick Vessel. A cross channel passenger ferry on the Rosslare-Fishguard route which was targeted by the German Air Force during World War Two, resulting in the death of 30 people. (2012) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/15/201232 minutes, 50 seconds
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Frank X Buckley

He's a former Jesuit, former hotelier, an art lover, gay, contracted HiV - what more can be said? Lots. (A short Irish audio documentary from RTE Radio, Ireland) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/15/201228 minutes, 47 seconds
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Frost is All Over

Pearse Hutchinson was a fiercely interesting man with hundreds of stories to tell. He spent his life as a translator, a poet, a broadcaster and a writer - travelling around the world from the 1950's onwards. He passed away on January 14th 2012. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/9/201242 minutes, 22 seconds
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Radio Broccoli

An Irishman in San Francisco who relaxes from selling broccoli by going out and recording ordinary people with extraordinary stories: like the woman who makes erotic Barbies or the man who was the Naughty Santa. (An audio documentary - RTE Radio Ireland) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/8/201211 minutes, 35 seconds
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On a Cape Clear Day

Why move to a rock in the ocean? Cape Clear Island, the most southerly inhabited part of Ireland, is home to Chuck and Nell Kruger. 20 yrs ago they moved to the island to write, to host a storytelling festival and to become part of one pretty large family Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/2/201239 minutes, 17 seconds
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Batman Pyjamas

Dublin poet, Colm Keegan, lived in a Ballymun tower block until he was 5 years of age. Despite that young age, he has vivid memories of the place. While the towers were being demolished, Colm brought reporter Daniel Carroll along for a visit to his past. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/1/20129 minutes, 51 seconds
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"We've got your picture; now what's your name?"

In 2006, three people died tragically in the Dublin suburb of Firhouse. The media were criticised for distressing the local people with its behaviour; what actually happened was more nuanced. (A short Irish documentary from Ronan Kelly, RTE Radio Ireland). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/28/201229 minutes, 2 seconds
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"No One Shouted Stop" - 40 years on

In 1968, writer John Healy published a work that made Charlestown, Co. Mayo famous: "No One Shouted Stop: Death of an Irish Town". In 2007, to gauge the economic life of the town, RTE Radio reported on a day in the life of a local petrol station. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/28/201229 minutes, 4 seconds
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Wedding Bus

The priest who married a man to his dead fiancée....and other stories on the wedding bus from Manchester to Galway. (A short Irish documentary from RTE Radio Ireland - 2006) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/27/201226 minutes, 37 seconds
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Clearing the Killing Fields

The story of an unsung hero. Today, Irishman Carson Harte still battles the legacy of the Vietnam War and the Khmer Rouge Regime years after the wars are over. His aim? To get the wounded back on their feet in the most mined country in the world, Cambodia Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/24/201236 minutes, 8 seconds
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Satnav Rage

They're just little computers that sit on the dashboard to tell you where you're going. Except there's more: they have voices and irritating, intimidating 'personalities'. (A short Irish documentary from RTE Radio Ireland and ABC Radio Australia) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/23/201211 minutes, 24 seconds
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Lessons in Love: the Breakup

Hate Valentine's Day? You'll love this: a student doc. on romantic break-ups. Ice-cream and a duvet...or laughing it off with the lads? Find out how the Irish like to leave a lover. (A short Irish documentary from Domhnall Marnell for RTE Radio Ireland). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/14/201224 minutes, 2 seconds
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The Royal Irish

In recent years, record numbers from the Republic of Ireland have joined the British army. Why? We join the 'Royal Irish' as they fight the 'War on Terror' against the Taliban - in one of the most dangerous places on earth - Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/10/201237 minutes, 18 seconds
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What Happened to Baby Peggy

At 19 months old, Diana Serra became a child film star in silent movies. She made $2 million in 1924. Her family lost it all and she had to go back to work again. The story of a bizarre childhood and the remarkable woman who emerged from it. (Jan 2006) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/9/201225 minutes, 50 seconds
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New Beginnings

A horrible topic: Female circumcision. But it's part of a joyful community ritual. How do you change one without losing the other. In Londiani, Kenya they're trying. It's not straightforward, especially with the men. (Producer: Mairead Cullen) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/6/201240 minutes, 54 seconds
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DocArchive (1990): Day In The Life Of The No 16

Many events can take place on a bus, but the drivers are the ones who see the whole show. Dealing with the public, grueling shifts, traffic and time pressures make it tough but the job is very rewarding for many. Producer Kintilla Heussaff, spent a day on the No 16 Dublin Bus route and hears from the driver, inspector and passengers (1990) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/5/201239 minutes, 54 seconds
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The Continentals

A really uplifting and feel good story. In the 1950s this Australian cabaret band were hugely popular at weddings/parties. They eventually split up. Now, 36 years on, aged in their 70s and 80s, the band has re-formed. However, not everything goes to plan Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/3/201237 minutes, 34 seconds
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Letters To Ann

In 1984, Anne Lovett, a 15yr old from Co. Longford died giving birth beside a grotto. Her baby son also died. After Anne’s death, the Gay Byrne show received so many letters, they devoted an entire programme to reading them out - a seminal moment in Irish broadcasting & 12 yrs later, Lorelei Harris, made this multi award winning documentary. (1996) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/2/201242 minutes, 11 seconds
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Wetsuits in Athlone?

May 2005, producer, Ronan Kelly, came across three 13-year olds walking along the street in Athlone wearing wetsuits. Wetsuits!? In a town miles from the sea?! At the time, Irish Rail said that this report glorified crime. See what you think. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/2/20123 minutes, 50 seconds
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Rita Ann and Mitzie Got Married

A picnic in the woods, a walk on the beach - and a dream wedding. In the first year that civil partnerships for same sex couples were legalised, over 500 gay and lesbian couples tied the knot. Rita Ann Burke and Mitzie Murphy were one of those couples. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/27/201238 minutes, 34 seconds
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The Busiest Month

For the Houlihan family in Nurney, Co.Kildare, January is the busiest month. They make a centuries-old Irish traditional favourite. What is it? The clue is in their location and the fact that they have to have it ready for February 1st. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/26/201210 minutes, 51 seconds
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My Dear Cousin

A charming and simple tale of life told through letters written over 50 years between two cousins - Marie Rutledge from Dublin and her cousin in America. The letters are a personal history of time passing for two friends on opposite sides of the Atlantic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/20/201242 minutes, 43 seconds
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Don't try to tell Irish schoolboy jokes to a Nigerian woman

Ronan Kelly attempts a bit of intercultural exchange on the streets of Dublin with a Nigerian woman, Majupe. She tells him about a time she had a boil on her bum - he counters with a joke about boils. Disaster. (Short radio feature from RTE Ireland) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/18/20123 minutes, 45 seconds
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A Bullet for the General

For four decades, Major General Hugh Tudor avoided publicity whilst living a careful life in the shadows. But he lived in fear all his life for during Ireland's most troubled period, he was the boss of the infamous Black and Tans. A group mostly made up of former soldiers that terrorised local communities. (2012) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/14/201248 minutes, 58 seconds
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A Bullet for the General

For 4 decades, Major General Hugh Tudor, scrupulously avoided publicity whilst living a careful quiet life in the shadows. But he lived in fear all his life - for during Ireland's most troubled period, he was the boss of the infamous Black and Tans outfit. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/13/201248 minutes, 58 seconds
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"The Flying Enterprise"

The dramatic story of a sinking ship, the captain who wouldn't leave her and the 8-year old schoolboy, Pól Ó Duibhir, who followed the saga on radio. (A short Irish documentary, presented by Ronan Kelly on RTE Radio, Ireland) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/12/20124 minutes, 37 seconds
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DocArchive (1997): All The Tired Horses

James Whelan is a 15 year old from Dublin’s inner city. He is a horse owner and discusses the enjoyment he gets from owning the animal. Many youths in the area keep horses but face opposition from the local community. James left school early but works for a polishing business to earn an income for the upkeep of the horse. (First Broadcast 1997) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/7/201241 minutes, 53 seconds
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DocArchive (1986): New Irish in America

In the 1980s, many young Irish people emigrated to America due to unemployment. Paddy O’Gorman speaks to emigrants in New York, who have travelled to find work and many of them are in the country illegally. There are difficulties in finding work and accommodation, but many of the people love their new home. (First Broadcast 1986) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/5/201245 minutes, 9 seconds
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Because You Can't Smell Someone On Skype

Ciarán got himself a new phone. On it he found a dating website. On that he found Kelly. Only problem - he's in Ireland, she's in the US. So, not much hope of romance then? Liam Nolan tells the story. (Short Irish radio documentary - RTE Radio Ireland) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/5/201214 minutes, 53 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2011): Not Bill Gates

Freddie Stapleton and Graham Hickey love Dublin's windows. Graham loves history and has a passion for windows and Freddie is a window cleaner.Produced by Colette Kinsella (First Broadcast 2011) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/31/201112 minutes, 29 seconds
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One World: Catastrophe Level One

What's it like to live in a place where it hasn't rained in nearly 5 years? Welcome to Turkana, Northern Kenya, population 500,000. In 1961 the same thing happened and Irish nuns were amongst the first to arrive to help. 50 yrs on, nothing much has changed Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/30/201151 minutes, 20 seconds
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The Sinking of The Saint Patrick

Shane Dunphy goes in search of the truth behind one of Ireland's worst maritime disasters. The Saint Patrick, a Rosslare to Fishguard passenger ferry, was bombed and sunk by the Luftwaffe on 13th of June 1941, resulting in the deaths of 30 people. What puzzled Shane was why: the ship was not a military vessel, and Ireland as a neutral country was not at war. Yet the St Patrick was targeted not once but twice – the year before it was sunk a German plane had opened fire on the ship. (First Broadcast 2012) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/30/201132 minutes, 46 seconds
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Ballymitty Drive-in Bingo

Possibly the oldest drive-in bingo in Ireland - definitely the most fun. Sure, you can play in your slippers and not miss Corrie! (A feature from the mid-90's in Wexford by Ronan Kelly for 'Today with Pat Kenny') Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/29/20116 minutes, 26 seconds
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Sing Kilcormac!

Lift up your hearts! Hear a village perform a cantata written just for them by composer, Vincent Kennedy and then there's an incredible story about two women and a statue. From Kilcormac, Co.Offaly, a short Irish audio documentary from RTE Radio, Ireland. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/22/201114 minutes, 52 seconds
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The Long Goodbye

The award winning tender and loving story of a husband, Matt, and his wife, Mai, whose lives have changed entirely since Mai was diagnosed with alzheimers. This is a story of a solemn promise made in marraige 'In sickness and health, till death do we part' Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/16/201141 minutes, 25 seconds
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"Moscow" Joe's Weird TV

'Moscow' Joe McKinley was eccentric. His Co. Antrim house, inside and out, was bizarre. His appearance was eye-catching. He was, simply, fascinating. In this extract from "Morning Glory" in 2001, presented by Kay Sheehy, you can hear why. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/15/20119 minutes, 53 seconds
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One Fine Day - When Wexford Went to Croker

An account of the 1956 All Ireland hurling Final between Wexford and Cork, which is considered by most to be one of the finest games of hurling ever seen. (Broadcast 2007) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/12/201141 minutes, 31 seconds
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Sound Matters

A journey into sound and how it plays such an influential, yet often undervalued role in our lives - we explore the many ways sound interacts with us, and how we interact with it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/9/201136 minutes, 34 seconds
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Kobe Luminarie

At the end of a dreadful year for Japan, Julien Clancy has found the people of Kobe have a most unusual way of remembering their tragedies and lifting their spirits. (A short Irish documentary from RTE Radio Ireland.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/8/201111 minutes, 44 seconds
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This is it, Kiddo

The complex and emotional journey of one couple trying to complete their family and their ten-year dream. John and Mary are trying to have a baby through IVF and after many years, this is their last chance. A delicate story of life and hope Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/2/201138 minutes, 28 seconds
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Dave Time

You've heard of Greenwich Mean Time and Daylight Saving Time...but, Dave Time? It's an invention of one Dublin man. Actually, it's not, it's just that he's late all the time. Then there's the story of his granny checking out who he's sleeping with... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/1/201111 minutes, 28 seconds
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Codename Paddy O'Brien

Jim and Donal O'Donovan are father and son. Unbeknownst to each other, both lived double lives, both connected to Germany and both at very crucial periods in the nation's history. (2007) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/28/201137 minutes, 29 seconds
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Three Rivers - One Summer

One man's extraordinary promise to his dying father: that he would race in the Cork Lee Swim. Ger Philpott had swum competitively in pools but not in open water - he hated the idea. So, why did his father make this strange deathbed request? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/25/201138 minutes, 15 seconds
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See, what you wrote?

A group of 10 and 11-year olds quiz author, Brian Gallagher, at the ILAC Library, Dublin: how he writes, keeping tension, the characters' names and, yes, how much he makes from them. Producer, Ronan Kelly (Short Irish documentary, RTE Radio Ireland.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/24/201111 minutes, 45 seconds
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DocArchive (1987): Boom Of The Lambeg Drum

Each July 12th, large parades are held by the Orange Order and Ulster loyalist marching bands across Northern Ireland. Streets are bedecked with British flags and bunting, and large towering bonfires are lit. Roisin Boyd investigates this ancient tradition and asks why it's a flashpoint of conflict in Northern Ireland each year. (Broadcast 1987) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/22/201144 minutes, 57 seconds
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DocArchive: Somewhere My Love

The story of a 1961 fiesta red, Fender Stratocaster - it's life history and it's relationship with it's owner, who bought the item in Waltons, Dublin back in 1962. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/21/201135 minutes, 44 seconds
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DocArchive: An Ulster Heritage

An examination of the culture and heritage of the counties of Ulster, celebrated through literature and song. (Broadcast 1969) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/20/201157 minutes, 41 seconds
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DocArchive: Stigma

The story of two women who are HIV positive, one from Dublin and one from Kenya and how the diagnosis has altered their lives dramatically. (2007) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/19/201138 minutes, 58 seconds
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Last Summer in Grand Bruit

A personal story from rural Canada, about a community under threat in an increasingly urbanized world and a tender story about the meaning of home. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/18/201131 minutes, 30 seconds
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Millionaire

A painfully-shy Irishman plucks up enough courage to go on a TV quiz show: he wins £250,000. This incredible award winning documentary from 2006 tells the story of Roger Dowds and the gameshow "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/17/201127 minutes, 8 seconds
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DocArchive: And Honour Closed the Tale

An account of one of the most significant moments in Irish history - the 1916 Rising, analysing its origins and its leaders, with extracts from Stephen McKenna. (Broadcast April 1969) An account of one of the most significant moments in Irish history - the 1916 Rising, analysing its origins and its leaders, with extracts from Stephen McKenna. (Broadcast April 1969) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/14/201157 minutes, 22 seconds
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DocArchive: The Bridge

A look at life along the Cavan/Fermanagh border told through the yes of two women who were both affected by a series of brutal murders in the area in 1972. (First Broadcast 2005) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/13/201140 minutes, 13 seconds
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Letter to Olive

In 2001, John and Olive Quinn went for a trip to Rosslare. Olive went for a swim in the sea and as John watched from the shore - it was the last time he would see her alive. This is a powerful story told through a letter written from a husband to his wife. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/11/201134 minutes, 36 seconds
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Now, That's What I Call Local Radio!

The incomparable local radio presenter, John 'The Man' Frawley. The 1980s had Top 40 music and mid-Atlantic accents; he understood the value of conversational radio to the people of Limerick. (A short documentary from 1994 by Curious Ear's Ronan Kelly.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/10/201116 minutes, 38 seconds
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Wanted: Kidney

Regina Hennelly wants a kidney. She has been on the transplant list for over two years since being diagnosed with Chronic Kidney Disease in 2008. This is the story of the reality of life suspended on the transplant list and what happens in between. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/4/201136 minutes, 56 seconds
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Slow Shopping

A woman selling 'redneck wallets', a man selling marshmallow guns and an Irishman, in his 80s, selling Tayto. It's a day shopping in Portland Maine. Slow shopping. Drop into Mike Furey and have a chat - doesn't matter if you don't buy anything. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/3/201111 minutes, 38 seconds
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Skelligs Calling

“We’re perched on this vertiginous rock, out somewhere in the Atlantic in almost total darkness, with some of the strangest sounds you’ll ever hear in Western Europe all around us…” Skelligs Calling is a beautiful sonic portrait of Skellig Michael. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/2/201152 minutes, 34 seconds
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Oisín's Story

8 year old Oisín has a rare genetic disorder called Prader Willi Syndrome - this is the moving story of his birth, his life, his family and the people who love him. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/28/201138 minutes, 43 seconds
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Breaded or Battered?

There's no sitting on the fence with the Wexford Town Rissole - the town is divided. Shane Dunphy has the story of the local chipper speciality. 'Delicacy' is too small a word for the lump of potato and herbs - it's a 'food grenade'. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/27/201111 minutes, 35 seconds
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A Programme For and About You

Do you remember life before phone-in radio programmes, texts or godhelpus Twitter? If you do, then you'll remember Frankie Byrne - sage agony aunt on Raidíó Éireann. Colette Kinsella tells the story of Frankie, her listeners, their tears and laughs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/21/201136 minutes, 28 seconds
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30,000 ft. for Shane

Three years ago, Shane Geoghegan was murdered in Limerick - mistaken identity in a gangland attack. Nothing good comes of a tragedy like that? Not so, listen to Mark Quinn and the Shane Geoghegan Trust. (Go to rte.ie/doconone for the full documentary) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/20/20119 minutes, 58 seconds
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From a Jack to a King

A fantastically entertaining story with Ireland's No.1 Elvis impersonator, Kerryman Mark Leen. Full of humour, charm and lifes ups and downs, Mark's devotion to Elvis knows no bounds. From replica Graceland gates at his home right down to his velvet voice Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/14/201138 minutes, 33 seconds
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Big Music Docs

The music documentary is a very special type of documentary. To mark Big Music Week 2011, we're bringing you a taster of the selection of music documentaries on the Documentary On One website. (A short radio documentary from RTE Radio Ireland) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/13/201111 minutes, 30 seconds
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From Brooklyn to Banja Luka

An award winning documentary - of an international love story that will make you laugh out loud. He's from New York. She's from Serbia. They meet in Amsterdam and fall in love. They visit each others families - and only then realise how different they are. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/7/201129 minutes, 16 seconds
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See off the Summer

In Co. Meath they see off the Summer with competitive baking and animal husbandry contests. It all happens at the Oldcastle Show - producers Kate Garry and Derek O'Halloran went along to record the event. (A short Irish radio documentary from RTE, Ireland) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/6/20119 minutes, 13 seconds
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Desperately Seeking Sam

A brilliant story of one fan's journey through the GAA football championship of 2011. Paddy Joe Burke is the ultimate inter-county fan - and a barber. Beginning in New York and ending in Dublin's victory, this is a story of football and of all things Irish Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/30/201137 minutes, 42 seconds
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All Those Funny Z's

Many of the Polish people who came to work in Ireland during The Boom, have gone back to Poland. They didn't go alone; they took a few Irish people with them. One of those is Liam Nolan, who records his plunge into the Polish language and Warsaw. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/29/201111 minutes, 18 seconds
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I Can Tell by Looking at You

The story of just how little looks count - an Irish woman gets mixed up in an international identity fraud that involves huge sums of money being laundered. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/23/201140 minutes, 16 seconds
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Maurice - A Final Journey

This is a story of life and death - of a man, his partner and his family. Maurice Sullivan left his home in Galway for Malaysia in August 2010, never to return. His attack and the legal fighting that followed, have since been making headlines in Malaysia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/16/201147 minutes, 24 seconds
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One World: The Future of Food

Fergal Keane explores how closely subsistence farmers live to famine in Ethiopia. In a country of 80 million people and 80% of the population dependant on agriculture, famine has been an almost constant presence in the country. (Made with Irish Aid) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/12/201151 minutes, 5 seconds
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Nancy Wake and Harry Potter

The story of an extraordinary woman: Nancy Wake, WWII spy, French Resistance leader and saboteur who was determined to 'bugger up' the NAZIs. (A short Irish radio documentary from RTE Radio Ireland. Producer: Ronan Kelly) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/8/201113 minutes, 52 seconds
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One World: Moving On

Hilda Kawuki, the Ugandan aid worker who was kidnapped in Darfur along with Irish aid-worker Sharon Commins, has returned to development work. Producer, Elizabeth Laragy follows her during a week in her working life (With Irish Aid). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/5/201151 minutes, 15 seconds
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Victim No. 0001

68yr old Fr Mychal Judge was the 1st official victim of the 9/11 attacks. As his true life story began to emerge, many sought to claim his heroic legacy - the Irish American community, the fire department, the Catholic Church and the city's gay community Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/2/201138 minutes, 7 seconds
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Conversations In The Dark

Colette Kinsella captures a stunning soundscape: the sounds from Dublin Zoo at night. Most spectacular, the wolves; most endearing, the snuffling elephants. (A short Irish radio documentary from RTE Radio Ireland). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/1/201111 minutes, 33 seconds
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One World: Groundhog - The Irish In Lebanon

As the Irish army re-deploy to the region, Barry Bracken follows the personal journey of two soldiers from early preparation through to their ultimate destination - Tibnin, South Lebanon. (An RTE Radio documentary made in partnership with Irish Aid.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/29/201152 minutes, 4 seconds
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Still Waiting for Joe

As we approach the 10th anniversary of 9/11, one Irish-American family still feels the loss of their son - 31 year old firefighter Joseph Hunter. This documentary follows Joe's story from the wilds of Connemara to Ground Zero in Manhattan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/26/201138 minutes, 39 seconds
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Joy of Afternoon Tea

A luxury, necessity, ritual, habit? Carla Simpson evokes the divine pleasures of afternoon tea through sound, music and words. (A short Irish radio documentary made as part of the degree in Media Arts, Dublin Institute of Technology). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/24/201112 minutes, 3 seconds
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One World: One City, One Day, Two Lives

Ann-Marie Green tells the incredible story of two boys in Rio de Janeiro: Jonathan and Patrick, one rescued, one at risk. The story of anti-poverty programme designed to leaven the huge social disparities that exist there. (Made with Irish Aid) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/22/201151 minutes, 20 seconds
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Logan Way - The Story of the Bulgers

An exclusive interview with William Bulger, who for the first time since 1992, speaks out about his political career and his brother - notorious gangster James 'Whitey' Bulger. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/19/201141 minutes, 13 seconds
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Cork City Memory Map

Imagine being able to go up and touch the wall of a building and hear the stories associated with it. The Cork City Memory Map will be something like that for smartphones. Cliona O'Carroll of UCC Folklore Dept. and The Northside Folklore Project explains. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/17/20118 minutes, 59 seconds
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One World: Malaria 2.0

Microsoft's Bill Gates dreams of eradicating malaria; he's given millions to those working on the problem. In this fascinating story, Elizabeth O'Neill meets people receiving Gates' money, including a Dublin man with an invention inspired by spy movies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/15/201152 minutes, 17 seconds
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Breaking Records

Can anything good come of riots? Maybe music. In the summer of the London riots, a new documentary from Delaney Hall on the New York riots of 1977 and their impact on hip-hop music. (Short radio documentary from inthedarkradio.org on RTE Radio Ireland) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/11/201111 minutes, 47 seconds
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One World: Oil in Uganda - The trickle down effect

The largest onshore oilfield in sub-Saharan Africa has been discovered in Uganda with the involvement of Irish-founded company, Tullow Oil. Tim Desmond asks who benefits from this discovery and will it change the lives of Ugandans? (Funded by Irish Aid) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/8/201152 minutes, 34 seconds
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Through A Chink Too Wide...

...there comes no wonder. Kavanagh's line applied to story-telling, well-illustrated by two radio students': Diane McSweeney's story of a flamboyant funeral and Bernard Reilly's of a train passenger who listens in on others' conversations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/6/201111 minutes, 21 seconds
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An Irishman Chained to the Truth

Delving into his family history, Allan Smith finds himself on a journey to Hollyood - his great great uncle Brian Desmond Hurst was the most prolific Irish film director of the 20th century - and Allan uncovers his adventures in Tinseltown. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/5/201138 minutes, 28 seconds
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Star Boy

An adventure without words - go on a magical audio journey with Joe Brennan's "Star Boy" and children in An Grianán Theatre, Letterkenny during the 2011 Earagail Arts Festival. Music by Christofer Walker. (A short Irish radio documentary from RTE Ireland) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/4/201111 minutes, 16 seconds
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One World: "Part of the Family?"

Philippinas are prized as the "BMW" of domestic workers in Ireland. What's their experience? One woman's story of work in Ireland to build a small empire back home. Producer, Kay Sheehy. Part of the "One World" series in partnership with Irish Aid. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/1/201152 minutes, 14 seconds
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Mat the Goalie

Mat Greg loves a group of footballers he says are 'neglected': goalies. They get the blame, rarely credit and have one chance to be a hero: penalties. He talks of smells and mistakes. Learn about goalies and you learn about life. (Terry Flanagan reports) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/31/20119 minutes, 22 seconds
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Ring Girls

Their uniform is a bikini; their workplace is the boxing ring - the life of the 'Ring Girls'. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/29/201139 minutes, 41 seconds
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Walk Around The Village

Manchán Magann wanted to experience a different Africa so he went to a small village and stayed in a guesthouse. The night's entertainment included a tour around the village in the company of two boys who filled him in on all the gossip and characters. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/28/201111 minutes, 9 seconds
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Kerry and the Tramp

The untold story of Charlie Chaplin and how he found shelter and solace from the world on the edge of Europe, and why the locals of Waterville, Co. Kerry felt the need to honour his presence with a permanent statue on the sea front. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/22/201138 minutes, 36 seconds
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Mine's A Pint

The journey of a pint of blood from donation to patient - from vein to vein. Orla Rogers tells the fascinating story and hears from Susan who has every reason to be grateful to blood donors - so much so that her husband has made a particular pledge. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/21/201111 minutes, 1 second
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Cork's Hidden Village

A fabulously witty and charming journey into Cork City's English Market. Recorded over a year, this a story that weaves its way through two centuries - overcoming fires, famine, rebellion and war - culminating with a royal visit by the Queen of England. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/15/201139 minutes, 32 seconds
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Made In Temple Bar

Give some artists and producers a topic and ask them to come up with a Curious Ear - then sit back and enjoy. Temple Bar Cultural Trust commissioned 7 programmes for the Made In Temple Bar Festival - here are a few wonderful extracts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/14/201111 minutes, 18 seconds
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The House That Ronald Built

The Ronald McDonald House on the grounds of Crumlin Childrens Hospital in Dublin, provides a home from home for families of seriously ill children, as they attempt to create a semblance of a normal life in extremely abnormal circumstances. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/8/201136 minutes, 14 seconds
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Sinking of Asgard II

The incredible minute-by-minute story of the sinking of a tall ship. On Sept. 11, 2008, the "Asgard II" sank in the Bay of Biscay. Student radio producer, Stephen Long of DCU, tells the story of that night through eyewitness interviews. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/7/201111 minutes, 6 seconds
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My Name is Lydia Foy

Lydia Foy was born in 1947 and registered as a baby boy. When she realised her true identity, as a woman, she discovered something missing - a birth certificate. This is the story of a woman who has fought for her identity in life and in the legal system. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/1/201137 minutes, 3 seconds
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Two Ears

A wonderful tale of good farming, good radio and a voice from the past. Radio producer Tim Lehane found an old tape in his attic. It was the favourite piece of RTE agriculture journalist Joe Murray, about the early harvest in 1992. Joe died in May 2011. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/30/201110 minutes, 30 seconds
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Cocaine Diaries: Story of a Drug Mule

August 2008, Dubliner Paul agrees with a local gang to conceal 6kg of cocaine in his luggage. He thought it'd be the easiest 15k he'd ever make. But not everything went to plan- landing him in the deadly and violent compound of Los Teques prison, Venezuela Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/24/201137 minutes, 9 seconds
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Hidden Sounds of Temple Bar

Wildlife sound recordist, Tom Lawrence, takes his microphones into Dublin City Centre and the Temple Bar area to find some of the weirdest and creepiest sounds you're going to hear. (A short Irish documentary commissioned by Made In Temple Bar Festival) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/23/201111 minutes, 40 seconds
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Los Preciosos - Gold Award Winner at 2011 New York Festivals

A beautiful story of adoption from rural East Cork. Two children from Guatemala, Jacobo aged 4 and Natalie aged 5. Their father, Vittorio, is Italian. Their mother, Jools, is English. A family from three countries - making their home in a fourth, Ireland. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/21/201138 minutes, 39 seconds
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The Long Walk of Brother Benedict - Gold Award Winner at 2011 New York Festivals

A Catholic brother walks out of monastic life in Sydney leaving behind him 25 years of religious service and a pot burning on the stove. Linda Neil tries to solve the mystery of Brother Benedict and tells the story of a daughter's search for her father Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/21/201150 minutes, 43 seconds
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The Age of Attraction - Gold Award Winner at 2011 New York Festivals

Bill and Tom are two 'ordinary' men battling a sexual attraction to children they've never understood. They defy the stereotype of paedophiles as predatory monsters. This documentary goes behind the hysteria to tackle a very difficult subject - paedophilia Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/21/201150 minutes, 33 seconds
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In The Same Boat - Gold Award Winner at 2011 New York Festivals

This documentary has just won a coveted Gracie Award from Beverly Hills, LA! We tell the story of forty women and two dragons who take to the water for the launch of a unique project for breast cancer survivors, Ireland's first dragon boat racing team. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/21/201132 minutes, 26 seconds
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Dogfight: Conor and Charlie - Award Winner at 2011 New York Festivals

When the 2011 Irish General Election was called, Conor Lenihan and Charlie O'Connor were sitting TD's in Government. Battling through their 4 week campaign trail to retain their seats, the mood they faced was grim, the anger palpable and the outlook bleak Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/21/201141 minutes, 35 seconds
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Never No More: Maura Laverty Remembered

Celebrity chef, agony aunt, novelist and the author of Ireland's first television soap Tolka Row: the remarkable life story of Maura Laverty who was a household name 50 years ago, one of very few women in Irish public life at that time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/17/201139 minutes, 59 seconds
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A Good Day At Black Rock

A man fulfills a promise to his 13-year old self by visiting the place his grandfather died, Blackrock island, Co.Mayo. (A short radio documentary from RTE Radio Ireland.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/16/20119 minutes, 38 seconds
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Survival of an Island

On Arranmore - one of the few inhabited islands off the Donegal coast - fishing has sustained a population for generations. Now, as the fishing industry there collapses under EU and Irish fishing laws, with it goes the life and community of the island. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/9/201139 minutes, 34 seconds
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Amazing 'James Barry'

Margaret Bulkeley wanted to become a doctor. It was the early 1800s and she didn't stand a chance. Unless.... she became a man..... And James Barry was one of the most brilliant doctors at the time..... (Extract of a Breege Brennan documentary) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/6/20119 minutes, 17 seconds
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The Walsh Cassidys at Lissadell House

This doc just won top radio prize at the 2011 National Justice Media Awards. In 2003, Edward Walsh and Constance Cassidy bought Lissadell House, Sligo to make the estate into a flagship for tourism - but after an 18 month legal battle, their dream is over Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/5/201141 minutes, 14 seconds
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Fryeburg Fair

You don't think of America for pilgrimages but, every year, thousands of 'pilgrims' head for the Fryeburg Fair in Maine. They go for the racing, the rides, the farm animals and the fast food. The sounds are fantastic and the sight of the draught horses... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/3/201116 minutes, 10 seconds
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The Diary of Leanne Wolfe

A multi-award winning documentary. In 2007, schoolgirl Leanne Wolfe committed suicide. The morning of her funeral, her older sister discovered Leanne's diaries and to her horror, she discovered that her sister was bullied by 6 girls for the last 5 years Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/1/201137 minutes, 15 seconds
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12 Steps on Abbey Street

Over 2,000 people visit the Dublin Central Mission every week. Some are dancing, some are praying, others are battling drug/drink/gambling/sex addiction and the list goes on - with a total of 56 groups meeting weekly. Come inside with us to find out more Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/28/201139 minutes, 49 seconds
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Lost In Holland

Getting lost can be fun. If you do it in HIlversum, Holland, you may come across a house with "Céad Míle Fáilte" on the front. It's owned by a Dutch couple who have fallen for Ireland so much, they want to move here. (Short radio documentary Ireland) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/28/201111 minutes, 47 seconds
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Foley

The story of Jack Foley, a former dock worker who, when working at Universal Pictures, created a method of adding sounds to films, known now as the 'Art of Foley'. Every film now has sound dubbed in - yet the real sources of these sounds are unimaginable.. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/23/201133 minutes
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Moneyless Mark

What would compel someone give away all of their material possessions, empty their bank account and commit to living a life with no money? Thrity-two year old Donegal man Mark Boyle has been living completely without money for over two years - by choice. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/21/201139 minutes, 38 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2011): Bray Roadshow

"Roadshows" in Bray, Co. Wicklow were a joy for holidaymakers. These were variety shows put on in temporary, 'fit-up' theatres around the town. They consisted of music, dancing and theatre. Brian Gallagher was a child on holidays in Bray in the 1960s and visits a location of one of the roadshows. (First Broadcast 2011) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/21/201113 minutes, 28 seconds
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The 1916 Room with Dr. Garret Fitzgerald

The 1916 room was set up with the premise of bringing 4 people back in time, and in their memories, to where they were in 1966, 50yrs after the Easter Rising, asking them what 1916 meant and what effect it had on their lives and families subsequently? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/20/201139 minutes, 40 seconds
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The Annotated Jack

This doc has just won a 2011 Prix Marulic award from Croatia. A tale of two "Jacks": one a hero of traditional folktales: the other a retired fisherman passing the time in his fishing stage spinning tales of his youth. You'll find them both in Newfoundland Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/19/201139 minutes, 7 seconds
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Obama on 145th Street

The night President Obama got elected 145th Street in Harlem, NY city rocked. It was a night of talk, memory, partying and singing with the local community, some of whom could trace their roots back just a few generations to slavery in the Southern States. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/16/201119 minutes, 11 seconds
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Olivia's Farm

Ireland - a Farming Nation. But in the 21st century what's it like to be a single female farmer running a 200 acre farm? We follow 35-year-old Olivia Hynes, a beef and sheep farmer from Roscommon, as new life comes to her farm over the busy Spring period. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/13/201141 minutes, 45 seconds
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Eulogy For A Sound

January 2011, foghorns went silent on Irish lighthouses. Student radio producer, Jason Murphy (www.boreenbroadcasts.com )weaves a lament with sounds, music and comments from Cork coastal people. See the amazing photo from photographer, 2c, on the website. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/11/201111 minutes, 29 seconds
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TwitterOnTrial

A unique documentary experiment that, with the help of five experienced Twitterers and one complete Twitter newbie, attempts to put the much talked about social networking service through its paces - #Twitterontrial by @patomahony1 and @RTEDocOnOne Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/6/201140 minutes, 25 seconds
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Obama '08

As Ireland becomes gripped by 'Obama mania' ahead of a visit by the 44th President of the United States, RTE's Fergal Keane travels back to 2008 when Barrack H. Obama went on the campaign trail - from the early primaries right through to the inauguration Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/2/201147 minutes, 17 seconds
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Mitchin' With Dylan

Kevin Dolan, DCU student, tells the great story of Bob Dylan's 1965 song, "Like A Rolling Stone" and its impact on him as a teenager. (Radio people spend years trying to sound as laid back as Kevin does - something to do with listening to Dylan, perhaps.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/30/201111 minutes, 32 seconds
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A Convict of the Road

One of our most popular docs ever with multiple awards, this doc tells the story of Mick Murphy, winner of the 1958 Rás - a cycle race around Ireland. It's an unbelieveable story - broken collarbone, body-snatchers, stealing a bike, drinking cow's blood... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/29/201142 minutes, 27 seconds
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Reluctant Comedienne

Alison Spittle tells audiences that she's half-Traveller, half-English. She hates that - not her background, the fact that she uses it in her act - she feels she's stabbing her family in the back. A comedienne with a very Irish background. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/27/201110 minutes, 51 seconds
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House

In the early 1990's, dance music in Ireland was a strictly word-of-mouth thing with virtually no 'rave' music played on the radio. It was a scene based on insider knowledge of clubs and music. This story looks at the birth of the rave culture in Ireland Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/26/201142 minutes, 47 seconds
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Dr. Slotover Remembers The Rising

One of Max Leonard Slotover's earliest memory is of being stopped by an IRA man in St.Stephen's Green on Easter Monday 1916. His later memories are only slightly less exciting including a stint on The Gate stage with Orson Welles and lessons in drinking. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/22/201111 minutes, 43 seconds
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Reflections on a Window

Fr.Colm Kilcoyne is a retired priest living in his home town of Castlebar. Over the years he has returned again and again to the stained glass window in his local church; seeking answers in the stories there. (Short Irish radio documentary on RTE Ireland) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/20/201110 minutes, 58 seconds
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Hidden Heroes of the Belfast Blitz

On April 15th, 1941, German bomber planes began to bomb Belfast City during World War Two as part of their offensive on Britain. While Ireland remained neutral throughout the war, Taoiseach Eamonn De Valera puts its neutrality at risk by sending fireman from the Republic to help their northern brethern. (2011) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/15/201140 minutes, 54 seconds
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Open FM

Summer 2010, 70 people got together in a hotel. They thought they were running a gay radio station until a man in a brown suit with great hair came into the room and said they would communicate with The Universe. Not just a gay station but a joyful one. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/14/20119 minutes, 47 seconds
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Hidden Heroes of the Belfast Blitz

On April 15th, 1941, German bomber planes began to bomb Belfast City. Ireland had remained neutral throughout the war, but on that night Taoiseach Eamonn De Valera put its neutrality at risk by sending its firemen from the Republic to help fight the blaze. Produced by Paddy O'Flaherty. (2011) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/13/201140 minutes, 54 seconds
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Mighty Mac - Prix Europa Winner 2009

This doc won Best Radio Documentary in Europe for 2009. One of our all time great listens - this story has everything. Limerick man, Ger MacNamara ia master upholsterer and world champion power lifter, and we join him as he embarks on two challenges. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/11/201141 minutes, 24 seconds
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Ballyfin - A boarding school memory

An award winning intimate, poignant and beautiful documentary from John Quinn as he remembers back to his 5 years at boarding school in the Patrician College, Ballyfin, Laois in the 1950's. A window into the Ireland that once was and largely dissappeared. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/10/201143 minutes, 12 seconds
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Vinyl Fantasy

No-one ever says "Come around and listen to my latest download". D.I.T. student, Robert McDonald marks the passing of vinyl - its decline began when he was still a child. Featuring Irish radio legend, Pat James. (The Curious Ear - short Irish radio docs.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/8/201111 minutes, 14 seconds
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Did Michael Keogh Save Hitler?

Irish man Michael Keogh claims to have saved Hitler's life before he became 'Führer'. Could this be true? Could a Carlow man, who left home at 16 and lived a life of pseudonyms, disguise, conspiracy and war have had such an impact on modern history? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/2/201139 minutes, 4 seconds
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Beneath the pfffff...

Nick Coleman, Guardian music journalist, loses his ability to hear music. He tells producer, Yvonne Nolan. "I can hear beneath the pfffff a drowning choir, accompanied by a tiny monkey playing a teeny pipe organ..." (The Curious Ear, Broadcast 2008) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/1/201113 minutes, 41 seconds
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Did Michael Keogh Save Hitler?

Irish man Michael Keogh claims to have saved Hitler's life before he became 'Führer'. Could a Carlow man, who left home at 16 and lived a life of pseudonyms, disguise, conspiracy, and war, have had such an impact on modern history? (2011) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/1/201139 minutes, 5 seconds
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The Curios Here

At the International Art and Antiques Fair in Dublin, dealers talk about the business: Stupid mistakes they made, clever deals they pulled and whether or not you can persuade anyone to buy anything. This is amusing, from the inside out (The Curious Ear) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/30/201111 minutes, 28 seconds
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Heroes of the Caribbean

John Kenny from RTE Sport tells the story of Irish Cricket. In particular, he looks back at the 2007 Cricket World Cup when the Irish cricket team bowled everyone over with some incredible performances at CWC07. It was the beginning of a new era. (2007) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/25/201141 minutes, 51 seconds
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Raving Loons vs Northside Nightjars (The Curious Ear)

Forget your Formula 1 or the All-Ireland - these guys chase around looking for half a bird. The annual Dublin Bird Race for birdspotters. Terry Flanagan goes along. Guess how many they spot in a day, 10, 30, 50? No, much much more. (Radio documentary) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/24/201110 minutes, 39 seconds
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My Dad

What is to be a single dad: by getting unique access to the intimate relationships between three single fathers and their children, this documentary is delves into the personal and emotional side to single or separated fatherhood. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/21/201136 minutes, 47 seconds
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To Love Two Countries

St. Patrick's Day, New York: A story of four witnesses to history; the adventures of leaving Ireland on ships, the friendships and matches, the Irish dancehalls and Saint Patrick's Day in the city where it probably has most resonance: New York. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/19/201134 minutes, 47 seconds
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Julie's Patrick's Day (The Curious Ear)

St. Patrick's Day Parade 2011, Monaghan Town (A short Irish documentary from RTE Radio Ireland) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/17/201113 minutes, 24 seconds
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Licking King: Oscars Well (for Today with PK)

Mick Malone, widower, 87, has a dream....Jessica and Oscars are part of it. (A short feature from the home of radio documentaries in Ireland) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/15/20113 minutes, 29 seconds
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Groundhog & Mirror (The Curious Ear)

Jane O'Connor's story of her final years with her mother. (A short Irish radio documentary from RTE Radio, Ireland.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/9/201111 minutes, 24 seconds
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Statuesque (The Curious Ear)

Maeve Taylor can be seen standing outside the Custom House, Dublin for the past 60 years. (A short Irish documentary from RTE Radio, Ireland.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/3/20118 minutes
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Bonesetter TD (The Curious Ear)

Thomas Burke's strange pact with the people of Clare. (A short Irish radio documentary from RTE Radio, Ireland) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/27/201119 minutes, 8 seconds
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Meat Factory Ear Worms (The Curious Ear)

An award winning documentary from Richie Beirne as he reveals the techniques he used for dealing with a mind-numbing job on the killing lines. (A short radio documentary from RTE Radio Ireland) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/23/201113 minutes, 46 seconds
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The Curious Ear: Soundtory

Electroacoustic composer, Guillaume Beauron's take on Tory Island off the coast of North West Ireland. It's a very remote island, just two and a half miles long and three quarters of a mile wide. (A short Irish radio documentary from RTE Radio, Ireland.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/18/201116 minutes, 30 seconds
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The Curious Ear: Delaney's Bikes

An Irish bike shop that's nearly as old as the bicycle itself... Producer: Nancy Previs (A short Irish radio documentary from RTE Radio, Ireland) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/11/201111 minutes, 21 seconds
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My Dad's Depression

An honest, open, and brave story about mental illness. Much is said depression and its sufferers, but how does depression affect families? This is Conor McGinnity's story of how his father's depression affected his entire family. (First Broadcast 2011) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/30/201136 minutes, 25 seconds
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Sex Slave: A Survivor's Story

Iris is a 32yr old woman with a difficult past - a number of years ago, she was kidnapped and trafficked into the enforced world of prostitution. This documentary tells her harrowing story. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/27/201141 minutes, 45 seconds
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Election 2011 - The Count Day

At the end of the 1st count day - As Ireland prepares for a new government, this is a mix of the highs and lows of a day that saw a seismic shift in the political landscape of Ireland. A new era has begun - Compiled from RTE Radio 1's election coverage Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/27/20115 minutes, 31 seconds
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The Curious Ear: What Can You See?

Look out over the rooftops of Cairo with Colette Kinsella. (A short Irish radio documentary from RTE Radio Ireland) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/21/201117 minutes, 14 seconds
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On the beach at Banna

Recorded over five days at Banna Beach in Kerry, this story follows 9yr old Brian Spillane as he takes part in a surf camp for autistic children. Trying new things can be extremely difficult for children with autism. Surely this will be a challenge too far Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/20/201128 minutes, 28 seconds
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The Curious Ear: Junction 16

Farmer turned church minister, Trevor Stevenson, looks down on a motorway junction and reminisces. (A short Irish radio documentary from RTE Radio Ireland). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/19/20115 minutes, 42 seconds
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The Curious Ear: Gleeless

What are US High Schools really like? (A short Irish radio documentary from RTE Radio Ireland.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/14/201111 minutes, 27 seconds
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City of Tents

January 12th 2010, an earthquake hits Haiti killing over 230,000 and making 1 million homeless. 1yr on, this documentary focuses on the life of St.Gerard's, a Haitian school run by the Redemptorist Priests and funded by the Irish charity Misean Cara. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/13/201138 minutes, 24 seconds
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The Curious Ear: They're Not All Gone

Paula Carroll's stories of traditional musicians in Co.Clare (Funded by the BAI Sound & Vision Fund). A short radio documentary from RTE Radio, Ireland. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/7/201111 minutes, 35 seconds
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8 Years On

A multi award winning documentary telling the story of a mother and son after a life seperated by drug addiction. Lynda Barton was born into 1960's Ballymun in Dublin, tried drugs at 13 and soon after had 2 babies. Her son Chris finally re-unites with her. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/1/201137 minutes, 34 seconds
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DocArchive: A Long Way Home

Keiko was a male orca who starred in the three Free Willy movies. This documentary charts Keiko's journey from a Mexico city amusement park to the Westman islands in Iceland where he is preparing for freedom - on his way back home. (2001) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/1/201142 minutes, 50 seconds
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DocArchive: Pints and Parables

Irish pubs and their clientele are revered the world over for their charm, drink and general hospitality. We enter into the hearts of some Irish pubs and 'watering holes' - to hear conversations filled with comedy and commentary. (Broadcast 1990) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/31/201043 minutes, 56 seconds
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DocArchive: Timmy the Brit McCarthy

Timmy "The Brit" McCarthy spent years of his life in England. He returned to Ireland in the 1960's and his interest in Irish Set dancing brought him in contact with people who were largely responsible for the revival and continuance of the tradition (2008) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/30/201036 minutes, 58 seconds
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The Nightsingers of Brighton

Every year, villagers in a tiny village in Newfoundland ring in the New Year with an 18th century New Year's carol brought over from Europe with the first Irish and English settlers. This is a story of keeping beautiful old traditions alive and kicking. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/29/201038 minutes, 58 seconds
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DocArchive: Soldier Chorus Line Christmas Concert in Lebanon

Christmas time can be a lonely time for the soldiers who are away from home. To cheer them up Treasa Davison organised a Christmas concert with the talented Irish soldiers at Camp Shamrock in South Lebanon. Treasa describes her experience. (1997) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/23/201043 minutes, 3 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2010): Lumps of Coal

Adults complain that, when they were children, bold kids still got presents. College students make naughty and nice lists, study interview techniques and finally research and make a short documentary. Children tell stories of boldness at Christmas. (First Broadcast 2010) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/22/201013 minutes, 51 seconds
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Heel Up

A look at the art of traditional dancing or 'damhsa ar an sean-'nós. Rescued from near death almost twenty years ago it is now flourishing in its south Connemara heartland and spreading throughout the country like a hill fire. (2006) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/19/201040 minutes, 11 seconds
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DocArchive: What you may call it, Drugs and Liver Transplants

This is a documentary about what might have been. It's a story about the 1960's Dublin beat group The Movement. We go in search of them to try and get to the bottom of the stories about this one time infamous Dublin band. (2005) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/18/201041 minutes, 17 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2010) : Planespo...Aviation Enthusiasts

Sarah Jane and Keith Redmond are two listeners who got in touch to suggest that we make a programme about planespotters at Dublin Airport. In turn, we suggested that they make the programme. So, they did. The programme speaks to aviation enthusiasts including main interviewee, Anthony Murphy (First Broadcast 2010) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/17/201011 minutes, 51 seconds
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From Baltimore to Barbary - The Village That Disappeared

Sometimes history throws up stories that are more dramatic than any fiction. And this is one such story. Taking us on a dramatic journey from the south west coast of Ireland to the souks and harems of North Africa's Barbary Coast, it begins on a summer's morning in 1631, when a pirate ship sailed into Roaring Water Bay in West Cork and raided the quiet coastal village of Baltimore. A crew of ruthless slave traders roused the villagers from their beds, slaughtered anyone who resisted, and herded 107 people into the hold of their waiting ship. (First broadcast 2010) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/17/201039 minutes, 56 seconds
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DocArchive: Walking on Water

Janet Gray is a blind Northern Irish Water Skier and 3 times World Champion. In 2003, she nearly died in a water skiing accident. This documentary follows Janet as she defies medical convention and makes a comeback to competitive water skiing. (2008) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/11/201040 minutes, 38 seconds
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DocArchive: Address is Shelter

In 1970’s Ireland, the underworld of the poor and homeless was a hidden world known only to its inhabitants. However, 47yr old Duncan, who lives in a converted railway hut with 15 other people, allows Pat Feely into the secrets of his daily life (1976) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/10/201039 minutes, 25 seconds
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DocArchive: Unfamiliar Families

An exploration of the difficulties and challenges faced by same sex couples in Ireland. Rachel and Michelle have been a couple for seven years. Despite the wedding rings they wear, this family is not accepted by everyone. So, what has to change? (2005) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/9/201039 minutes, 13 seconds
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DocArchive: Two Ladies of Galway

Lady Augusta Gregory was at the centre of the Irish Literary Revival around the turn of the 20th century. Her grand-daughters Anne and Catherine revisit their ancestral Galway home in Coole – sharing stories and memories of Ireland’s literary greats (2005) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/4/201041 minutes, 9 seconds
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Doc Archive: This is his life Eamon Andrews

Des Hickey takes us on a journey through the life of Eamon Andrews. Born and raised in Dublin, little did he know that his passion for boxing (he was an Irish Junior Middleweight champion) would lead to a long and successful career in broadcasting (1976) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/3/201058 minutes, 14 seconds
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Turn Right At Colorado Springs

Two miles high in the thin air of the Rocky Mountains, a group of Irish people arrive on a volunteer mission to repair the legendary Colorado Trail. This is a tale of high adventure, generosity of spirit and selfless gallantry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/2/201037 minutes, 29 seconds
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Doc Archive: Tullaghmurray Lass

February 14th 2002 at 3.40am, the Tullaghmurray Lass set sail from Kilkeel, Co. Down. Michael Green (54), his son Michael (33) and his grandson Michael (8) were on board. 2hrs later, their boat sank with the loss of three generations of a family. (2005) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/2/201040 minutes, 56 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2010): Ice Road Trucker

Dave Miller from CBC Canada in Yellowknife, Northern Territories, records Alex Debogorski as he drives his load across the harsh environment of frozen lakes to diamond mines in northern Canada. (First Broadcast 2010) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/1/201012 minutes, 27 seconds
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Fr. Paddy - A Young Man on a Mission

A documentary about 36-year-old Fr. Paddy Byrne, exploring one man's view on the challenges and complexities of life as a priest in 2010. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/26/201037 minutes, 6 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2010): Girls On Wax

An extract from Louise Noone's final year documentary made as part of the Media Arts Course in the Dublin Institute of Technology. She tells the story of female DJs, as they discuss their love of music, dance and their craft. (First Broadcast 2010) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/26/201010 minutes, 28 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2011): Making My Coffin

Tyrone woman, Winifred Thompson, is preparing for death, but is not ill. She is cutting willow to weave her own coffin. Stephanie Ritson contributes a piece of prose to the day. (First Broadcast 2011) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/22/201011 minutes, 52 seconds
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Yola - Lost for Words

The search for a lost language called Yola takes Shane Dunphy from a sunken island in Wexford harbour to the heart of rural Dorset and the ancient pathways of Cornwall. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/18/201037 minutes, 52 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2010): The Sound of Science

As part of Science Week, 2010, the science club from Moyle Park College, Clondalkin, Dublin went to visit the science labs at NUI Maynooth. Made by Terry Flanagan. (First Broadcast 2010) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/16/20109 minutes, 11 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2010): "World's First Programme on an iPhone (Possibly)"

A gimmick? Yes, but worth a try - this entire programme was recorded, edited and sent for transmission on a smartphone. The programme speaks to different people in Cork City about their relationship with their phones. (First Broadcast 2010) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/10/201011 minutes, 21 seconds
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The Little Cross of Bronze

Every county in Ireland, except one, has at least one winner of the Victoria Cross. This radio documentary delves into this little known aspect of Irish history to find out who these men were and how they won the most prized award for gallantry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/9/201038 minutes, 36 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2010): Winter

Evelyn McClafferty uses voices, music and sounds to evoke the meaning of Winter. Featuring contributions from the worlds of literature, geography, yoga and education. (First Broadcast 2010) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/4/20109 minutes, 3 seconds
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The Runners - Prix Europa Winner 2010

This radio documentary has just won a coveted Prix Europa - voted Best Radio Documentary in Europe for 2010. This is the story of a 'runner' - a child who escaped from industrial schools - Christy Fagan and the man - Jemmy Gunnery - who helped him escape. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/2/201040 minutes, 31 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2010): Blue Door

Katriona McFadden follows the story of a cottage, a postcard and a song in rural Co. Donegal. The story of a man who kept the front door of his cottage open for 30 years... She speaks to Ian Smith about a song he wrote about the cottage. (First Broadcast 2010) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/27/201018 minutes, 13 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2010): Royal Canal

In September 2010, The Royal Canal in Dublin reopened to boat traffic. To mark the occasion, the TV programme, "Nationwide" organised two journeys: a boat trip from the M50 to the Shannon and a canoe trip from the M50 to the Liffey. This is an audio version of travel by canoe. (First Broadcast 2010) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/22/20108 minutes, 23 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2010): Littoral Living

Rachel Ní Chuinn's audio essay on the nature of the inter-tidal zone. (First Broadcast 2010) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/22/201013 minutes, 4 seconds
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Don't Go Far

Two Dublin children, with a knack for bunking off school and fare dodging, embark on an unbelievable adventure. On a warm summer's day in 1985, they hop on a Dart and skip out to Dun Laoghaire, nothing much to be doing there, so they sneak on the ferry for Holyhead and make it all the way to London Heathrow where they board a plane to NYC. (2011) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/22/201039 minutes, 2 seconds
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DocArchive (1981) Women and unemployment

This documentary looks at the effect that unemployment in the 1980s had on the people of Arklow, especially women. With most of the men were unemployed, women in Arklow started to look for opportunities outside the home and joined mostly female led courses to prepare them for future opportunities. (1981) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/19/201038 minutes, 4 seconds
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Love Notes

A radio documentary celebrating 40 years of the National Youth Orchestra and all it has brought to its members: a passion for music; enduring friendships, first loves and marriages, great pieces of music, hard work and hard play. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/14/201042 minutes, 5 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2010): Big Music

Two archive pieces to mark RTE Big Music Week: one woman who still sings on the street and others who have the headphones on. (First Broadcast 2010) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/11/201010 minutes, 11 seconds
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Stuart Rosenblatt - The Keeper of the Faith

This radio documentary maps and explores Jewish Ireland, and our guide is Dubliner Stuart Rosenblatt author of the 16-volume Rosenblatt Series. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/6/201034 minutes, 51 seconds
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The Forgotten Visit

The visit of a United States President to Ireland that seems to have faded in collective memory of many, despite the fact that it had people lining the streets to welcome Richard Nixon on his trip to Ireland in 1970. We look back at why this state visit was overshadowed by the earlier visit of Nixon’s great archrival, John F. Kennedy. (2010) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/1/201040 minutes, 42 seconds
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The Forgotten Visit

The US presidential visit that seems to have faded in collective memory, despite the fact that it had people lining the streets - Richard Nixon's trip to Ireland in 1970 is remembered in this radio documentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/30/201040 minutes, 42 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2010): Ten Tiny Audio Bombs - Part 1

Every day, during the Dublin Fringe Festival 2010, a different artist or group of artists visited an empty shop unit in Temple Bar, Dublin. There, with an RTE Radio producer, they made audio for radio.... The series was made as a collaboration between Dublin Fringe Festival and RTE Choice. (First Broadcast 2010) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/29/201017 minutes, 55 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2010): Ten Tiny Audio Bombs - Part 2

Every day, during the Dublin Fringe Festival 2010, a different artist or group of artists visited an empty shop unit in Temple Bar, Dublin. There, with an RTE Radio producer, they made audio for radio.... The series was made as a collaboration between Dublin Fringe Festival and RTE Choice. (First Broadcast 2010) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/29/201012 minutes, 15 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2010): One Eye on the World

Tom Shaw wound up in Rathdrum Co. Wicklow; he began his working life at 14, working in the coalmines of Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny. In between he worked in Canada mining uranium and gold; in agriculture and farming in Kildare and Offaly. He also developed a very personal philosophy on life. (First Broadcast 2010) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/24/201022 minutes, 46 seconds
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Your Long Journey

The story of the unique bond between a father and son - Danny and Connor Hughes in County Louth who run two shops side by side is told in this radio documentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/23/201033 minutes, 5 seconds
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The Unknown Nomad

The life of Meme, a nomad in the Himalayas, as he witnesses modernisation coming to the mountains, is explored in this radio documentary, recorded over four years. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/17/201038 minutes, 21 seconds
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Bullfight at Inchicore1

What lengths will a parent go to relieve their child's suffering? In this radio documentary, Eddie 'the Bull' O'Connor has has decided to offer himself as the headline event in a cage-fight in order to raise money for his sick daughter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/15/201043 minutes, 15 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2010): Crom Regatta 2010

Crom Estate on the shores of Lough Erne Co.Fermanagh was famous for its annual regattas. They spurred design innovations in yachting that were adopted around the world. In 2010, the local classic yacht association revived the sport with the Crom Annual Regatta, inviting yachts and steamboats from around Ireland and the U.K. (First Broadcast 2010) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/15/20108 minutes, 42 seconds
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No Stuntman Is An Island

In this radio documentary - the story of Paschal Whelan, the only full time resident of Omey Island and one-time professional wrestler and a stuntman. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/10/201037 minutes, 20 seconds
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Little Star

A really great story. In the 1930s, when film was going from silent to speech - Jean Darling was one of the biggest child stars of the era. A member of Hal Roach's Little Rascals and star of Laurel and Hardy, Jean now leads a very different life in Dublin Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/5/201041 minutes, 1 second
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The Curious Ear (2010): Love Spectrum

From first kiss to a long marriage. Caroline Foran's and Hannah Quinn's documentaries for DCU and DIT respectively. These are stories about relationships and romance. (First Broadcast 2010) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/2/201010 minutes, 40 seconds
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Lives Less Lived

In 1950's Ireland a young woman entered a psychiatric institution. Two years earlier she had been raped. Almost 60 years later, she is an elderly woman and still in a psychiatric institution - in fact she never left. This radio documentary is her story. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/2/201038 minutes, 58 seconds
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Birdy

A radio documentary about a German paragliding champion who survived being sucked into a storm that pulled her higher than Mount Everest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/27/201035 minutes, 43 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2010): Waiting for...

Waiting for Jarod is the story of a woman waiting for her son to come home from war with a lifesized cardboard cutout picture of him. "Waiting for U2" features three teenagers who spent their days hanging around Windmill Lane recording studio in Dublin in the hopes of meeting the members of the band. (First Broadcast 2010) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/25/201010 minutes, 16 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2010): The Lonely Funeral

An edited extract from documentary by Michele Ernsting from Radio Netherlands about two men who deal with death. They look after the final journeys of those who die alone in Amsterdam. (First Broadcast 2010) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/18/201011 minutes, 39 seconds
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Agatha Christie's Final Mystery

A radio documentary about how Dubliner John Curran's fascination with Agatha Christie has changed his life - and brought a new Hercule Poirot story to the world for the first time in 30 years. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/12/201034 minutes, 58 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2010): Nobody's Child

Maggie Hurley describes herself as "Wexford's Molly Malone". She's been playing music, busking on the Main Street of the town for over 20 years. She says the locals know her as 'Nobody's Child' because that's the song she sings mostly. (First Broadcast 2010) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/10/20109 minutes, 31 seconds
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Biking Viking

An almost unbelievable documentary about the life journey of Peter O'Connor who has transformed himself from outlaw biker into a Celtic clan leader, film star and perhaps... just perhaps, the last High King of Ireland. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/6/201042 minutes, 9 seconds
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The Bundoran Express

A radio documentary about a journey along the much-loved old Clones to Bundoran railway line that ferried holiday makers and pilgrims to the west. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/4/201037 minutes, 58 seconds
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I Could Have Danced All Night

One of the last great characters of Co Clare, for decades Michael Tierney could be seen walking the streets of Ennis delivering newspapers on his daily round recognised by his wigs, hats, his choice of jewellery, or the smell of perfume as he walked by. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/31/201035 minutes, 52 seconds
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The Release

In the aftermath of homicide, what happens to those left behind? And what happens when the families of victim and perpetrator are separated by only a field? In 1997, 20-year old Marc O'Keeffe was stabbed on the field outside his home in Tallaght, Dublin. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/31/201041 minutes, 27 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2010): Better than Harry Potter

The remarkable story of the MacMillan family from Mayo, the magical relationship of Theresa and Ron MacMillan and their International Magic shop in London, U.K. (First Broadcast 2010) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/22/201013 minutes, 14 seconds
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One Hundred Years of Names

Every personal name has a story. Behind the top 100 Irish baby names list is a fascinating portrait of a changing country.This fascinating and beautiful documentary looks at the names we give our children and what our names say about all of us. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/22/201038 minutes, 10 seconds
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One Evening in July

A radio documentary about how a swim on a summer's evening at Dublin's Forty Foot changed one man's life forever. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/22/201037 minutes, 51 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2010): Bus Stories

RTE producer, Kintilla Heussaff, recorded a day-in the-life of a No. 16 bus in Dublin in 1990. It was for a documentary as part of a training course. 20 years later, student Sarah Lennon, recorded a documentary on Dublin Bus drivers as part of her Communications course in Dublin City University. (First Broadcast 2010) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/22/201011 minutes, 33 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2010): Carlow's Rowdy Pensioners

A community of OAPs in Carlow waking the neighbours for the Bealtaine Festival by playing music and singing. (First Broadcast 2010) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/22/201011 minutes, 14 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2010): Lough Neagh Speaks

Dr. Tom Lawrence, of DCU, spent 6 months recording over and under Lough Neagh waves in Co. Antrim. Spooky sci-fi sounds from the deep, including fish and animals.(First Broadcast 2010) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/22/201011 minutes, 7 seconds
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Double D and a C

This is a glimpse into the lives of three women still mourning their husbands deaths - but they refuse to live their lives as widows, and together, strengthened by their friendship, they aim to live their lives to the full. Sometimes funny, sometimes sad. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/17/201042 minutes, 5 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2010): Shoes Fit For Dancing

An excerpt from student Natalia McCarthy's documentary; on 87-year old Michael Yeates who has run a shoe repair shop in Clontarf, Dublin for the past 50 years. (First Broadcast 2010) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/16/201014 minutes, 51 seconds
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Are You Tony Sheridan?

A radio documentary about a self-confessed 'Irish Vagabond' Tony Sheridan. In his turbulent and rich life he has worked with the Beatles, entertained the troops in Vietnam, played with Elvis Presley's backing band - all that and far more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/12/201042 minutes, 18 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2010): Truckstop Love Affair

Sara Paul's short documentary; ‘Truck Stop Love Affair’ she made while a student at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies, Maine, America. It explores relationships at a truck stop off interstate 95, near Bangor, Maine. (First Broadcast (2010) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/12/20108 minutes, 21 seconds
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Orangeman in Dublin

A radio documentary about three members of the Dublin and Wicklow Loyal Orange Lodge Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/8/201038 minutes, 45 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2010): Man You're Green

Extracts from Nancy Previs' and Derek O'Halloran's programmes about alternative approaches to food. Derek O'Halloran tells the story of Paddy's Quest - one man's very different way of shopping. Nancy Previs records a Dublin 8 group who are digging up a car park - to make a garden. (First Broadcast 2010) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/5/201012 minutes, 57 seconds
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The day they became men - How the story changes

For years Leinster rugby has been overshadowed by its stronger, more successful country brother, Munster. May 2009, Leinster beat semi-finalists Munster and go on to win the Heineken cup. But does Leinster rugby have what it takes to move beyond the pale? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/2/201044 minutes, 4 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2010): Rare 'Oul Times

Louise Kenny's final year documentary from her radio course at the Institute of Art, Design & Technology, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin. She talks to a Dublin family, the Hansards; a family of 16 children, about their memories. (First Broadcast 2010) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/1/20109 minutes, 48 seconds
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Gentle Genius, Forgotten Poet

A radio documentary about Cork singer songwriter Ger Wolfe. Described by others as a genius, a poet, and even a prophet, Ger Wolfe possesses a rare ability to capture the hearts and minds of his listeners. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/1/201041 minutes, 47 seconds
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DocArchive: Letter to Ann

This award winning doc tells the story of Anne Lovett, a 15yr old schoolgirl from Granard, Longford, who died giving birth beside a grotto in 1984. Her baby son also died. Her death began a national debate about unmarried mothers (Broadcast 1996) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/30/201042 minutes, 11 seconds
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Bachelor's Last Waltz

Jimmy Fleming was never meant to dance again. The 72-year-old bachelor farmer had a heart attack on the dance floor a couple of years back and the doctor warned him to take it easy. This is a story of dancing at the crossroads. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/26/201038 minutes, 22 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2010): Novena

The Solemn Novena in Limerick is a local tradition, that’s about more than religion. Every year, it makes the national traffic news - it's hosted by the Redemptorist Community at Mount St. Alphonsus (First Broadcast 2010) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/24/201019 minutes, 52 seconds
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Suburban hideaway

An award winning documentary that gives an insight into how a family copes after they discover their son sexually assaulted and raped two young school girls. He is now currently serving a ten year sentence in Arbour Hill Prison, Dublin. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/24/201039 minutes, 26 seconds
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Achill Island Mobile Bank (The Curious Ear)

Jim Foody, driver and Anne McKnight, teller, take the Ulster Bank Mobile Bank around Achill Island twice a week. (2007) (A short Irish radio documentary from RTE Radio, Ireland) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/23/201014 minutes, 24 seconds
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There Was Love

A radio documentary about two friends going through divorce in Ireland. Ann and Trish record their experience of divorce over a year. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/22/201031 minutes, 58 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2010): A Taught Sound

The sound of tension for children during exam time at Ardscoil na Trionóide, Athy, Co. Kildare. (First Broadcast 2010) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/17/201013 minutes, 16 seconds
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Mad About Ned

A radio documentary about 80 year old Traveller man Ned McDonagh whose passion for singing lifts spirits wherever he goes. Ned has not had an easy life but he can still rise above hardship and grief to sing his heart out. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/15/201037 minutes, 14 seconds
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A Fair Exchange?

A radio documentary telling the story of a group of Irish businesspeople who are trying to bring clean water to the village of Illili Darartu - where the low price of coffee has led to many farmers switching instead to growing a narcotic plant called khat. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/10/201039 minutes, 26 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2010): Harpie

Janet Harbison has had along-standing passion for harp music. She has always believed harp music can bring people together in Ireland but, believe it or not, it was a dangerous belief to hold. Janet now teaches harp in The Irish Harp Centre, Castleconnell, Co. Limerick. (First Broadcast 2010) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/10/201014 minutes, 49 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2010): Obsession

What’s the line between devotion and obsession Erica Mills tells the stories of four devotees who love, tattoos, Liverpool, "Supernatural" and gaming. Made as part of the MA in International Journalism course at the Dublin Institute of Technology. (First Broadcast 2010) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/3/201010 minutes, 54 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2010): Flower War

Gerald Flower, from Dublin, lost his job when the factory in the U.K supplying the company he worked for was bombed in the world war. He decided to join the RAF for adventure and bailed out of an RAF bomber over liberated Holland in 1944 - the wind blew him back over German lines and into the hands of the Gestapo. (First Broadcast 2010) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/3/201015 minutes, 3 seconds
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Deadly Sleeper

This award winning documentary tells the story of 54-year-old Ray. Ray's family have suspected for a long time that something is wrong. Could it be that he suffers from Sleep Apnoea, a disorder where the sufferer frequently stops breathing during sleep? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/3/201036 minutes, 30 seconds
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The Loneliness of the Goalkeeper

An award winning documentary about the pressurised life of a goalkeeper, the one member of the football team who spends ninety minutes looking at the backs of his teammates, where one mistake can send him from hero to zero in a matter of seconds. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/1/201027 minutes, 50 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2010): Shatila

Derek O'Halloran has never been to a refugee camp before. He visits Shatila 'camp', which has been home to displaced Palestinian refugees in Lebanon for 60 years.There he feels many emotions; he is troubled and surprised by what he finds. (First Broadcast 2010) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/28/20109 minutes, 44 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2010): Through African Ears

The Forum on Migration and Communications ran a training course with Róisín Boyd for 6 women who wanted to make radio programmes. These are all women from Africa who have arrived in Ireland through immigration. This programme features extracts from the short documentaries made by five of the women. (First Broadcast 2010) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/28/201023 minutes, 51 seconds
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Dustcatchers (The Curious Ear)

Those little gee-gaws that people keep in their houses. They'd never appear in an interior design magazine, but they mean something special to the owners. Producer: Susan O'Loghlin. (A short Irish radio documentary from RTE Radio Ireland) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/23/201013 minutes, 43 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2010): The Toastie Train

John, Maurice and Vinod travel to work by train every day - from Limerick to Dublin. A four-hour round trip. They talk of their loves, likes, dislikes...and toast. (First Broadcast 2010) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/21/201016 minutes, 21 seconds
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The Dead News Network

A radio documentary about Anne, a 37 year old mother from Kildare who talks to spirits every day. Anne is a medium and conveys messages from the dead to the living. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/20/201036 minutes, 12 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2010): Don't Bring Sweets

Ballyfermot Travellers' Action Project from Dublin has raised thousands of money in charity aid donations. In April 2010, they visited some recipients of that aid: a group of former lepers in the village of Tulema, near Jimma in Ethiopia., Africa. They shared stories and experiences of lives in both Ireland and Ethiopia. (First Broadcast 2010) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/12/201011 minutes, 22 seconds
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The Long Evenings

A charming look at rural life, past and present by Breandan O' Ciobhain. A charming look at rural life, past and present by Breandan O' Ciobhain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/9/201050 minutes, 13 seconds
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The Search for Edna Lavilla

An award winning documentary from Australia, in which a woman traces the history of her grandmother who died as a result of a backstreet abortion. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/1/201042 minutes, 14 seconds
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Secrets and Lies

Elizabeth O'Halloran's (36) life changed from a chat in a pub in Huddersfield at a relatives funeral. Nobody is certain where Elizabeth came from and nobody knows what happened to her Irish mother. All that is certain are the secrets and lies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/1/201038 minutes, 30 seconds
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DocArchive: Fading Echoes

An award winning documentary that looks back at the boys who sold newspapers like the Evening Echo and Evening Herald on the streets of Cork and Dublin during the 1950s. (Broadcast 2003) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/1/201041 minutes, 39 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2010): People First, Music Second

Producers Susan O'Leary and Jacqui Corcoran recorded two sessions, one in the Comeraghs, Co. Waterford and the other in Morro Bay,California, America. At both sessions, the musicians and students play Irish traditional music and despite their distance and differences, they share the same attitude to music-making. (First Broadcast 2010) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/30/20109 minutes, 24 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2010): On Summer

Evelyn McClafferty evokes the mood of the Summer season to mark May 1st. Speaking to children and adults, including Met Eireann's Evelyn Cusack, they describe what the season means to them. (First Broadcast 2010) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/29/201011 minutes, 56 seconds
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Shuffle Up and Deal

This documentary tells the story of life as a professional poker player. Told through three Irish poker players: two of Ireland's best known professional players, Andrew 'the Monk' Black and Padraig 'Cantona' Parkinson and poker club owner Joe O'Neill. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/29/201041 minutes, 6 seconds
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Stuart Rosenblatt - The Keeper of the Faith

This radio documentary maps and explores Jewish Ireland, and our guide is Dubliner Stuart Rosenblatt. Stuart is the author of the 16-volume Rosenblatt Series, the most comprehensive collection of genealogical material ever compiled on an entire Jewish community in any country. (2010) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/26/201034 minutes, 51 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2010): Stuck In A Big Lift

The Icelandic volcanic eruptions of April 2010 affected air travel and stranded millions of air passengers around Europe. This programme follows a small group of Irish passengers stranded in Istanbul, Turkey. It was like being stuck in a big lift. (First Broadcast 2010) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/24/201012 minutes, 54 seconds
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David Hughes' Greenmarket (The Curious Ear)

David runs a market in a very unusual place. (2007) (A short Irish radio documentary from RTE Radio, Ireland) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/23/201013 minutes, 52 seconds
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My Bones Won't Rest Here

A radio documentary telling the story of how, over 60 years ago, an cousin's wedding changed one Irish man's life by acting as the catalyst to send him on a journey to the United States where he found love, hope and a resting place for when he dies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/20/201040 minutes, 33 seconds
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What's Love Got To Do With It

A radio documentary about domestic violence and the scars it leaves on both its victims and perpetrators. Two women-survivors of domestic violence give us a glimpse into what life was like with a violent man, and one male perpetrator tells his own story. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/13/201037 minutes, 47 seconds
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Jungle Is Rough

A radio documentary telling the story of Brian and Michelle who both have been diagnosed as schizophrenic. Brian is a voice hearer. It is the story of how they cope on a day to day basis, the story of how they met. It is a love story. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/13/201042 minutes, 4 seconds
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DocArchive (1996): Irony? An Essay on Irony

Why has the world become so Ironic now? from those who say one thing but hold another view. Although Irony, is used each day by thousands of people, it's also influenced our music, art and buildings. Richard Herriott explores the world of Irony and if Irony was banned - how would it change our lives? (1996) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/9/201039 minutes, 42 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2010): Mullingar Military Museum

The military museum at Columb Barracks, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath, where the guides and curators had an unusual passion for their exhibits. They came from the time of the British, through the War of Independence, the Congo and Chad. The curators were Lt.Col. Arthur Armstrong and Gunner Noel Poynton. (First Broadcast 2010) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/4/20107 minutes, 4 seconds
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Witness At Checkpoint 300: My Time in Bethlehem

A radio documentary telling the story of Galway woman Barbara Walshe as she spends a three-month term as a human rights observer in the West Bank, seeing conditions at Checkpoint 300 and life for Palestinians and Israelis on both sides of the 8 metre wall. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/1/201037 minutes, 5 seconds
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Axels of Evil

A sign of the times and how much we've all changed. Were we really this 'out of touch' in just 2008? Born and bred out of 21st century Ireland.The real question is, "If SUVs seem to be so universally loathed, why are their sales in Ireland on the increase? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/1/201041 minutes, 49 seconds
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Marrying Out - Part 1 - Not in Front of the Altar (The Spouses)

Part 1 of a two part documentary about pre-multicultural Australia where marrying across the Protestant/Catholic Divide was to consort wth the enemy. Yet from the 1890s to the 1960s, one in five Australian weddings was a mixed marriage. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/30/201049 minutes, 49 seconds
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Marrying Out - Part 2 - Between Two Worlds (The Children)

Part 2 of a two part documentary about pre-multicultural Australia where marrying across the Protestant/Catholic Divide was to consort wth the enemy. Yet from the 1890s to the 1960s, one in five Australian weddings was a mixed marriage. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/30/201049 minutes, 41 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2010): Butter Bessie....

...and The Priest with The Power. Funny stories of smuggling from Co. Monaghan’s Briain Mac An Bhaird of irishmusings.com. (First Broadcast 2010) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/24/20106 minutes, 46 seconds
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Downtown - Pete Hamill's Manhattan

A radio documentary featuring acclaimed journalist and novelist Pete Hamill talks about his enduring love affair with the 'skinny little island' of Manhattan and his career in newspapers in the most exciting city in the world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/23/201040 minutes, 43 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2010): Berlin Salad

Brenda Tobin gets a taste of the German capital, Berlin courtesy of three Irish artists who live there: MJ Whelan, Declan Clarke and Myles Claffey. They discuss politics, geography, film, art and food. (First Broadcast 2010) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/23/20109 minutes, 56 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2010): The Turn in the Road Tells a Tale

Almost every field and turn in the road has a story - as revealed by retired teacher, farmer and storyteller, Briain Mac An Bhaird. He reveals stories about the geography and language of the local environment on the roads and fields of South Monaghan. (First Broadcast 2010) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/22/201016 minutes, 42 seconds
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The Curious Ear(2010): Magnetic Mary & The Angels

Two Dublin shopkeepers Aideen Tarbet and Avril O’Brien sell and listen and sell and listen. In their shops, they sell spiritual artefacts, but provide so much more to customers looking for religion and mystery. (First Broadcast 2010) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/16/20109 minutes, 45 seconds
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The Carberrys - Running in the Family

An award winning doc on the Carberrys, one of Ireland's most famous horse racing dynasties. Grand National winning jockey and trainer Tommy Carberry is joined by his wife Pamela and 4 of their children Paul, Philip, Nina and Peter - all champion jockies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/12/201036 minutes, 15 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2010): Shopping in Mullingar

Writer and journalist, Michael Harding goes shopping in Mullingar, Co. Westmeath but doesn't quite make it. He takes a wander through the town chatting to men in the community and shops; praising Polish women, Midlands chat, Lady Diana and traffic wardens. (First Broadcast 2010) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/10/20109 minutes, 29 seconds
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Two hundred shaves a day

A radio documentary about the life of eighty year old Mayo man, Larry Hingerton - one time barber to the stars and musician. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/3/201036 minutes, 21 seconds
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Photo Rally (The Curious Ear)

A group of motorcyclists who go around Ireland taking photos of their bikes at 24 landmarks. (2008) Producer: Susan O'Loghlin (A short Irish radio documentary from RTE Radio Ireland) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/1/201011 minutes, 45 seconds
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The Long Strike

The fascinating story of how, in 1968, on the Roscommon Leitrim border, the miners of Arigna went on strike for a five day week - a strike that divided the community when twelve men crossed the picket lines. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/1/201043 minutes, 30 seconds
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The Balloon in Brosna

Con Curtin, a Kerry fiddle player and self-proclaimed living legend, is a unique character. Every year the Kerry village of Brosna holds a festival in his honour. Apprenticed as a blacksmith, he left for London at an early age. Con passed away in 2009 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/1/201041 minutes, 28 seconds
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Soul Wings

One of our most popular docs - A story of recovery - "I'm meant to be here, I'm meant to tell this story. It may help somebody else. I wasn't meant to die and I wasn't meant to go mad from drink which so many people I know have done" Thomas Kinsella. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/1/201042 minutes, 52 seconds
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My Cappoquin Chickens

As the Celtic Tiger era neared its end in 2008, many factories and businesses began to close. This story follows Ned Morrissey, a chicken grower from Cappoquin, County Waterford, as he prepares what could be his last batch of chickens. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/1/201040 minutes, 50 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2010): Hot Irishman

Radio producer, Colette Kinsella, meets an elderly Irishman who hasn't given up on looking for romance; he's in an Irish Centre in America; New York and uses a drink called "Hot Irishman" to introduce himself to women. (First Broadcast 2010) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/26/20109 minutes, 54 seconds
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Ten Minutes From Kenema

A radio documentary about Elayne, Nancy and Sombo, three pregnant women who gave birth in different countries with very different outcomes. We travel from Ireland, the safest place in the world to have a baby, to Sierra Leone, one of the most dangerous. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/24/201037 minutes, 46 seconds
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Stopped By Swans (The Curious Ear)

Colette Kinsella has found a place in Dublin it's very hard to pass without stopping...(2007) (A short Irish radio documentary from RTE Radio Ireland) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/23/201014 minutes, 16 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2010): Grand Dock Stories

The Grand Canal Docks in Dublin used to be one of the biggest shipping transit centres in the world. Having declined in use, the docks area was revived in recent years with new offices, apartment blocks and a theatre. The docks still have some boats moored there and three of those are the homes of Nigel, 'Brew' and Séamas (First Broadcast 2010) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/22/20107 minutes, 1 second
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Behind the mic

Hip Hop has traditionally been the music of the working classes, a vehicle for self expression for those that need it the most. This is a confronting doc with hardcore language about a young hip hop Irish act from Ballymun, Dublin, Urban Intelligence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/20/201040 minutes, 39 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2010): The Smell of Life

Dublin bus driver Paddy Plunkett wanders down the factory and olfactory lane of his childhood: Liberty Lane, Dublin.He recalls the work of the community on one of the city’s smallest lanes. The closest thing you’ll get to a scratch n’ sniff experience on the radio. (First Broadcast 2010) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/10/20109 minutes, 28 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2010): Neltah Tells A Love Story

The story of Taurai from Zimbabwe. Taurai was born albino and was taunted in the street because of it. Melody began a romance and fell in love with him and shared a life of laughs, cooking and gardening. Immigration to Ireland and the birth of a daughter Siobhán followed. Then, in 2008, Melody and Siobhán lost Taurai. (First Broadcast 2010) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/9/20109 minutes, 55 seconds
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DocArchive (1984): Dear Fitzmaurice Letters of G B Shaw To Agent

While George Bernard Shaw was busy working on his next play, he inherited property in Carlow. Now an accidental landlord, living in London - Shaw was receiving requests from tenants demanding financial support & repairs to his properties. News of his generosity traveled fast, with letters by him instructing his property manager to help. (1984) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/4/201042 minutes, 54 seconds
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Bright Lights Small Village

A candid and often humorous radio documentary which goes behind the scenes of a Limerick amateur drama production to capture the compelling journey from the first readings through to the emotional final performance. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/4/201041 minutes, 18 seconds
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The Script of Hurt

The early 1950's are remembered in Mayo for their All-Ireland Gaelic football wins. However these dates also mark the beginning of 58 years of wandering around in the football wilderness as the county has failed to win a single Sam Maguire Cup since then. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/1/201041 minutes, 50 seconds
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Rebel City Reverts

Three Cork born Muslims relate their experiences of finding Islam, practising their religion in their home town, and worshipping at their Mosque, on an industrial estate on the outskirts of the city. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/1/201041 minutes, 31 seconds
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The Tattie Hokers - The Migrant Workers of North Mayo

A radio documentary that tells the stories of migrant workers from North Mayo and their journeys to Scotland to pick potatoes during the 20th century to earn a meagre living and support their families at home. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/1/201039 minutes, 28 seconds
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21 Years and 8 Days

August 2006, Gary Douche (21) was beaten to death in the holding cell of Mountjoy Prison, Dublin. He was violently attacked by another inmate in a hot, overcrowded cell. The details of his death were front page news. This documentary begins with his death Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/1/201044 minutes, 55 seconds
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The Curious Ear: "Silence" by Joan Schuman

A sound art and documentary piece about a couple who choose to live in silence. (www.joanschuman.com) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/1/201010 minutes, 23 seconds
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Anatomy of a Recession - The 100 Days

Back in the heady days of the affluent Celtic Tiger, it wasn't until 2008 that we began to get a sneaking sense that things were seriously starting to go wrong. This is the story of the first 100 days of Irelands recession and fall of the Celtic Tiger. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/1/201040 minutes, 41 seconds
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Mary

This is the colourful and initimate story of Mary Murphy, an extraordinarily talented woman with an intellectual disability, who never lets this stand in the way of what she wants to achieve in life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/1/201035 minutes, 5 seconds
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About A Pop Song (The Curious Ear)

Learning all about the 2007 Sugababes hit, "About You Now". (A short Irish radio documentary from RTE Radio Ireland) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/23/201015 minutes, 7 seconds
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Generation X Factor

Jedward-mania hit the country in the autumn of 2009. This radio documentary looks at life inside the pop bubble - and what happens when the bubble bursts, talking to previous Irish contestants of the competition. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/21/201037 minutes, 25 seconds
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The Curious Ear: Peter Healy Luthier

Peter Healy makes stringed instruments and invites groups to his home to play them. Shorter Irish audio documentaries from radio in Ireland and abroad. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/20/201014 minutes, 35 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2010): More Than Paintings

Joe McFadden, Margaret Harrington and Jill Rowe are three volunteers who help out in the National Gallery, Dublin. As well as being volunteers there, they love to visit the gallery and have favourite artists and pieces of art. (First Broadcast 2010) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/12/20108 minutes, 16 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2010): Vladimir's audio email

Sounds and pictures from the old Russian town of Sergiyev Posad as emailed by Vladimir Kryutchev. (First Broadcast 2010) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/8/20104 minutes, 37 seconds
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The Curious Ear: Dead Snow

An extract from a series of podcasts about James Joyce's short story, "The Dead"...shorter radio documentaries on Irish radio from Ireland and abroad. An extract from a series of podcasts about James Joyce's short story, "The Dead"...shorter radio documentaries on Irish radio from Ireland and abroad. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/7/20107 minutes, 42 seconds
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How Macroom Remembers

Politics in Ireland, like most other countries, has a long memory. We visit the Cork town of Macroom that still remembers the Irish Civil War. Even today in the run up to election time, those civil war memories mark a huge divide between FF and FG support Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/2/201039 minutes, 56 seconds
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After Belfast: Father Aidan in Paris

Fr Aidan Troy spent 7yrs in Belfast where his ministry spanned the time of the infamous Holy Cross Protest Walks and a blight of suicides. In 2008, Fr Aidan was sent to a new parish in Paris. This documentary follows his first year of life in Paris Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/2/201038 minutes, 59 seconds
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DocArchive: The Starry Frame

When Helen Townsend was researching her family history, she found a series of letters written to her great grandfather in Australia from his family in Co. Tyrone. The letters date from 1852 to 1892 and tell the story of those left behind in Ireland (2009) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/1/201049 minutes, 58 seconds
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DocArchive: The Siege of 64 Great Strand Street

The story of the attack on Connolly Hall, Great Strand Street, Dublin in March 1933, examining the background and political climate at the time. (First Broadcast 1976) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/1/201039 minutes, 23 seconds
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DocArchive: The Sky Ran Away

A documentary with Tommy McKearney, a 1980's Provisional IRA prisoner - and John Nixon - a then member of the INLA - A story of two men's experience of their years on the blanket and the inevitability of hunger strike. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/1/201041 minutes, 39 seconds
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Ports (The Curious Ear)

How do you get a bunch of teenagers to jump into freezing cold water? Well, you tell them some outrageous lies; that's what outdoor education instructor, John "Ports" Porter does. (2007) (A short Irish radio documentary from RTE Radio, Ireland) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/1/201014 minutes, 41 seconds
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DocArchive: The Clare Champions

1995 was the first ever Ireland hurling success for Co. Clare. This documentary tracks both the success of that year and all that went before it - the curse of Biddy Early, Ger Loughnane's training methods and the irrepresible Anthony Daly. (2005) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/1/201041 minutes, 31 seconds
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DocArchive: The Guest

Cellist Richard Groocock lost his young son to suicide. Kevin, a promising trombone player, was 20 when he took his life. This story explores whether music can still be played and enjoyed in a family whose core has been shattered. (2007) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/1/201037 minutes, 23 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2009): Dole Volunteers

The Dodder Valley Partnership in Tallaght, Dublin, organises volunteers to work in the local Social Welfare Office. They 'signpost': they give out leaflets on local services like deals at sports centres for the unemployed. (First Broadcast 2009) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/1/201015 minutes, 37 seconds
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DocArchive: From Val Vousden Till Now

Fifty years of entertainment recalled by Maureen Potter, Jack Cruise, Joe Linnane and many others, together with excerpts from radio shows down the years. (1976) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/1/201058 minutes, 50 seconds
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DocArchive: The Wran The Wran The King of All Birds

Pat Feeley travels to County Cork to see how the tradition of 'the wran' was still practised in 1975. Pat Feeley travels to County Cork to see how the tradition of 'the wran' was still practised in 1975. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/1/201039 minutes, 19 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2009): Gold Party

It's like an Ann Summers or Tupperware party, in that you have a group of people around to your place. Except, with gold parties; it’s about money; they come to sell and not to buy. (First Broadcast 2009) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/1/201018 minutes, 42 seconds
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DocArchive: Stories from the Underground

This story charts the changes that occurred in the tiny rural farming community of Tynagh in the west of Ireland from the 1960s when it became the location of one of the most important mines in Europe. The mines changed the way of life forever. This story charts the changes that occurred in the tiny rural farming community of Tynagh in the west of Ireland from the 1960s when it became the location of one of the most important mines in Europe. The mines changed the way of life forever. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/1/201041 minutes, 53 seconds
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DocArchive: Over the Waves

Gay Byrne looks back on the trends and changes in fashion in the development of light music on radio since the days of 2RN (1976). Gay Byrne looks back on the trends and changes in fashion in the development of light music on radio since the days of 2RN (1976). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/1/201059 minutes, 7 seconds
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DocArchive: Markey

Markey Robinson was born in Belfast in 1918 and died in 1999. Markey was a prolific Irish artist with a distinctive naïve expressionist style. His main passion was painting, but he also produced sculptures, and designed some stained glass panels. (2007) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/1/201039 minutes, 9 seconds
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DocArchive: The Fathers House

An intimate and powerful story of heroin, hurt and friendship - of how four dads - John, Jimmy, Paul and Mousey -found a way to live with their child's addiction. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/1/201037 minutes, 48 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2010): The Neighbours At 52

Weafer St. (pronounced 'wafer') in Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford and Rahel–Varnhagen-Promenade in Berlin, Germany share similar geography. They are both on 52 degrees 30 minutes north of the Equator. Both run East-West. This programme wanders along each street meeting passersby. (First Broadcast 2010) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/1/201020 minutes, 54 seconds
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A Day With The Dutch (The Curious Ear)

Three unusual stories from the Netherlands: A restaurant with beds...a museum where they lock you in a shipping container...and students whose homes are containers. (2007) (A short Irish radio documentary from RTE Radio, Ireland) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/1/201014 minutes, 3 seconds
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DocArchive: The Joe Lynch Story

A look at the career of one of Irelands best loved entertainers - Joe Lynch. Focusing at his years with Radio Eireann and with the Abbey, and his cross channel work in the 1970s which established him in an international career. (1976) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/1/201043 minutes, 51 seconds
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DocArchive: Who Is Izzy Baia?

This radio documentary won a prestigious Prix Italia - a story giving an insight into the world of Kevin Whelan and his relationship with Brian, an autistic teenager in Galway (First broadcast 1997) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/1/201042 minutes, 58 seconds
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DocArchive: Pat's University Challenge

Twenty years years after it became a fully fledged university in 1989, Pat O'Mahony returns to his old alma mater, Dublin City University and spends freshers week there. (2009) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/1/201037 minutes, 56 seconds
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DocArchive: The Ffrench Connection

This is the story of two great estates, one in Monivea, County Galway - the other in Simbirsk, Russia. It is also the story of the woman who owned those two estates - Kathleen Ffrench - and her cousin Rosamunde ffrench. (2009) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/1/201040 minutes, 34 seconds
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DocArchive: The Cons are Coming

The story of the annual visit of a family from America and England to their homeplace in Ballyjamesduff in County Cavan. It's a story of enduring friendship among a family and their neighbours. (2006) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/1/201041 minutes, 7 seconds
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DocArchive: Do You Still Come Here Often?

Kevin Sheedy examines the fate of the strict-tempo ballroom dancer in an age of pop and Rock. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/1/201039 minutes, 29 seconds
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DocArchive: There's Only One George Best

A radio documentary recorded on the day that George Best was laid to rest in Belfast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/1/201040 minutes, 58 seconds
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World Draughts (The Curious Ear)

The 2007 World Draughts Championships in Buncrana, Co. Donegal. Among those there: a man paid by his government to teach draughts to children and a man who was blown up in Scotland. (A short Irish radio documentary from RTE Radio, Ireland) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/1/201018 minutes, 50 seconds
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DocArchive: Return to Ypres

Michael O Kane follows the events which unfold around a weekend trip to Belgium to commemorate and retrace the steps of 3 men who fought in World War I, around the farmland of Ypres, between May 1917 and April 1918. (Broadcast 2010) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/1/201039 minutes, 32 seconds
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Doc Archive: Stone Cutters

Stone cutters, quarry men and the long tradition of masonry families in Barnacullia, Co Dublin, where granite has been its life blood for the past 200 years (first broadcast 1976). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/1/201042 minutes, 47 seconds
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DocArchive: Fossetts Circus

The story of Ireland's National Circus - Fossetts Circus - We examine its history, the highs and lows of working and living in a travelling circus and of course the wanderlust! (Broadcast 1975) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/1/201036 minutes, 25 seconds
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DocArchive: 50 Years of Radio Drama

Augustine Martin takes a look back at 50 years of radio drama in this commemorative programme from 1976. Augustine Martin takes a look back at 50 years of radio drama in this commemorative programme from 1976. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/1/201059 minutes, 34 seconds
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DocArchive: O Commemorate Me

Marking the centenary of his birth, this programme is based primarily in Patrick Kavanagh's birthplace of Iniskeen and in other towns in South Monaghan featuring events as the inauguration of the National Kavanagh Day and the Raglan Road Festival. (2004) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/1/201040 minutes, 52 seconds
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DocArchive: Last Brigadista

A documentary on Irish man, Ned Murphy, believed to be the last survivor of the Irish Brigade which fought for Franco in the Spanish Civil War. This is Ned's story, told in his own words and those of his family. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/1/201040 minutes, 25 seconds
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DocArchive: Rumours from Monaghan

Senator Billy Fox was murdered on March 11th 1974. Five members of the Provisional IRA were sentenced to life for the killing. The story of Billy Fox is largely forgotten. This documentary attempts to find out what really happened that night (2006). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/1/201051 minutes, 17 seconds
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DocArchive: The Great Debate

The legend of Oisín and Saint Patrick is retold in this dramatisation from 1976. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/1/201057 minutes, 53 seconds
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DocArchive: Ruth's Coin

The September 11th attacks changed the world forever. 2,976 victims and 19 hijackers died in the attack. Cork woman, Ruth Clifford McCourt and her 4yr old daughter Juliana were passengers on the hijacked United Airlines flight 175. (Broadcast 2002) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/1/201042 minutes, 30 seconds
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DocArchive: The Menai Suspension Bridge

A 1976 documentary celebrating 150 years since the bridge across the Menai Strait that connects Anglesey with the mainland - and how an Irish vehicle was the first to cross it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/1/201039 minutes, 21 seconds
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DocArchive: Like The Wings of a Butterfly

Emma Fogarty lives with Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB), a painful genetic skin disorder which causes her skin layers to separate and blister at the slightest touch. This is a glimpse into the world of Emma and her family - the world of Dystrophic EB. (2007) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/1/201040 minutes, 21 seconds
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Doc Archive: The Swilly

The Lough Swilly Bus offers a network of services to some of the most remote parts of Donegal. Departing Derry City, the route travels along the old railway route of the Lough Swilly Railway Company. This is the story of the people who use the Swilly bus. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/1/201041 minutes, 22 seconds
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DocArchive: The Auction

'Victor Mitchell's' Auction House in Roscrea, Co Tipperary is widely respected amongst 'those that know' in the antiques trade. And in this documentary, we get to know a few things about the business. To which room shall the rocking horse return? (2005) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/1/201041 minutes, 21 seconds
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DocArchive: Mary and Manor Street

Mary Gurr had been a promising footballer but she died an alcholic and homeless. Here, the Gurr family describe the helplessness of watching a cherished family member slowly die on the streets of the Dublin city. (2006) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/1/201039 minutes, 50 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2009): Grand Art

The story of the man who, anonymously, hid Lotto scratchcards in books in Waterford Library and why. Followed by the story of 13 college students from Leeds who blew a grant they'd been given for an exhibition on a sun holiday instead. Or did they? (First Broadcast 2009) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/1/201016 minutes, 18 seconds
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DocArchive: Playing With Pride

This documentary tells the story of a girl's gaelic football team from Dublin's Sheriff Street during the run-up to a Cumann na mBunscoil semi-final during the month of November in 2005. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/1/201040 minutes, 13 seconds
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DocArchive: Recruits

In 2006, we gained exclusive and first time access to record the highs and lows of a platoon of young men as they try to make it through their basic Irish army training over a period of four months. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/1/201039 minutes, 49 seconds
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DocArchive: The Strange Thing I Am

On Easter Monday 1916 Patrick Pearse stood on the steps of the GPO and read the Proclamation. John Cunningham questions how our view of Pearse has evolved from the adulation of the early years to his relevance today (Broadcast 2005). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/1/201040 minutes, 36 seconds
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DocArchive: The Game Is Not Over Yet - 50 Years of Radio Sport

The first sports broadcasting on Irish radio was on 9th January 1926 when the Irish rugby team due to play France was listed on air. This archive documentary from 1976 takes a look at the art of sport broadcasting over the previous fifty years. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/1/201059 minutes, 8 seconds
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Playing with Pride

This documentary tells the incredible story of a young girl's gaelic football team from Dublin's inner city Sheriff Street, during the run-up to a Cumann na mBunscoil semi-final during the month of November. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/1/201040 minutes, 12 seconds
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Peggy the Postmistress (The Curious Ear)

Peggy is on holiday - her first in 39 years. Well, it's not a holiday; it's retirement. Since the late 1960's, Peggy Moloney's been the postmistress in O'Callaghan's Mills, Co. Clare. (2008) (A short Irish radio documentary from RTE Radio, Ireland) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/1/20105 minutes, 2 seconds
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Maria's Schooldays (The Curious Ear)

Four twenty-something women recall the good and bad of an Irish convent secondary school which they left in 2001. (Broadcast in 2008) (A short Irish radio documentary from RTE Radio, Ireland) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/1/20109 minutes, 17 seconds
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DocArchive: The Tin Box

Upwards of 300,000 Irish men and women from the nationalist tradition fought in the Great War. This documentary focuses on the memories of the children of these people, including Mary Russell, whose father fought with the Royal Dublin Fusiliers. (2004) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/1/201043 minutes, 10 seconds
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DocArchive: Pieces of the Wall

Twenty years after the extraordinary event of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Martin Duffy, an Irish writer and film-maker living in Berlin, meets Irish people who have been living in West Berlin since its days as a walled-in city. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/1/201038 minutes, 39 seconds
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DocArchive: There's a Darkness on the Edge of Town

19 members of the travelling community in Tallagh have died in 18 months through death by suicide. This documentary goes behind the statistics to look at the human stories of those most affected. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/1/201036 minutes, 34 seconds
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DocArchive: The Glen Road to Carrick

Fiddle player Paul O'Shaughnessy's revisits The Glen area of Co Donegal which was a place of formative experience for him. This documentary is an exploration of a musical style told through this tune and the memories of those who've played it. (2006) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/1/201040 minutes, 56 seconds
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DocArchive: The Blues and the Candy Stripes

The previous time Belfast soccer club Linfield FC travelled to the home of Derry City FC, was January 25th 1969. The two sides found themselves on opposite ends of the social spectrum in a time of civil unrest - 26yrs on, they met again. (2005) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/1/201041 minutes, 15 seconds
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The appeal of the midnight court

The Appeal of the Midnight Court is a special documentary made by Cathal Póirtéir for RTÉ Radio 1 to mark the 200th anniversary of the death of Clare poet Brian Merriman. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/31/200941 minutes, 59 seconds
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Stories from the black republic

Through the stories of the people who lived through the regimes of Papa Doc and Baby Doc Duvalier, 'Stories from the Black' Republic traces the horrors of the Dubaliers' private army the Ton Ton Macoutes on the island of Haiti. (Broadcast 2005) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/31/200940 minutes, 50 seconds
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DocArchive: Wake me when I'm dead

A documentary about the dead, dying and death - told by the undertaker Thomas Lynch who is is an essayist, poet and funeral director of Lynch & Sons funeral home in Milford, Michigan. (Broadcast 2002) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/31/200942 minutes, 44 seconds
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DocArchive: Martha Graham - Mother of us all

Martha Graham, an American dancer/choreographer, was regarded as one of the foremost pioneers of modern dance. She invented a new language of movement and used it to reveal the passion, the rage and the ecstasy common to human experience. (Broadcast 1991) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/31/200959 minutes, 26 seconds
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Changing Faces

Clarie Taylor was born in his grandmother's caravan during an afternoon circus show. His family moved the day after and since that time he's travelled from village to village with his family's variety act as the circus clown, "Fiery Daniels". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/31/200941 minutes
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Songmakers

A radio documentary on contemporary comic songmakers in the traditional idiom featuring the songs of Michael Marrinan, Sean Mone, Robbie McMahon, Tim Lyons, Con O'Drisceoil and Brian O'Rourke. (Broadcast 2005) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/31/200940 minutes, 16 seconds
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Hitler's Nemesis - Georgi Zhukov

May 1st 2005, marked the 60th anniversary of Marshal Georgi Zhukov's victory in the Battle of Berlin in the Second World War. This is the story of a Russian man, a now largely neglected figure in the West, who brought about Hitler's downfall. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/31/200940 minutes, 44 seconds
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DocArchive: The children at the bottom of the garden

An amazing documentary by John McKenna about being told by his mother on her deathbed that the children she lost at birth were buried at the bottom of their garden. This is a story of 1950s Catholic Ireland and the burial of the unbaptised (broadcast 1995) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/31/200938 minutes, 27 seconds
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DocArchive: How Far Have They Travelled?

The Donovan family are members of the travelling community and ten years on from a documentary where they moved into a house, the family describe why they have decided to go back on the road again. (Broadcast 1979) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/31/200943 minutes, 38 seconds
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DocArchive: How Far Have They Travelled?

The Donovan family are members of the travelling community and ten years on from a documentary where they moved into a house, the family describe why they have decided to go back on the road again. (Broadcast 1979) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/31/200943 minutes, 38 seconds
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DocArchive: In Your Face

Lia Mills is an Irish writer. She writes novels, short stories and literary non-fiction. This is the story of her experience with oral cancer Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/31/200939 minutes, 2 seconds
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DocArchive: My Eskimo Friends

In 1990 Irish woman Geraldine Osborne decided on an adventure - to move with her young family to an entirely new world - Ellesmare Island far up in Northern Canada. Deep within the artic circle, she became part of the local Inuit community (Broadcast 1990) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/30/200939 minutes, 54 seconds
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DocArchive: The Hudson Letter

A documentary with a difference - Derek Mahon's acclaimed poetry sequence of The Hudon River is read by a stellar cast including Stephen Rea and Dawn Bradfiled and put to a soundtrack of New York sounds with specially composed music (Broadcast 2001) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/30/200959 minutes, 43 seconds
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DocArchive: Good Job Base

Shannon Airport is unique in location and in the history of aviation. Of all European Airports it's situated at the most western point, making it the ideal stepping stone between the old world and new. This is the story of its early days (Broadcast 1991) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/30/200939 minutes, 57 seconds
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DocArchive: Fire in the Earth - Poetry and Mythology

Poet David Whyte unravels the role of poetry and mythology in life. Author of six books of poetry, David grew up with a strong, imaginative influence from his Irish mother in the valleys of his father’s Yorkshire. He now lives in the US (Broadcast 1993) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/30/200942 minutes, 56 seconds
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DocArchive: Swansong of a Toad

Dick Warner travels to west Kerry, one of the last habitats of the native Irish natterjack toad who is thought to be an immigrant from the end of the Ice Age. Dick soon discovers that the toads are in a battle for survival. Is it too late? (Broadcast 1990) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/30/200934 minutes, 28 seconds
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DocArchive: Excuse To Be Evil

This is the story of two sisters who spent their childhoods growing up in a Satanic cult. This is challenging listening, sometimes upsetting, sometimes unbelievable - but all true. What is it like to live with 'Satan' everyday? (First broadcast 1990) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/30/200937 minutes, 2 seconds
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DocArchive (2008): Who Fears to Speak of '98?

This documentary relives a dramatic year in the life of Irish Hurling, when the summer's games became our national soap opera. The 1998 All-Ireland hurling championship was like no other - from the outset, it was a sporting story that had everything. (First Broadcast 2008) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/29/200954 minutes, 51 seconds
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DocArchive: First Language

A surprise to many, Dublin is Ireland's largest Gaeltacht and the area where the most amount of people speak Irish/Gaelic on a daily basis. But what is life like for a family bringing up children speaking Irish in the Dublin of today? (Broadcast 1991) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/28/200942 minutes, 34 seconds
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DocArchive: Behind the pipes

Kenneth Jones has dedicated his life to building pipe organs. We visit Ken at his home, learn about the history of the organ and also hear him play some of the instruments he made including the organ at Dublin's National Concert Hall (Broadcast 1991) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/28/200939 minutes, 23 seconds
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DocArchive: By the Strands of Magilligan

Magilligan is a penninusla in Co. Derry with a unique history. Unusually, it is an area of Northern Ireland where the population is made up in the majority of families who are 'pre-plantation' stock. As a result, Irish still survives there (Broadcast 1975) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/28/200943 minutes, 45 seconds
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DocArchive: The Show People

The Bird family are 'Show People'. They move from town to town across the country, selling rides like the dodgems and the merry go round at their travelling fairground. (Broadcast 1979) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/27/200924 minutes, 33 seconds
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DocArchive: House Strictly Private

The Irish Wake is one of the iconic traditions associated with family, community and death - at least it used to be. From its origins back to an ancient Jewish custom, the wake which was part of every parish, has now sadly almost died out. (Broadcast 1975) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/27/200938 minutes, 48 seconds
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DocArchive: Beer, Beer, Glorious Beer.

All you will ever need to know about one of our most popular tipples - beer. A look at the history and science of beer brewing through the ages. (Broadcast 1979) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/26/200938 minutes, 53 seconds
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DocArchive: The Mind Travellers

What happens to people who have 'out of body experiences' and why does it happen to them? We examine some of the various theories behind 'physical separation' and the academic work done on this area at a research Lab in Arizona, U.S.A (Broadcast 1975) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/26/200942 minutes, 1 second
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DocArchive: The Park Danes

Residents of the park area in Limerick have seen a lot of change - this documentary talks to the eclectic group of people that go there every day. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/24/200923 minutes, 20 seconds
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DocArchive: Fingers numb faces aglow

The enchanting story of a 7 year olds boyhood memories of Christmas in Co. Roscommon. Memories flood back filled with conversations, smells, tastes, humour - and all the magic of the festive time of year (First broadcast 1995) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/24/200939 minutes, 54 seconds
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DocArchive: Last Christmas on Inisturk

The story of one group of islanders and their last Christmas on Inisturk, a small island off the coast of Mayo, as they face up to the harsh reality that they have no option but to leave their home for the mainland. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/24/200939 minutes, 58 seconds
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DocArchive: A Palestrina Christmas

15 years ago, Mary Curtin spent Christmas with the Palestrina Choir of St Mary's Pro-Cathedral, Dublin. From 1982 until the Christmas of 1995, Ite O'Donovan was the choirs director. This documentary follows Ite's last weeks with the choir (Broadcast 1995) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/23/200946 minutes, 22 seconds
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DocArchive (1981): Care of Wild Animals In Captivity

Dublin Zoo was opened in 1831 by he Royal Zoological Society of Ireland and lies in the heart of Dublin's Phoenix Park. In this documentary, John Shkehan speaks to the people who work there about bringing wild animals from nature into a captive environment. (First Broadcast 1981) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/22/200939 minutes, 15 seconds
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DocArchive: Dadland

A radio documentary that offers a very intimate portrait of what it is like to be part of an Irish farming family in rural Ireland - like all families, Richie Beirne's is no different - it has its ups and downs (Broadcast 1996) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/21/200935 minutes, 5 seconds
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DocArchive: Christmas in an Alien Land

The personal stories of three people spending Christmas in Ireland who will be missing their homes in New York, Melbourne and Nigeria this (First broadcast 1999) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/21/200927 minutes, 9 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2009): Audio Christmas Card

The Curious Ear Audio Christmas Card. Recorded at the Farmleigh House Christmas Market, Dublin. The barbershop singers are: "The Mellowchords". (First Broadcast 2009) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/21/20091 minute, 29 seconds
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DocArchive: Quick Quick Smile Smile

The modelling scene in 1970s Ireland was tough - work was scarce and pay was variable, models had to provide all their own accessories from shoes to tights and hats - and you had to get to jobs in the midst of a petrol shortage. (first broadcast 1975) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/20/200942 minutes, 58 seconds
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DocArchive: Lorient

Since 1971, millions have been travelling to Lorient - a town in Brittany to attend its world famous International festival to celebrate Celtic culture, song and dance. (Broadcast 1979) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/19/200939 minutes, 56 seconds
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DocArchive: Churchill and Ireland

His earliest childhood memories were of the Phoenix Park - and Winston Churchill described the years he lived beside the Viceregal Lodge in Dublin as the happiest years of his life. A look at Churchill's relationship with Ireland. (First broadcast 1974) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/19/200949 minutes, 22 seconds
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DocArchive: The Moles of Moneenroe

Castlecomer in Kilkenny is synonymous with coalmining. In 1802 alone - there was eighteen working pits and the miners who worked there were known as the ‘Moles of Moneenroe.’ (Broadcast 1979) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/18/200944 minutes, 11 seconds
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DocArchive: Sean Lemass

A profile of Sean Lemass, one of the most prominent Irish Political figures of the 20th Century, and a veteran of the 1916 Easter Rising, the War of Independence and the Civil War. (Broadcast 1971) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/18/200956 minutes, 30 seconds
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DocArchive: The Sons Of Molly

The ‘Molly Maguires’ were a 19th century secret society of Irish descent who were accused of kidnappings and other crimes in the rural coalmining areas of Pennsylvania. (Broadcast 1979) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/17/200942 minutes, 21 seconds
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DocArchive: These People

The story of a group of recovering drug addicts as they prepare to put on a play. We follow them from rehearsals, which are often disruptive, through to the performance on the night. (Broadcast 2007) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/17/200942 minutes, 7 seconds
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DocArchive: Back from the Brink

In 1975, Khmer Rouge forces entered Phnom Penh, Cambodia and defeated the ruling Lon Nol Army. Pol Pot declared 'Year Zero' and began his reign of terror. This documentary looks at how the Cambodians are recovering from the Pol Pot years (Broadcast 1994) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/16/200942 minutes, 57 seconds
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DocArchive: Gerry's Left Leg

A personal story of disability with an honest and lively portrait of a man named Gerry O'Brien - a teacher in CBS Monkstown in Dublin who has no arms and just one leg. (Broadcast 1992) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/16/200941 minutes, 54 seconds
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DocArchive: Pedals and Pebbles

Stone mad! Geology meets architecture when Mary Mulvihill takes her tape recorder and bicycle around Dublin to view some little-known stones in buildings and sites around the city (Broadcast 1995) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/16/200941 minutes, 8 seconds
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DocArchive: Guns and Roses

Every day for six months these women must wear a uniform and carry a gun. This documentary follows four women soldiers on duty with the Irish army in the Lebanon (Broadcast 1994) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/16/200942 minutes, 41 seconds
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DocArchive: Heart of Grace

A powerful story about the recipients of donor hearts, by Ireland's longest heart transplant survivor Bill Long. (Broadcast 1995) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/16/200942 minutes, 46 seconds
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DocArchive (1989): Black In America

"Black in America" tells of the poverty and discrimination affecting American minorities in the late 1980s. At the time, the black community in America faced major conflict in areas of crime, education, drugs, and unemployment. This documentary details racially discriminatory systems that continue to impact America today. (First Broadcast 1989) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/15/200943 minutes, 53 seconds
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DocArchive: Ferns in Gorthaganny

John Scally traces the history of an unmarked children's graveyard in Co. Roscommon, believed to be a burial ground since famine times (Broadcast 1994) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/15/200942 minutes, 19 seconds
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DocArchive: Markets Without Middlemen

The battle between market stall holders and big business and how the tide of business has obliterated the small man, the donkey and cart and the street singer whose music is drowned out by the sound of the delivery lorries. (first broadcast 1975) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/14/200939 minutes, 14 seconds
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DocArchive: Mama's Baby

Four year old Charlotte was born with Rett's Syndrome - a rare neurological disorder resulting in physical and intellectual disability. It occurs in girls almost exclusively, and affects one in ten thousand births. (Broadcast 1997) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/14/200942 minutes, 57 seconds
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DocArchive: That Lady

The life and works of Limerick born novelist and playwright Kate O’Brien (1897-1974) featuring dramatised excerptsof the works of O'Brien (Broadcast 1997) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/14/200942 minutes, 38 seconds
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DocArchive: Voices in the Air

Orla Burke meets some of the people who ring into radio talk shows and asks what it is that turns some people into "serial callers" (Broadcast 1997) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/14/200940 minutes, 56 seconds
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DocArchive: Somalia - River of Hope

In the early 1990's, a devasting famine that claimed up to 300,000 lives in Somalia. In this documentary Roisin Boyd travelled to Somalia with the then Minister for Foreign Affairs David Andrews to see the aid operation first hand (Broadcast 1992) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/14/200938 minutes, 52 seconds
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DocArchive: Darkness of the Soul

Ann-Marie Power visits Cordoba in Andalusia Southern Spain in search of the core of flamenco and its influences (Broadcast 1997) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/14/200942 minutes, 32 seconds
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DocArchive: Yeee Haaa

Dick Warner visits the wild west to discover bunkhouses, poets and other aspects of cowboy culture (Broadcast 1997) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/14/200940 minutes, 57 seconds
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DocArchive: Lost Innocence

Annie Maguire was jailed in 1976 with five members of her family and a family friend. She was alleged to have passed nitro-glycerine to the IRA in the seventies to make bombs. She talks about the events that changed her life (Broadcast 1996) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/14/200938 minutes, 51 seconds
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DocArchive: Baby on the Way

In this revealing documentary we go behind the scenes at the Coombe Women's Hospital in Dublin to explore the world of pregnancy, from the anti-natal clinic to the birth of a child in the delivery room. (Broadcast 1977) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/13/200939 minutes, 18 seconds
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DocArchive: World of Women

In this documentary from 1980, Marian Finucane travelled to Copenhagen for the second United Nations World Conference on Women where delegates gathered to assess the progress in women’s rights and equality. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/13/200941 minutes, 56 seconds
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DocArchive: Priests Leaving

In the 1970s numbers of priests were declining in their thousands. Former priests discuss their reasons for leaving - often the isolation and lonliness that they felt as a result of celibacy. (First broadcast 1974) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/13/200938 minutes, 48 seconds
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DocArchive: InterchurchMarriages

In 1975 the 'mixed marriage problem' was such a divisive issue in Ireland that a conference was held to try to figure out what should be done if a Catholic and a Protestant wanted to get married (first broadcast 1975). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/12/200958 minutes, 28 seconds
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DocArchive: Meltdown

The Three Mile Island accident was a partial nuclear meltdown which occurred at the Harrisburg power plant in Pennsylvania on March 28th, 1979. It was the worst accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant history. (Broadcast 1979) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/12/200942 minutes, 3 seconds
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DocArchive: Stargazers

Patrick Moore boasted to friends that he was the only man to interview Orville Wright, Neil Armstrong and Yuri Gagarin but to his fans he was much more than a broadcaster. (Broadcast 2001) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/11/200942 minutes, 27 seconds
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DocArchive: Wicked Old Children of George Fitzmaurice

A look at the life of the Irish dramatist and short story writer George Fitzmaurice, with accounts from those who knew him personally. (Broadcast 1972) A look at the life of the Irish dramatist and short story writer George Fitzmaurice, with accounts from those who knew him personally. (Broadcast 1972) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/11/200943 minutes, 52 seconds
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DocArchive: Pórt Na bPúcaí - The Music of Ghosts

A look at the career of the Irish traditional musician and TV producer, Tony McMahon. His contribution to Irish music worldwide over the decades has been remarkable, due in part to his uncomprimising approach to his work. (Broadcast 2005) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/10/200941 minutes, 9 seconds
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DocArchive: To A Nunnery Gone

Thirty years ago, nuns played a prominent role in Irish society especially in the education and the medical sectors but what was daily life like for these women? (Broadcast 1979) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/10/200943 minutes, 22 seconds
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DocArchive: To the Island - Mary O'Malley in Inishmore

A radio documentary profiling Galway-based poet Mary O'Malley and her writers workshop on Inishmore. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/9/200940 minutes, 14 seconds
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DocArchive: Don't Shoot the Messenger

A radio documentary about the role of the government press secretary by Niall Doyle (Broadcast 1999) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/9/200942 minutes, 3 seconds
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DocArchive: Days of the Servant Boy

A radio documentary about hiring fairs, the life of the servant boy and the modern day small farm (Broadcast 1997) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/9/200939 minutes, 31 seconds
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DocArchive: Silver Strings

A radio documentary about Donegal Herring Gutters (Broadcast 1997) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/9/200941 minutes, 48 seconds
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DocArchive: My Mother and the Poet

In this radio documentary, we hear the story of Brid Manifold, who discovered that her mother Deirdre had a romantic involvement with poet Patrick Kavanagh before marrying Brid’s father (Broadcast 1993) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/9/200929 minutes, 15 seconds
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DocArchive: Mount Street Club

A radio documentary about the Mount Street Club founded in Dublin 1934 (Broadcast 1997) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/9/200939 minutes, 40 seconds
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DocArchive: Talking to Bricks - A Portrait of Norman Porter

A radio documentary about Norman Porter, Unionist and winner of the Ewart-Biggs Award (Broadcast 1997) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/9/200940 minutes, 27 seconds
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DocArchive: Strawboys

A radio documentary about the Strawboy tradition in County Sligo (Broadcast 1998) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/9/200941 minutes, 18 seconds
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DocArchive: I Don't Remember Me

A radio documentary about the effects of M.E. on sufferers (Broadcast 1998) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/9/200940 minutes, 36 seconds
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DocArchive: Vanished and the Banished

Northern Ireland was plagued by civil unrest from the late 1960s until the Good Friday agreement of 1998. During a period which became known as the troubles, many people either vanished or were forced into exile. This is their story (Broadcast 1996) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/8/200942 minutes, 55 seconds
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DocArchive: A & E - Accident and Emergency

An exciting 'fly on the wall' documentary about the accident and emergency department of the Mater hospital, Dublin (Broadcast 2001) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/8/200941 minutes, 54 seconds
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DocArchive: Retreat of O'Suilleabhain Beara

The story of the epic historical march of O'Suilleabhain Beara from West Cork to Leitrim through the counties of Limerick, Tipperary, Offaly, Galway, Roscommon and Sligo in 1603 (Broadcast 1980) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/8/200938 minutes, 48 seconds
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DocArchive: Ripples in the Teacup

From a different era - an insight into the changing role of women in the Japanese workforce (Broadcast 1992) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/8/200941 minutes, 23 seconds
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DocArchive: Glen and Me - Lifeline and Death Row Prisoner

In this radio documentary Hilary Huges shares her experience of letter-writing and visits to Glen, a prisoner on death row (Broadcast 1997) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/7/200941 minutes, 46 seconds
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DocArchive: Voices from a Vanishing World

Jim Fahy recalls some memorable encounters with people from big houses in the west of Ireland (Broadcast 1991) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/7/200939 minutes, 43 seconds
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DocArchive: Bulls Wool Coats and Nail Boots

Fifty years of the Forsa Cosanta Aitiuil, or FCA, is commerated in this documentary (Broadcast 1996) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/7/200942 minutes, 30 seconds
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DocArchive: The Story of Woodbrook (David Thompson's Book)

A radio documentary inspired by the novel 'Woodbrook' by David Thompson (Broadcast 1986) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/7/200943 minutes, 22 seconds
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DocArchive: St. Patrick's Purgatory Lough Derg Pilgrimage

In this documentary we hear the sounds and words that tell the story of the Lough Derg Pilgrimage, Co Donegal (Broadcast 1991) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/7/200937 minutes, 20 seconds
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DocArchive: All Things Bright and Beautiful

The story of the acclaimed 19th-century hymn writer, Mrs Cecil Frances Alexander (Broadcast 1995) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/7/200944 minutes, 58 seconds
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DocArchive: Flying for the Silver Screen

A radio documentary about the Irish Air Corps officers who flew for films shot in Ireland during the 1960s (Broadcast 1997) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/7/200941 minutes, 49 seconds
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DocArchive: On the Earth Below

A radio documentary on the life of Irish folk singer songwriter Liam Weldon, presented and produced by Julian Vignoles (Broadcast 1994) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/7/200941 minutes, 38 seconds
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DocArchive: A Butcher's Tale

A radio documentary telling the story of the changing world of Eugene Kierans, Master Butcher (Broadcast 1989) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/7/200938 minutes, 25 seconds
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DocArchive: Scenes from a Return Journey

In this radio documentary, writer Anne Kennedy takes a glimpse at the past, present and future through encounters in a Californian summer (Broadcast 1992) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/7/200939 minutes, 48 seconds
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DocArchive: The Burning of Bridget Cleary - Witch Burning 1895

A grisly story about the torture and murder of Bridget Cleary in Tipperary in 1895, whose husband believed her to be a witch or possessed by the fairies (Broadcast 1995). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/6/200942 minutes
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DocArchive: Knowth, Dowth and Newgrange

The Boyne Valley Mounds at Newgrange, Knowth and Dowth in Co. Meath in Ireland were built around 3200BC - making them older than Stonehenge in England and the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt. This documentary tells the story of them (Broadcast 1982) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/6/200938 minutes, 59 seconds
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DocArchive: In the Shadow of Death

Countess Mary de Galway O'Kelly was born Mary Cummins in Dublin in April 1905. She was teaching in Brussels during the German invasion of May 1940 and soon became involved with the Belgian resistance in World War II. (Broadcast 1993) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/6/200943 minutes, 14 seconds
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DocArchive: A Question of Faith

This is the story of a family's reaction to the news that their daughter has chosen to become a Catholic nun. In entering a convent, she has chosen to enter into an enclosed order - virtually shutting herself off from the outside world. (Broadcast 1993) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/6/200936 minutes, 58 seconds
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DocArchive: Orange The Purple and The Blue

Proinsias O'Conluain delves into the world of the Orange Order, its history and its role into the future (Broadcast 1973) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/6/200939 minutes, 15 seconds
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DocArchive: Neccessitys Child

This documentary tells the story of inventors and their inventions in Ireland in the early 1980's. Made and broadcast in an era of huge emigration and unemployment, it's a story of challenge, creativeness and sheer stuborness sometimes (Broadcast 1983) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/6/200943 minutes, 54 seconds
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DocArchive: Unwritten Ireland

The rich oral history of Ireland could have been lost had the Irish Folklore Commission not preserved them for generations to come. From 1935-1971 they collected a treasure trove of photos, music and stories from all over Ireland (First broadcast 1974) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/6/200948 minutes, 20 seconds
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DocArchive: Shamrock Bar - The Irish in Moscow

Moscow might not be the most obvious spot for an Irish pub - especially back in the early 1990's. This is the story of Moscow's transition to a market economy and the Irish involvement in the city at that time. (Broadcast 1993) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/6/200939 minutes, 17 seconds
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DocArchive: Gordon Bennett Race

The Gordon Bennett Cup Race was the biggest annual motor race in the world in the early 1900s. Automobile clubs around the world competed. In 1903, in unusual circumstances, it became the first ever international motor race held in Ireland (Broadcast 1974) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/5/200949 minutes, 4 seconds
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DocArchive: To End It All

Ireland has one of the highest rates of suicide in Western Europe. It’s one of the major issues affecting Irish society but why is this and what can be done? (Broadcast 1979) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/5/200942 minutes, 56 seconds
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DocArchive: After the Plays are Over

A look at the 13th Dublin Theatre Festival with Sean MacReamoinn. The two week event showcased the Irish premiere of Muderous Angels by Conor Cruise O'Brien. (First Broadcast 1971) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/5/200958 minutes, 10 seconds
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DocArchive: The Last Cattle Drive

A 75 year old man re-enacts and remembers a time when cattle were herding through the streets and lanes of Dublin. (2006) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/4/200941 minutes, 9 seconds
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DocArchive: With the Irish in the Middle East

30,000 Irish soldiers have been deployed since 1978 as peacekeepers for the UN in the Lebanon attempting to keep the peace in one of the most volatile regions on the planet. (Broadcast 1978) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/4/200943 minutes
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DocArchive: Mengistu's shadow

From 1990 through to 1995, Ethopia journeyed from dictatorship to democracy. Helen Shaw visited Ethopia in 1990 when the country was under the dictatorship of Mengistu Haile Mariamand. 5 years later she returns to see how life has changed (Broadcast 1995) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/4/200942 minutes, 57 seconds
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DocArchive: Flight of the Enola Gay

The 'Enola Gay' was the bomber plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in August 1945. This documentary meets the navigator of that deadly journey - Theodore 'Dutch' Van Kirk. 50 yrs, has he any doubts on their catastophic actions? (Broadcast 1995) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/3/200942 minutes, 14 seconds
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DocArchive: Every man an Einstein

In 1978, John Skehan set out to capture how the young people of Ireland view the scientific future of the world. Did anyone predict that the world would be such a difference place by 2010? (Broadcast 1978) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/3/200942 minutes, 14 seconds
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DocArchive: Church and State

In 1978, Karol Wojtyla, a Pole was elected Pope John Paul II despite the fact that that at the time his homeland was under communist rule and an aesthetic state. (Broadcast 1978) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/3/200939 minutes, 10 seconds
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DocArchive: The Summer of the Moving Statues (2007)

A look back at the summer of 1985, when Ireland was in the grip of the phenomenon of 'moving statues'. Eyewitnesses give there accounts of what they saw in Ballinspittle, Co,Cork and Carns, Co. Sligo. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/3/200941 minutes, 9 seconds
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DocArchive: Fish Culture

As an island nation and for time immemorial, fishing has been part and parcel of Irish life. As times changed and needs changed, fishing and fishermen have changed too. The 'iasc' as we call them are hugely important for many communities (Broadcast 1985) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/2/200938 minutes, 30 seconds
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DocArchive (2003):The Thebes Road Movie

In ‘The Thebes Road Movie’, Documentary-Maker Kaye Mortley makes a journey across Europe, to Thebes in Greece. Kaye tells the story of her transcontinental travel and the varieties of mystery she encounters along the way. (First Broadcast 2003) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/1/200943 minutes, 57 seconds
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DocArchive: Sonny's Story

Radio documentary on songwriter and musician Sonny Condell. Presented by Dave Fanning, produced by Julian Vignoles. (Broadcast 1982) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/30/200959 minutes, 42 seconds
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DocArchive: Satellite to Nenagh

In this radio documentary, Ronan Kelly takes us behind the scenes of RTÉ's coverage of the 1992 General Election. (Broadcast 1994) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/30/200939 minutes, 54 seconds
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DocArchive: Rock Of Ages

John Quinn experiences the magic and mystery of Skellig Rock, the monastic settlement off the south-west coast of Kerry (Broadcast 2003) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/30/200941 minutes, 11 seconds
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DocArchive: No Meadows in Manhattan

An award winning documentary by the writer Brian Leyden, inspired by a short story of rural decline, produced by Julian Vignoles. (Broadcast 1991) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/30/200937 minutes, 47 seconds
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DocArchive: Georgie

A radio documentary about the death of Georgie Moore at West Kensington Station in London in 1972, as told by his sister Peggy (Broadcast 1994) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/30/200941 minutes, 33 seconds
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DocArchive: Shame on the Titanic

A dramatised radio documentary on Bruce Ismay, owner of the Titanic who found refuge in Connemara. (Broadcast 1987) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/30/200938 minutes, 53 seconds
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DocArchive: Tommy's Story

Tommy Walsh talks of the last days of his wife Jo who died from cancer in November 1993 and recalls happier, earlier years. (Broadcast 1995) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/30/200929 minutes, 12 seconds
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DocArchive: The Swallow From Egg to Africa

Eric Dempsey looks at the amazing journey of the swallow, which sees in the space of five months, the bird go from being an egg to arriving in Africa. (Broadcast 2004) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/30/200942 minutes, 43 seconds
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DocArchive: If You Don't Want A Catholic

A radio documentary that tells the story of a Belfast woman’s pilgrimage to see her idols Glasgow Rangers playing Celtic (Broadcast 1993) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/30/200927 minutes, 48 seconds
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DocArchive: Soviet Voices

In 1973, Sean MacReamoinn travelled to the Soviet Union to view everyday life. He looked at places of cultural significance, thriving communities, religion, sports, hard working conditions, peoples rights and a state coming to terms with its warfare past Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/30/200948 minutes, 37 seconds
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DocArchive: Invisible Prince

From Huguenot nobility Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu was a 19th century Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was the leading ghost-story writer of his period and was central to the development of the genre in the Victorian era. (Broadcast 1973) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/29/200949 minutes, 38 seconds
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DocArchive: Disaster at Whiddy

The French oil tanker Betelgeuse exploded in West Cork, at the offshore jetty of the Whiddy Island Oil Terminal in January 1979. 50 people lost their lives. This is the story of that disaster - broadcast just 10 days after the explosion. (Broadcast 1979) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/28/200944 minutes, 31 seconds
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DocArchive: When the trees were green

A dramatised account of an 8yr who was first diagnosed with appendicitis, then rediagnosed with cancer - and given just weeks to live. It turned out that both diagnoses were wrong - and that's only the start of the story (Broadcast 1979) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/28/200942 minutes
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DocArchive: Simple Simon lives here

This doc traces the birth of the Simon Community in Ireland. We meet the people whose vision helped shape a community for the homeless of Ireland. In the early '70s Simon offices were opening up all over - Cork, Dublin, Galway, Belfast (Broadcast 1973) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/28/200951 minutes, 3 seconds
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DocArchive: How Do You Say

A look into the ups and downs of learning a new language and the benefits of being multilingual. The programme talks to students and teachers about what the major obstacles are and recommends techniques to improve learning (Broadcast 1969) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/27/200957 minutes, 57 seconds
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DocArchive: The Man on the Moons

The story of how a farm labourer from Carrickmacross ended up having his name inscribed on a plaque that now resides on the moon. (2009) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/26/200939 minutes, 37 seconds
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DocArchive: The Cowslips

The cattle way of life in Dublin is a way of life that now only exists in memory. From fairs and farms throughout Ireland, cattle arrived into Dublin each week - being driven through the streets and into the milking parlours. (Broadcast 1978) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/26/200933 minutes, 26 seconds
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DocArchive (1999): Sweetbreads in Soho

Richard Corrigan started his working life as an unpromising and shy 14 year old, in the kitchen of an Athboy hotel. This job marked the beginning of a love affair with food and many years later, he is an award winning chef, living in the city of London. (First Broadcast 1999) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/24/200942 minutes, 48 seconds
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DocArchive: On The Roslea Pad

Roslea is a village in Co. Fermanagh surrounded by small lakes and the river Finn. About 500 people live there. Former US President Bill Clinton claimed his forebears came from Roslea. This is the history, lore and music of Roslea (Broadcast 1973) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/23/200949 minutes, 36 seconds
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DocArchive: The Political Death of a Religious Man

In 1681 Oliver Plunkett, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, was the last in a series of Irish martyrs executed for their faith by the English crown. In 1975, he became the first Irishman granted Sainthood in almost 700 years (Broadcast 1973) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/22/200942 minutes, 49 seconds
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DocArchive: Scattery of Senan

Scattery Island Cathedral and monastery was an early Christian place of pilgrimage in the Shannon estuary, Co.Clare. Named after St. Senan, the Bishop and confessor who founded the monastery, much of the buildings still remain (Broadcast 1978) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/21/200942 minutes, 31 seconds
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DocArchive: The Age of De Valera

Recorded during the Merriman Summer school of 1973, this is a documentary discussion on Eamon De Valera. We discuss and listen to extracts of his speeches that span 50yrs and examine one of Ireland's most well known political individuals (Broadcast 1973) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/21/200948 minutes, 33 seconds
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DocArchive: Out of the Darkness

What's it like to have eyes but not be able to see? What's it like to live in a world of black, where your ears guide you through the world? This documentary examines blindness - yesterday, today and tomorrow. (Broadcast 1979) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/20/200928 minutes, 2 seconds
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DocArchive: Alive, Alive O

In 1970's Ireland, the fishing industry was growing, yet fishermen 'battled' with foreign trawlers. We visit the port of Killybegs in Dongeal who wait for the government to impliment a 50 mile limit within Irish shores for foreign trawlers (Broadcast 1977) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/19/200939 minutes, 28 seconds
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DocArchive: Island Exodus

The Western Islands off the coast of Mayo were, for years, home to thousands. But over time the population declined gradually - today only a few remain on these remote islands. This documentary tells the story of the islands abandonment. (Broadcast 1978) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/19/200942 minutes, 11 seconds
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DocArchive (1978): Taking the Waters

It was once claimed that Ireland has over three thousand healing springs and more than any other country in Europe. In Taking the Waters, we hear about the springs that are no longer and those that still flourish. (First Broadcast 1978) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/17/200918 minutes, 53 seconds
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DocArchive: After the Fleadh

The Fleadh Cheoil is an Irish music competition run by Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann (CCÉ) each year. The premise of the competition is to find the best players/singers of Irish traditional Music. The 1969 fleadh was held in Cashel, Co. Tipp (Broadcast 1969) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/16/200958 minutes, 20 seconds
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DocArchive: A Servant of God

John Charles McQuaid (1895–1973) was the Catholic Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland from December 1940 and February 1972. This is his life story and of how he was viewed by his friends, historians, colleagues and those around him (Broadcast 1973) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/15/200943 minutes, 19 seconds
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DocArchive: The Smith - A Mighty Man

What is the difference between a farrier and a blacksmith? In this documentary, we go in search of this answer - finding out along the way that these two related trades have more in common than we might think (Broadcast 1977) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/14/200939 minutes, 16 seconds
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DocArchive: After Bloom

In 1973, an International James Joyce symposium was held. It attracted speakers from the world over. The language used, its place in popular literature, the places, the characters and the humour are all aspects of Joyce's work discussed (Broadcast 1973) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/14/200948 minutes, 28 seconds
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DocArchive: Night with a Showband

"The Indians" are a showband who, you've guessed it, played music and dressed up as Indians. This documentary chronicles one weekend with "The Indians" where we learn of the highs and the lows of life on the road as an Irish showband (Broadcast 1978) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/13/200937 minutes, 53 seconds
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DocArchive: All the Children

A look at the overall attitudes and treatment towards children in Ireland in the late 1960s, looking at the rights of children via charity organistations such as the ISPCC and UNICEF. (First broadcast 1968) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/12/200958 minutes, 15 seconds
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DocArchive: Coping in Crisis

In the late 1960's and early 1970's as the troubles in Northern Ireland were deepening, many lost their lives. This documentary focuses on the community and social workers who helped the bereaved through the tragic events of the troubles (Broadcast 1977) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/12/200937 minutes, 57 seconds
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DocArchive: The Catacombs

'The Catacombs' was a night club that operated from Fitzwilliam Place in the centre of Dublin, in the late 1940's - here, 4 of it's patrons are taken back to the site to reminisce about what it was like to be young in late 40s Ireland. (2007) 'The Catacombs' was a night club that operated from the basement of 13 Fitzwilliam Place, in the centre of Dublin, in the late 1940's - here, 4 of it's patrons are taken back to the site to reminisce about what it was like to be young in late 40s Ireland. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/11/200939 minutes, 24 seconds
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DocArchive (1972): Henry Morris Rediscoverer of Gaelic Ulster

Henry Morris was an Irish scholar who dedicated his life to education. Henry was aware that the Gaelic language and culture was dying out in Ulster, so he devoted his life to teaching the Irish language in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. (First Broadcast 1972) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/10/200950 minutes, 8 seconds
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DocArchive: Why Doesn't Someone Explain?

The turbulent and often violent landscape of Northern Ireland in 1973 (first broadcast 1973) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/9/200923 minutes, 44 seconds
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DocArchive: On Yonder Hill

Michael O'Donnell follows the hunt, and finds out what it is that makes people go fox-hunting. With songs and tales from those who hunt in Keady. (First broadcast 1973) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/8/200943 minutes, 37 seconds
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DocArchive: Sport and the Irish

Kieran Sheedy documents the Irish sporting landscape of 1973. With contributions from Michael O' Heithir, Bill Twomey, Phil Greene, Cyril White, Pat Fanning and Jack Rooney. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/7/200947 minutes, 39 seconds
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DocArchive: Wildcat on the Kish

The Irish sea seperates the islands of Ireland and Britain. In 1977 Maxwell Davis explored this sea - from the Kish sand banks about 7 miles off the coast of Dublin to the gas fields below the sea bed to the environs of Dublin Bay (Broadcast 1978) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/7/200942 minutes, 40 seconds
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DocArchive: A Million a Year

A look at the greyhound industry in Ireland in the late 1960s, a booming industry which brought in over a million pounds a year. (Broadcast 1969) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/6/200958 minutes, 6 seconds
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DocArchive: Tip of the Icebeg

In 1978 Jim Fahy visited Greenland where he learns of the Eskimo peoples way of life and how they've adapted to 20th century living in the ice and snow. Stories of cultural gatherings to hunting and gathering to the night lights (Broadcast 1978) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/6/200941 minutes, 56 seconds
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DocArchive: The Making of a Bishop

A look at the ordination of Archbishop Joseph Cunnane of Tuam in which we hear about his hopes for the future in his new post. Insight into what he could expect from his appointment is provided by his predecessor Archbishop Joseph Walsh. (1969) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/5/200957 minutes, 35 seconds
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DocArchive: The Settled Family

This is the story of a former traveller family now living happily in the west of Ireland. A minority community indigenous to Ireland, travellers have existed on the margins of Irish society for centuries. (Broadcast 1978) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/5/200938 minutes, 2 seconds
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DocArchive (1972): Between the Mountains and the Gantries

Seán Mac Réamoinn speaks to the people of Belfast in Northern Ireland about their city and their lives. He learns about the history of the city, the generosity of the people & speaks to the people about their memories. (First Broadcast 1972) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/4/200955 minutes, 54 seconds
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DocArchive: The Irish in Birmingham

Donncha Ó Dulaing talks to people who have left Ireland to set up a new life in Birmingham, the UKs second largest city. (Broadcast 1968) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/4/200928 minutes, 35 seconds
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DocArchive: Glenlea

A journey to the heart of the Glenlea Valley in Co. Kerry in a documentary by Pat Feeley, looking at the history and folklore of the place, as well as the present for people who live there who meet and play cards together (First broadcast 1977). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/1/200939 minutes, 37 seconds
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DocArchive: The Gralton Affair

Jim Gralton was born in Leitrim in 1886. His political beliefs saw him join the Revolutionary Workers Group, the forerunner to the Communist Party of Ireland. In 1933, Jim became the only Irishman to be deported from his own country. (Broadcast 1973) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/31/200939 minutes, 41 seconds
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DocArchive: Bird Trappers

This documentary explores the curious and controversial hobby of Bird Trapping and tells us of the passion, patience and dedication needed to be an expert in catching and trapping a bird out in the wild (Broadcast 1978) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/30/200924 minutes, 33 seconds
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DocArchive: The Moody Manners Partnership

An account of the famous husband-wife Opera Touring Company formed in 1898 by Charles Manners and Fanny Moody. (Broadcast 1968) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/30/200929 minutes, 21 seconds
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DocArchive: But He Has a Book

A look at the the growing book publishing industry which was in its infancy in the late 60s. With insight from some recognisible names from today, such as Michael Gill of Gill and Mac Millan. (Broadcast 1968) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/29/200958 minutes, 9 seconds
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DocArchive (1972): I Sing for the Real People of the Gods

Delia Murphy was a notable person in Irish history. She was a singer and collector of ballads, as well as one of the first female performers in Ireland. This is the story of her life and how she ended up living in many different countries including the U.K, Australia and Canada. (First Broadcast 1972) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/27/200949 minutes, 54 seconds
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DocArchive: Rue Rosemary

The history of herbs in Irish folklore, where their uses ranged from traditional remedies, ointments, tonics, insecticides, dying materials, and flavouring food to divination (Broadcast 1977) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/26/200938 minutes, 37 seconds
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DocArchive: Gorgeous Gael - Jack Doyle Remembered

Cork born Jack Doyle, known as “The Gorgeous Gael”, was a Hollywood actor, an accomplished tenor, and at one time a contender for the British Boxing Championship. This is his story as told by those who knew him (Broadcast 1979). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/25/200940 minutes, 4 seconds
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DocArchive: The Long Evenings

When a day’s work was done in rural Ireland, isolated communities were made more isolated by the darkness of the long evenings. This charming doc, full of songs and stories, looks at the tradition of house gathering in times past (Broadcast 1973). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/24/200931 minutes, 54 seconds
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DocArchive: Tyne Pilots

A history of the Tyne Pilots, whose specialist knowledge of the River Tyne and navigational skills were required to steer passenger ships from North Sea, up the river Tyne and into port (Broadcast 1978). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/24/200938 minutes, 50 seconds
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DocArchive: Poetry and Politics - Hugh MacDiarmid

A profile of the controversional Scottish poet Hugh MacDiarmid, analysing his poetry along with his political career which saw him expelled from two opposing parties. (Broadcast 1968) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/23/200958 minutes, 47 seconds
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DocArchive: Two Tons of Hot Air

A programme to mark the 10th anniversary of the Dublin Ballooning Club, looking at the sport of hot air ballooning in Ireland - from how balloons are made and how they are flown to how balloon pilots compete in International competition (Broadcast 1977). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/23/200939 minutes, 1 second
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DocArchive: The National Gallery

Sean Mac Réamoinn talks to the director of the National Gallery of Ireland and learns of the history of the gallery and the vast array of jobs that go into maintaining a space for housing international art. (First Broadcast 1968) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/22/200958 minutes, 15 seconds
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DocArchive: Flight 688 Dublin to Zurich

Behind the scenes at Dublin Airport for a day in the life of Flight 668 Dublin to Zurich, to see the preparation and the backup required for this flight which was scheduled for take-off on Friday 19th August 1977 at 1600 hours (Broadcast 1977). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/22/200939 minutes, 25 seconds
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DocArchive: Festival or Famine

Sean Mac Réamoinn takes a critical look at the Dublin Theatre Festival in 1968. He argues that the theatre fesitval is like a two week feast in the midst of a cultural famine and accuses it of being a tourist promotion. (Broadcast 1968) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/21/200959 minutes, 13 seconds
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DocArchive (1972): The National Library

To mark the centenary of the National Library in Dublin city, this programme explores the history and the importance the library. We hear from people about their memories of the library, as well as readings & songs from its books. (First Broadcast 1972) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/20/20091 hour, 34 minutes, 23 seconds
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DocArchive: Mischievious Priest

Dubliner Peter Talbot (1620 – 1680) was a man of strange contradictions - a rare mixture of priest, ex-Jesuit, Bishop and diplomat. Bad press followed him like the plague, not only during his own lifetime, but ever since (Broadcast 1973). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/19/200948 minutes, 11 seconds
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DocArchive: The 20th Dáil

In 1973 after a break of sixteen years, Fine Gael returned to power in a National Coalition government with Labour, under the leadership of Liam Cosgrave. John Bowman presents a special programme on the day of the election of the new Taoiseach & 20th Dáil. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/18/200957 minutes, 1 second
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DocArchive: I Was Hungry

Lack of material resources, lack of education, lack of opportunity, inadequate income - a documentary from nearly 40 years ago about breaking the cycle of poverty and hunger in Ireland (Broadcast 1972). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/17/200948 minutes
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DocArchive: The Jersey Link

For thousands of Irish people, it was full stop when they reached the sunny Channel Island of Jersey - an emigration destination since the 1840's linked to the building of St Catherine’s breakwater and escape from the potato famine (Broadcast 1977). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/17/200942 minutes, 23 seconds
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DocArchive: From Inniskeen to Baggot Street Bridge

A look at the career and poetry of Patrick Kavanagh. Born in 1904 in Inniskeen Co. Monaghan, he is regarded as one of the foremost Irish poets of the 20th Century, and is famous worldwide for his works such as "On Raglan Road" and "The Great Hunger" (1968) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/16/200954 minutes, 3 seconds
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DocArchive: Bob Bernen From the Blue Stacks

In the early 1970's American-born author and classical scholar Robert Bernen swapped his academic gown, for a working sheep farm in the hills of Donegal (Broadcast 1977). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/16/200941 minutes, 39 seconds
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DocArchive: A Mass of Difference

A documentary on the religious community of Taize in the south of Burgundy, France. Taizé is the home of an international, ecumenical community, founded in 1940 by Brother Roger. (broadcast 1992) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/16/200939 minutes, 21 seconds
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DocArchive: Dónall Ó'Corcora Remembered

An anthology of tributes, memories and opinions on Dónall Ó'Corcora (aka Daniel Corkery). A man whose career spanned many disciplines - author, teacher and politican. (First Broadcast April 1965) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/15/200959 minutes, 2 seconds
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DocArchive: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

A documentary by Lorelei Harris about the founding of a Carmelite convent in Nairobi, Kenya. We hear from the nuns themselves, and members of their community. (Broadcast 1999) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/15/200942 minutes, 40 seconds
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DocArchive: Under The Wing Of

Kaye Mortley, an Australian long-time resident of France, looks at love and lonliness in the city of Quasimodo. (Broadcast 1999) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/15/200942 minutes, 56 seconds
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DocArchive: Vietnam - A Country Not a War

This documentary tells the story of producer Chris Erickson's personal perspective on the Vietnam of today (Broadcast 2001) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/15/200942 minutes, 13 seconds
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DocArchive: Not Just Spare Parts

A documentary about the scandal concerning the disposal of deceased children's organs in Irish hospitals. (Broadcast 2000) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/15/200941 minutes, 57 seconds
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DocArchive: Country Vet

The day to day life of a vet on call, 24/7, in all weather and all terrain, in a rural area of the West of Ireland (Broadcast 1978). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/15/200954 minutes, 37 seconds
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DocArchive: Cats and Dog Collars

Since 1795 St. Patrick’s College Maynooth has been the National Seminary of Ireland. It has a proud and unique tradition of service to the Church in Ireland and throughout the world. This is a story of priesthood and the famed Maynooth cat (Broadcast 1999) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/14/200941 minutes, 56 seconds
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DocArchive: Deadly Hopscotch

A documentary recorded in Ireland about the streets of Ireland - of how random street violence blights and destroys young lives. (Broadcast 2000) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/14/200943 minutes, 2 seconds
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DocArchive: Unlaced - A Passion for Shoes

A toe tapping documentary that explores the desire for beautiful shoes that transforms us magically into the creatures of our imaginings - whether it be for stiletto heels, patent leather, or silk slippers enclosing tiny bound 'lotus' feet (Broadcast 2002) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/14/200942 minutes, 11 seconds
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DocArchive: True Adventures of a Blubber Woman

A documentary that follows a kissogram as she works - so what is life really like for a kissogram in 20th century Ireland? (Broadcast 1995) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/14/200943 minutes, 24 seconds
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DocArchive: Come Back to Afghanistan

US teenager Hyder Akbar travels to Afghanistan to the province of Kunar, where his family is from and where his father is working as governor. In this audio diary, Hyder has amazing access to all sorts of things few reporters get to see (Broadcast 2004) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/14/200941 minutes, 32 seconds
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DocArchive: Freefalling Funny Man

Michael O'Kane observes the would-be comics night world as he follows his friend over a 6 month period from pub joker to the dizzy and scary heights of London's comedy store. The stand up comic is 31 year old Dubliner, James Gouldsbury (Broadcast 1999) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/14/200941 minutes, 26 seconds
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DocArchive: I Love You Love Lonely Hearts Club

Adrian Smyth finds out what lonely hearts clubs are all about. He visits a Dublin friendship club and down in Kilkenny, he learns from some members what the club does and why they became involved with it. So, what's love all about? (Broadcast 1997) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/14/200932 minutes, 59 seconds
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DocArchive: The Internationalists

In the 1980s a significant number of Irish people, students, workers and unemployed, went to Nicaragua to assist the Sandista revolutionary effort (Broadcast 1999) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/14/200942 minutes, 38 seconds
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DocArchive: Biography of President de Valera

A biography on Éamon de Valera, President of Ireland from 1959 to 1973, and an insight into one of the most influential Irish political figures of the 20th Century. (First broadcast 1967) A biography on Éamon de Valera, President of Ireland from 1959 to 1973, and an insight into one of the most influential Irish political figures of the 20th Century. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/14/200932 minutes, 30 seconds
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DocArchive: Dear Old Daddy

Lord Haw-Haw was the nickname of a 'DJ' who worked on the English language propaganda radio program Germany Calling broadcast by Nazi German radio to audiences in Great Britain during WW2. This is a documentary about his Galway connections (Broadcast 1999) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/14/200942 minutes, 31 seconds
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DocArchive: From Galway to Graceland

Graceland is the birth place of Elvis Presley - a large white-columned mansion set amongst an estate at 3734 Elvis Presley Boulevard about twelve miles from Downtown Mississippi. This is the story of that house and the people who visit it (Broadcast 2001) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/14/200941 minutes, 59 seconds
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DocArchive: The Dismissal of Eileen Flynn

In 1982 Ms Flynn was dismissed from her teaching job at a Convent in New Ross, Co Wexford - unmarried with a baby son, she was living with the baby's father. This is Eileen's story "for failing to maintain the Catholic ethos of the school" (Broadcast 1997) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/13/200942 minutes, 47 seconds
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DocArchive (1971): Rock Among Men

We hear about the life of Arthur Griffith, who was an important figure in Irish history and politics. Arthur was an Irish politician and writer, who founded and led the Irish Republican party Sinn Féin. (First Broadcast 1971) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/13/200958 minutes, 37 seconds
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DocArchive: That Others Might Live

The Irish Air Corps is the air component of the Irish permanent Defence Forces, based at Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel, Co. Dublin. Approximately 850 men and women serve in the Air Corps. This is the story of the Irish Air Corps. (Broadcast 1996) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/13/200941 minutes, 52 seconds
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DocArchive: Herman

Herman is a bachelor farmer in Co.Galway. This documentary looks at his life on the farm, how he keeps his animals, his attitude to marraige, havesting through the emergency in times gone by. This is a story of a man content with life (Broadcast 1992) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/13/200940 minutes, 5 seconds
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DocArchive: Moving Towards Krishna: A Tale of Love and Sorrow

The story of Ann's quest for a truly godly life which has led her to the ancient tradition of Krishna worship and the Irish Hare Krishna movement. (Broadcast 1990) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/13/200943 minutes, 8 seconds
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DocArchive: Bus Home Long Distance Buses

For many of us long distance bus journeys are part of our lives - returning home or heading to far flung places. Each journey has its own story. In this short doc we hear the stories from both travellers and long distance bus drivers. (Broadcast 1996) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/13/20096 minutes, 52 seconds
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DocArchive: Sounds Like Capetown

A short radio documentary that presents a montage of sound impressions of the South African city, Capetown (Broadcast 1994) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/13/200920 minutes, 1 second
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DocArchive: Angels in Heaven

For parents, losing a child can be devastating. In this documentary we hear from parents who have had to bury their children - their lasting memories, the keepsakes they cherish, the sadness that never leaves them, their ideas on death. (Broadcast 1997) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/13/200941 minutes, 15 seconds
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DocArchive: If You Know Your History

The history of Celtic Football Club is pretty unique in football in that it was conceived out of wish to raise money for charitable purposes. That was way back in 1887. One hundred years on, this documentary look back and forward at Celtic (Broadcast 1997) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/13/200942 minutes, 46 seconds
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DocArchive: Meeting the Idol

Boyzone are one of the most successful bands ever to emerge from Ireland. A four-piece vocal pop group comprising of Ronan Keating, Mikey Graham, Keith Duffy and Shane Lynch. This is the story of one fans story about meeting her idols. (Broadcast 1997) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/12/200937 minutes, 27 seconds
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DocArchive: Left Wing

It's generally accepted that about 10% of the adult population are left-handed, and that left-handedness is more common in males than females. So is left better than right or right better than left? 'Leftys' believe there's only one answer (Broadcast 1994) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/12/200942 minutes, 3 seconds
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DocArchive: Rebel Angel

This award winning doc tells the story of heroin - a highly addictive drug - and one addicts fight against it. Its abuse has repercussions that extend far beyond the individual user - sometimes having a devastating impact on society (Broadcast 2001) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/12/200942 minutes, 10 seconds
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DocArchive: Heart of the Mater

This radio documentary about the tragedy, the trauma and the triumph of a heart transplant operation recorded in the Mater Hospital. (Broadcast 1990) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/12/200942 minutes, 32 seconds
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DocArchive: From the Miners to Posterity

Miners talk about their work and their experiences mining in Arigna, Leitrim. They talk about the conditions in the mines before unionisation, the dangers, including diseases and accidents and the family tradition among miners. (Broadcast 1972) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/12/200943 minutes, 36 seconds
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DocArchive: Irija

This radio documentary follows Latvian woman Irija De Paor as she returns to the country that she left over 40 years ago as a refugee. Irija went on to work in England, marry an Irish man and make Ireland her home (Broadcast 1996) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/12/200935 minutes, 52 seconds
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DocArchive: Attempt at a Homecoming

A look at the early perceptions of South African life, relations between whites/ blacks and coloureds. The documentary then moves to the present day to assess the effects apartheid has had on the self-confidence of blacks (Broadcast 1994) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/12/200939 minutes, 43 seconds
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DocArchive: Holy Angels

A moving documentary about the Holy Angels burial plot in Glasnevin, one of the few cemeteries that allowed stillborn babies to be buried in concentrated ground. Over 50,000 infants were buried there up to the 1970’s. (Broadcast 1999) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/11/200940 minutes, 17 seconds
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DocArchive: Reluctant Surrender

Boland’s Mill in Dublin’s Grand Canal Dock played an integral part in the 1916 Rising, when it was occupied by republicans led by Eamon De Valera. This documentary from 1972 features remarkable first-hand accounts of those involved in the rebellion. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/10/200937 minutes, 49 seconds
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DocArchive: Stamp Collecting

The world of stamp collecting, from the serious philatelist to the general collector, the first day covers and the thematic series (Broadcast 1978). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/10/200942 minutes, 53 seconds
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DocArchive: After Peter - Life of a Lockerbie Widow

How Elizabeth Delude has coped in the two years since the death of her husband Peter in the Lockerbie air disaster in 1987 (broadcast 1990) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/9/200944 minutes, 30 seconds
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DocArchive: Home Status

What it is like to be an asylum seeker in Ireland? This documentary features a Zairean woman and a Bosnian-Moslem refugee. They talk about leaving their home, their feelings on flighing to Ireland and how they keep in touch with home (broadcast 1996) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/9/200942 minutes, 35 seconds
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DocArchive: Zurich Unveils a Monument to James Joyce

Donagh MacDonagh presents this tribute to James Joyce, which was broadcast to coincide with the unveiling in Zurich of a monument to the Irish author on the 25th Anniversary of his death. (1966) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/9/200929 minutes
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DocArchive: Death and Nightingales

Eugene McCabe was born in 1930. His novel Death and Nightingales is described by some as 'a deeply moving, powerful and unforgettable book'. A farmer for most of his life, here he talks about resuming writing in 1993 after a 13yr break (broadcast 1994) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/9/200941 minutes, 44 seconds
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DocArchive: Alexis Soyer

The story of French chef Alexis Soyer, one of the most celebrated cooks in Victorian England, who tried to alleviate the suffering of the Irish poor during the Famine by setting up soup kitchens and teaching them how to eat cheaply (Broadcast 1978). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/9/200944 minutes, 39 seconds
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DocArchive: I want to Hold Your Hand

Gay couples and individuals talk about their relationships, how their families react, how they try to set up ordinary family units, prejudice and lack of support (Broadcast 1996) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/9/200942 minutes, 33 seconds
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DocArchive: Forging Traditions

A documentary telling the story of the national folk theatre - Siamsa Tire in Tralee. (Originally broadcast in 1991) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/8/200941 minutes, 21 seconds
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DocArchive: Butler's Bottle

A documentary on the controversial method of treating alcoholism pioneered by Irish American Pat Butler. (First broadcast 1989) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/8/200943 minutes, 31 seconds
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DocArchive: Stain Upon the Silence

Samuel Beckett is the famed and revered Irish avant-garde writer, dramatist and poet who notably penned Waiting for Godot and a host of other works. Beckett's work offers a bleak outlook on human culture. (Originally broadcast in 1991) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/8/200941 minutes, 57 seconds
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DocArchive: The Rising in Galway

When the rising of 1916 is mentioned, one almost always associates it with Dublin and the G.P.O. This tells the often forgotten story of the Easter Rising which took place in Galway. (Broadcast April 1966) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/8/200943 minutes, 33 seconds
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DocArchive: Nesting Instinct

For generations, women gave birth at home but with the advances in medicine, almost all now head for a hospital. So why is it that some still women choose to give birth at home? A documentary on home births. (Originally broadcast 1998) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/8/200941 minutes, 12 seconds
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DocArchive: Quiet Please

A documentary recorded on and about an Irish movie set. (Originally broadcast in 1997) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/8/200940 minutes, 15 seconds
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DocArchive: A Royal Journey

A documentary which takes a journey from one end of the royal canal to the other. (Originally broadcast in 1990) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/8/200943 minutes, 28 seconds
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DocArchive: Nicer than Spice

A colourful documentary on three girls as they prepare for their debutants ball - a rite of passage out of secondary school. (Originally broadcast 1997) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/8/200936 minutes, 31 seconds
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DocArchive: Two Solitudes

Opinions and issues surrounding Canadian unity and Quebec separatism (Broadcast 1978). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/8/200959 minutes, 25 seconds
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DocArchive: Ninety Years a Corkman

In this documentary - ninety year old John Walshe of Doneraile who was born in 1877- talks about William Burke, Canon Sheehan and Charles Stewart Parnell. (Originally broadcast 1967) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/8/200929 minutes, 42 seconds
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DocArchive: The Old Abbey Theatre as the New Begins

A look at the old Abbey Theatre, and the influence it had on Irish culture.It originally aired the day that the new Abbey Theatre opened its doors to the public in 1966, whioch was also 15 years to the day that the it had closed due to fire. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/7/200934 minutes, 54 seconds
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DocArchive (1971): Bloom Sunday

Seán Mac Réamoinn discusses James Joyce, who was one of the greatest authors in Irish history. We also hear about Bloomsday, a celebration of Joyce's life that takes place in Dublin and around the world every June 16th. (First Broadcast 1971) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/6/200958 minutes, 33 seconds
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DocArchive: Orange and Green in a Land of Black and White

A Dublin school and a Belfast school join forces in rugby. This is 1995 Ireland - and the first time that an Catholic and Protestant school team toured together. This historic tour takes them to South Africa and on a trip of a lifetime. (Broadcast 1995) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/5/200942 minutes, 40 seconds
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DocArchive: Poet and Preacher

Belfast born William Robert Rodgers, known as Bertie, is best known as a poet - even though he was an essayist, a book reviewer, a BBC radio broadcaster and script writer, a lecturer and teacher as well as a former Presbyterian minister! (Broadcast 1972) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/4/200949 minutes, 51 seconds
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DocArchive: A tale of Seán and Mick

This is the life and times of Seán O'Casey and his family through the memories and thoughts of their neighbours. O'Casey was an Irish dramatist and memoirist and the first Irish playwright of note to write about the Dublin working classes. (Broadcast 1968) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/3/200948 minutes, 16 seconds
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DocArchive: The Irish Post

“If it’s Irish in Britain, we’ve got it covered” - a profile of The Irish Post newspaper established in 1970 to report on news affecting the Irish diaspora in Britain (Broadcast 1978). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/3/200948 minutes, 13 seconds
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DocArchive: Tartan Skirts and Tins of Salmon

In 1970’s Ireland, the most popular items to shoplift were tartan skirts and tins of salmon! A look at the rise in shoplifting from the perspective of the shop owner, and how it became part of 'retail shrinkage' (Broadcast 1977). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/2/200945 minutes, 35 seconds
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DocArchive: The Boys of Wexford

A different look at the events of 1916, this account tells the little known story of how Enniscorthy had its own uprising days before the rising in Dublin. Those who were just young men at the time look back at an extraordinary time of their lives. (1966) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/2/200929 minutes, 33 seconds
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DocArchive: Confession

A documentary about confession as a cultural phenomenon in modern Ireland. Catholics believe that confession is an outward sign of absolution - the inward grace is the reconciliation of the penitent to God (Broadcast 1996) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/1/200942 minutes, 20 seconds
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DocArchive: The Chaplain's Diary

This is a story of female political prisoners. The inspiration for the documentary came from a book by Raymond Murray called Hard Time: Armagh Gaol 1971-1986, which recounts his time as Catholic chaplain in Armagh Gaol from 1971 to '86. (Broadcast 2002) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/1/200957 minutes, 59 seconds
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DocArchive: Promised Land of the Saints - Real or Imaginary

In this award winning documentary, Newfoundland producer Chris Brookes sets out in a boat of his own for what he calls "a 21st century radio archeology project, excavating the chronicle of Saint Brendan and his epic journey in 484AD." (Broadcast 2003) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/1/200943 minutes, 8 seconds
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DocArchive: All Those Wasted Years - Saol Amú

A bilingual documentary about drug addiction that ravages Dublin and its surrounds. (Broadcast 2003) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/1/200943 minutes, 2 seconds
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DocArchive: The Newfoundland Connection

Cathal Póirtéir discovers some of the connections which, since the 1700s have linked the South-east of Ireland with Newfoundland's Talamh an Éisc. Farmers, fishermen, storytellers and musicians help tell the story (Broadcast 2003) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/1/200942 minutes, 56 seconds
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DocArchive: Abbeyleix Unplugged

In April '02, fiddle player Angela, jazz singer Dorothy and guitarist Jonathan travelled to the District Hospital, Abbeyleix, Co Laois. 6 weeks later a public theatre performance took place. This documentary tells the story of that journey (Broadcast 2002) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/1/200942 minutes, 47 seconds
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DocArchive: Mermaids Out of Water - Nuala Ni Domhnaill agus an Mhuruch

The best known living poet of the Irish language, Nuala Ni Domhnaill draws upon images from Irish folklore. An important recent image has been the mermaid - symbols of cultural and personal trauma, communities in transition and denial (Broadcast 2003) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/1/200943 minutes, 3 seconds
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DocArchive: A Complex Cocktail of Love Hormones

The title of this doc is taken from the French Obstetrician Michel Odent who speaks of a time when women had to release a "complex cocktail of love hormones" in order to give birth. This story is about women who choose to have homebirths (Broadcast 2003) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/1/200941 minutes, 46 seconds
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DocArchive: Roger Casement as Seen by his Contemporaries

Roger David Casement was an Irish nationalist, activist, patriot and poet. Here, we listen to reminiscences of the man by those who knew him. (Broadcast 1965) Roger David Casement was an Irish nationalist, activist, patriot and poet. Here, we listen to reminiscences of the man by those who knew him. (Broadcast 1965) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/1/200935 minutes, 17 seconds
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DocArchive: Enemies of the State

For over 20 years Kathy Sinnott and her autistic son Jamie Sinnott lived in a world of pain, bewilderment, courage and perseverance. This is the stories of the journey Kathy went on through the Irish courts to fight for her sons education (Broadcast 2002) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/1/200941 minutes, 57 seconds
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DocArchive: A Walk in the Pyrenees

In September 1940, German Jewish philosopher Walter Benjamin walked over the Pyrenees to escape from occupied France into Spain, from where he planned to journey to Portugal and then the United States. Frances Donoghue retraces his steps (Broadcast 2003) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/1/200942 minutes, 20 seconds
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Doc Archive: If It's Sunday It Must Be Ireland

42 American tourists embark on a coach trip around Ireland. But what attracts them to the Emerald Isle? What do they make of what is on offer, and of our Céad Míle Fáilte? (Broadcast 1977) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/1/200939 minutes, 21 seconds
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DocArchive: Living To Tell The Tale

Every year hundreds are killed in road traffic accidents. Thousands more are injured - but we rarely hear these stories. This documentary meets with survivors of road traffic accidents, some of whom have suffered devastating brain injuries (Broadcast 2003) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/1/200942 minutes, 18 seconds
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DocArchive: Gael Linn

For 50 years Gael-Linn has been to the fore in promoting Irish language and culture projects including music, film and language courses. This documentary is a celebration of 50 years of Gael Linn. (Broadcast 2003) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/1/200943 minutes, 4 seconds
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DocArchive: Becoming Hugo Hamilton

This bilingual documentary tells the story of how Dublin-born Hugo Hamilton made sense of his own story and went on to become a novelist and short story writer and most recently the author of his just published memoir - The Speckled People (Broadcast 2002) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/1/200943 minutes, 54 seconds
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DocArchive: The Jonah Project

Triston Jonah was born deaf, with a heart problem and partial blindness. Later he was diagnosed with autism. This is the story of a search for a school for Jonah - which led to setting up a small self-funding school for autistic children (Broadcast 2003) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/1/200943 minutes, 24 seconds
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DocArchive: A Knuckle in Your Back - A Note in Your Ear

Many of Ireland's best know female voices once stood in the lines of the Young Dublin Singers Choir. This documentary hears some of their stories which we born in one of the finest young choirs this country has to offer (Broadcast 2003) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/1/200941 minutes, 24 seconds
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DocArchive: The Fiddler's Frenzy

In The Fiddler's Frenzy, Aoife Nic Cormaic presents a bi-lingual documentary about fiddle players and the magic of fiddling in Ireland - clár dhátheangach a bhreathnaíonn ar an ndraíocht a bhaineann le ceol na fidile. (Broadcast 2003) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/1/200943 minutes, 18 seconds
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DocArchive: Ice

Life in Newfoundland is full of ice. It's everywhere - underfoot, hanging down, pointing up. In this radio documentary Lorelei Harris brings us an audio-visual feature about living with and the place of ice in Newfoundland life. (Broadcast 2003) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/1/200943 minutes, 13 seconds
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DocArchive: Pope in Ireland

Originally broadcast in 1999, this documentary tells the story of John Paul II's visit to Ireland in 1979 and the lasting impression that it left with many. the Pope's visit still accounts for the single biggest gathering of Irish people in the world Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/30/200942 minutes, 31 seconds
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DocArchive: Anew McMaster

For nearly 45 years Anew McMaster toured Ireland, acting in plays and theatres throughout the country. He first took to the stage in London where he made friends with Noel Coward, Ivor Novello and the young Micheál Mac Liammoir. (Broadcast 1963) For nearly 45 years Anew McMaster toured Ireland, acting in plays and theatres throughout the country. He first took to the stage in London where he made friends with Noel Coward, Ivor Novello and the young Micheál Mac Liammoir. (Broadcast 1963) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/30/200958 minutes, 35 seconds
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DocArchive (1971): Meanings of Easter

Easter is the most important and oldest festival of the Christian and Catholic Church. We hear from various contributors, about their thoughts and recollections. We also hear some passages from Exsultet and some Easter music. (First Broadcast 1971) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/29/200958 minutes, 3 seconds
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DocArchive: Up the Church

Village life - This is a trip down memory lane into the life, pastimes, games and customs of the village of Upperchurch in North Tipperary. Like every village around Ireland, it has its own characters, its own way and its own peculiarities (Broadcast 1972) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/28/200949 minutes, 8 seconds
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DocArchive: Alone in Belfast

During the Northern troubles, thousands were interned. The is the story of the families left behind. From hunger strike to interrogation to brute force to just missing home, families struggled with these issues on an almost daily basis (Broadcast 1971) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/27/200954 minutes, 13 seconds
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DocArchive: Tomorrow we'll gather rushes

Padraic Colum was an Irish poet, novelist, dramatist, biographer, playwright, children's author and collector of folklore. This documnetary was made to celebrate his 90th birthday in Decemeber 1971. Within a matter of weeks, Padraic died (Broadcast 1971) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/26/200949 minutes, 26 seconds
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DocArchive: The Coarb of Patrick

Cardinal Tomas O'Fiaich served as the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland from 1977 until his death in 1990. This documentary tells of the man and his work as seen by his contemporaries. (First broadcast 1977) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/26/200958 minutes, 55 seconds
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DocArchive: Paddy the Cope

Ever wonder about the origin of the name 'the Cope' in Pat the Cope Gallagher? The story of Patrick 'the Cope' Gallagher who died in 1966 and his place in the Irish co-operative movement. (First broadcast 1977) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/25/200939 minutes, 21 seconds
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DocArchive: 1916 in Ulster

Proinsias O'Conluain speaks to some of the men of Ulster, about what it was like to live in the North of Ireland during the year 1916. Some were sent back to the North, whilst others made their way to Dublin to join the rebellion effort. (1964) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/25/20091 hour, 22 minutes, 35 seconds
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DocArchive: Hands High

The west of Ireland is famous for pony racing - this documentary meet the people the race their ponies, the people who breed and keep ponies and who are passionate about the Sunday afternoon pony race. (First broadcast 1977) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/24/200938 minutes, 3 seconds
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DocArchive: A Salute to the Colours

A tribute to our national flag and everything it represents, and an insight into one of Ireland's most recognised symbols worldwide. With contributions from the Army Band of the Southern Command and the Cork City Choral Society. (1963) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/24/200936 minutes, 28 seconds
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DocArchive: Pictures in a Theatre

Francis MacManus presents a nostalgic look back at the Abbey Theatre, during the time that it was closed as a result of fire damage, and presents to us Lennox Robinson's conversational piece about the Theatre entitled Pictures in a Theatre. (1964) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/23/200934 minutes, 39 seconds
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DocArchive: My Father Rudolf Hess

A radio documentary about the infamous Nazi Rudolf Hess as told by his son Wolf Rudiger Heiss. (First broadcast May 1995). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/22/200942 minutes, 18 seconds
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DocArchive (1971): Catholic Church Renewal

Do we need to make changes to the Catholic church? This documentary question’s whether the Catholic Church in Ireland should hold a renewal conference like the one that is held in the U.K. (First Broadcast 1971) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/22/200958 minutes, 55 seconds
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DocArchive: The Hurling Men (Part two)

Part two of the 1973 radio documentary on Hurling. (First broadcast 1973) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/21/200918 minutes, 52 seconds
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DocArchive: Tribute to General Mulcahy

Richard James Mulcahy (1886–1971) was an Irish politician, Army General and Commander in Chief, leader of Fine Gael and Cabinet Minister. He fought in the 1916 Easter Rising and as Chief of Staff of the I.R.A during the War of Independence (Broadcast 1971) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/21/200939 minutes, 31 seconds
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DocArchive: The Hurling Man (Part One)

Part one of the 1973 radio documentary about the the game hurling and its impact in Ireland. (First broadcast in 1973) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/21/200930 minutes, 42 seconds
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DocArchive: For better, for worse

The iconic Lisdoonvarna matchmaking festival runs each September in Clare, but this only began in 1978. For centuries before that, Irish people have gone into arranged marraiges or being partnered off by a matchmaker. A tale of Irish love (Broadcast 1973) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/20/200949 minutes, 36 seconds
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DocArchive: From Cyclinder to Disc

The story of the Gramophone record. From 1856 people have been trying to put voices and music onto a recordable device so they could listen at their leisure. In 1877, Thomas Edison invented the phonograph, the beginning of a new aural era (Broadcast 1973) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/19/200925 minutes, 32 seconds
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DocArchive: One Potato, Two Potato, Three

This documentary was recorded in the 1977 ‘hula-hoop season’. Pat Ingoldsby goes looking for the street songs and games sung and played by Dublin children, in what is now a fascinating oral history of the city. (First broadcast 1977) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/19/200936 minutes, 21 seconds
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DocArchive: 35th President of the United States

A look at the coming to power of John F Kennedy, his family background where the seeds of the man to be were sown. His studies at Harvard college where he excelled, and his time spent serving in the US Military. (Broadcast June 1963) A look at the coming to power of John F Kennedy, his family background where the seeds of the man to be were sown. His studies at Harvard college where he excelled, and his time spent serving in the US Military. (Broadcast June 1963) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/18/200956 minutes, 49 seconds
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DocArchive: Our Lady's Island

This documentary goes on the annual August pilgrimage at Our Lady’s Island - an ancient place of pilgrimage in the south east corner of Ireland in the diocese of Ferns where apparitions and cures have been reported (first broadcast 1977). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/18/200938 minutes, 12 seconds
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DocArchive: When Everyday is Good Friday.

A radio documentary where Joe Duffy talks to people who are living out of passion everyday becuase of suffering or loss. (First broadcast April 2001) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/17/200953 minutes, 36 seconds
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DocArchive: The Mossy Banks

A radio documentary on the men who earned a living working on Irish bogs. (First broadcast in 1975) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/17/200943 minutes, 10 seconds
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DocArchive: The Women of the Rising

After the Easter Rising had taken place, over 100 women were arrested for their part in the 1916 event. We hear personal recollections from members of Cumann na mBan and The Irish Citizen Army. (Broadcast 1963) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/17/200930 minutes
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DocArchive: Pagan Flames

Keryman Sean Healy has been a turf-cutter, a railway worker and a farm labourer. Throughout his life he has written poems about people and places that were around him and about the ancient gods and pagan ways. (First broadcast 1977) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/17/200937 minutes, 18 seconds
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DocArchive: Voice from an Empty Classroom

In the mid 1980's in a small village in Galway, a school teacher had a falling out over teaching Irish. As a result, she turned up to school for months on end - with no pupils to teach. This is the story behind that incident (Originally broadcast in 1988) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/17/200944 minutes, 36 seconds
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Doc Archive: Crocodile O'Beirne

A radio documentary about Dublin born naturalist Tom O'Beirne and his work in Australia. Tom was a man ahead of his time who travelled around the world learning his trade. (First broadcast 1991) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/16/200939 minutes, 46 seconds
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DocArchive: Silenced Voice

A radio documentary on the great Irish soprano Margaret Burke Sheridan who graced many an opera house around the world including the famous 'La Scala'. (First broadcast in 1981) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/16/200940 minutes
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Doc Archive: Days and Nights of the Fit Ups.

A radio documentary on the era of travelling theatres which visited the towns and villages of Ireland a long time ago. (First broadcast 1989) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/16/200944 minutes, 17 seconds
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DocArchive: Drawing from Life

A radio documentary about a life drawing class in Dublin. What happens when a naked man or woman trots into your classroom - and you have to paint them on canvass? (First broadcast April 2001) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/16/200941 minutes, 15 seconds
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DocArchive: Pottles of Paddington

A radio documentary on radicalism movement in Ireland and beyond during the ninety sixties. (First broadcast in 2001) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/16/200938 minutes, 33 seconds
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DocArchive: I remember those Dublin Days

Three talks by Dermot Coffey on early 20th century Ireland. Of the Gunrunners in 1914, of George Moore and his neighbours (Yeats, Gogarty) and of the great talkers of Dublin like Douglas Hyde, Lady Gregory and the Irish Literary Society (Broadcast 1962) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/16/200937 minutes, 36 seconds
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DocArchive: Pink On Green

For generations, Ireland has struggles to grasp change. Homosexual acts were illegal in Ireland up until the summer of 1993. This radio documentary tells the story of a blossoming gay scene in Ireland. (Broadcast 2001) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/15/200939 minutes, 57 seconds
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DocArchive: A Girl called Maria

This award winning documentary tells the story of a young woman who kept a diary of a time when she battled with depression and her own life. Then, in 2001, she was tragically murdered in Belfast. (Broadcast 2001) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/15/200942 minutes, 28 seconds
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DocArchive: The Burning of Cork

A radio documentary on the burning of Cork in December 1920 during the war of independence as recounted by men who were on the streets on that faithful night. (First broadcast April 1960) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/15/200929 minutes, 48 seconds
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DocArchive: Two Tongues of the Dragon

Welsh is a language that is still fluently spoken by almost 25% of people in Wales. That's in excess of 600,000 people - and so Welsh is referred to as a 'Living Language'. But where did the language originate and how has it survived? (Broadcast 1972) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/15/200949 minutes, 35 seconds
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DocArchive (1971): Bus To Coleraine

Seán Mac Réamoinn sets off on a journey to Coleraine in Northern Ireland, on the new CIE Express bus. Seán is joined by three other men who want discover the history and lore of the countryside, on the route to Coleraine. (First Broadcast 1971) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/15/20091 hour, 57 minutes, 40 seconds
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DocArchive: Sweet Bells Jangled

Our mental health is a vital part of all of us, in our day to day lives and across our entire lifetime. In this documentary from 1971, sufferers of mental illness speak openly and honestly about their experience, treatment and care. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/14/200949 minutes, 32 seconds
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DocArchive: Ragmans Ball

A journey through one of Dublins most historic areas, the Liberties. We meet some of its most revered residents and learn of its connections to the Titanic. (Broadcast 1982) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/14/200938 minutes, 43 seconds
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DocArchive: No Man Knows or Cares

An insight into 1970's emigration by the Irish to London - Donncha O'Dulaing visits the Benburb Base, a home away from home to help the young Irish get set up with work and accommodation and integrate into the community (Broadcast 1971) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/13/200927 minutes, 28 seconds
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DocArchive: Oftner You Come - Killarney

1000s of words have been written and sung about Killarney. From the horsedrawn jaunting cars to the boatmen of the Gap of Dunloe and the blacksmiths at Muckross House, tourists in 1977 were coming to Killarney to step back in time. (First broadcast 1977) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/12/200939 minutes, 7 seconds
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DocArchive: From The Ground Up

A documentary broadcast on the day of RTÉ's first ever television broadcast - From the Ground Up is an insight into the work that went into bringing Ireland its first ever national television service. (Broadcast 1961) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/11/200953 minutes, 42 seconds
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DocArchive: In the Shades of Knockma

Ciaran Mac Mathuna presents the story of Amhráin Mhuighe Seóla - a collection of traditional songs in the Irish language written by Mrs Eileen Costello in Co Galway. It's one of the relatively few collections to contain melodies and words (Broadcast 1960) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/10/200942 minutes, 36 seconds
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DocArchive: Ready Ready Go

What would possess any sane person to jump out of airplanes on a regular basis? Conor McNally has done over 300 skydives and is hooked on the speed, the freedom and the 'aloneness up there' (first broadcast 1977). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/10/200935 minutes, 40 seconds
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DocArchive: Death of a Lord Mayor

Terence MacSwiney was elected Lord Mayor of Cork in 1920. Shortly after, he was sentenced to 2ys in a British prison. He began a hunger strike in protest - which drew international attention and lasted 74 days. He died on Oct 20th 1920 (Broadcast 1960) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/9/200944 minutes, 42 seconds
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DocArchive (1969): Assembly At Chur

In 1969, Seán Mac Réamoinn travelled to the second European Bishop’s symposium in Chur, Switzerland. We hear from various members of the Catholic Church who discuss everything from religion, to problems in the church and world. (First Broadcast 1969) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/8/200958 minutes, 22 seconds
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DocArchive: Jubilee for Children

UNICEF is the world's leading organisation protecting the rights of children. It's primary aim is to reach a day when no children die from preventable diseases. This doc was made 30yrs ago, celebrating the 25th anniversary of UNICEF (Broadcast 1971) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/7/200958 minutes, 8 seconds
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DocArchive: Dublin for Myself

A profile of Irish writer and poet James Stephens (1880-1950), known for his novel 'The Charwoman's Daughter' and his many retellings of traditional Irish myths and legends (Broadcast 1970). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/6/200958 minutes, 53 seconds
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DocArchive: First Days Final Days

The first day of national school from a child's point of view. Little 5-year old Ultan wore a microphone on his jumper to capture the sounds (yes, including crying) inside a Junior Infants' classroom. (1994). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/5/200940 minutes, 31 seconds
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DocArchive: Power, Light and Heat

The story of how Ireland became electric. By the time the Irish Free State came into existance in 1922, the country stilll only limited availability to this new power source - until an Irish engineer proposed damming the Shannon. (First broadcast 1977) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/5/200939 minutes, 29 seconds
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DocArchive - I Was There, Eyewitness 1916

The 1916 Easter Rising was mounted by Irish Republicans with the aim of ending British rule in the country. We hear accounts of the infamous moment in Irish history told by those who were there on the ground. (Broadcast 1960) The 1916 Easter Rising was mounted by Irish Republicans with the aim of ending British rule in the country. We hear accounts of the infamous moment in Irish history told by those who were there on the ground. (Broadcast 1960) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/4/200939 minutes, 43 seconds
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DocArchive: Panorama USSR

In a country where every shop is state-owned and where every day a long queue of people winds around Red Square to see the body of Lenin , this documentary finds out about the realities of life in the USSR. (First broadcast 1977) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/4/200939 minutes, 44 seconds
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DocArchive: Hugh Lane and his Pictures

A drama-documentary on the life of Hugh Lane, best know for establishing Dublin's Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, the first known public gallery of modern art in the world. He died in 1915 onboard the ill fated Lusitania. (First Broadcast 1961). A drama-documentary on the life of Hugh Lane, best know for establishing Dublin's Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, the first known public gallery of modern art in the world. He died in 1915 onboard the ill fated Lusitania. (First Broadcast 1961). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/3/200942 minutes, 49 seconds
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DocArchive: This Place Speaks To Me - Daingean Reformatory

Dublin actor/musician Don Baker spent 2 years at Daingean Reformatory in Offaly from 1963 to 1965. 35yrs after leaving, Don revisits the now notorious institution. This is a story of a damaged childhood and the man who grew out of it (Broadcast 2000) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/3/200944 minutes, 44 seconds
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DocArchive: Cardinal From The Falls

Cardinal William Conway played a key role in the social, religious and political life of Northern Ireland - this documentary, made in the year of his death, looks back on his life (Broadcast 1977) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/3/200938 minutes, 36 seconds
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DocArchive: Pastor Angelicus

This drama-documentary by Phillip Rooney gives us an insight into the life of Pope Pius XII, his time as head of the Catholic Church, his despair at the rise of Nazism in the late 1930s and the legacy he left after his death. (Broadcast 1958) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/2/200928 minutes, 13 seconds
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DocArchive: Fragments of Sharon

In this radio documentary Sharon Murphy talks about being a black woman in a white society and about using her songs and music to express herself. (Broadcast 2001) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/1/200942 minutes, 38 seconds
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DocArchive: After Death

Fanny Parnell was a poet and patriot who died aged 34 in 1882 in USA. Her body was laid to rest temporarily in a Boston vault in expectation of being brought home to Ireland. 190 years later, this story finally lays Fanny to rest (Broadcast 2001) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/1/200942 minutes, 11 seconds
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DocArchive: Death of a Farmer

This award winning documentary tells the story of farmer Tom Oliver from Riverstown, Cooley, Co.Louth who, in July 1991, was murdered by the IRA. On July 18th that year, Tom aged 37, went out to tend to a cow calving. He never came back (Broadcast 1992) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/1/200939 minutes, 37 seconds
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DocArchive: Boghomage

A radio documentary by John Quinn in celebration of the bog (Broadcast 2001) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/1/200941 minutes, 37 seconds
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DocArchive: Voicejazz

"Voicejazz", a radio documentary produced by Eithne Hand, is an exploration of the shape of a piece of jazz music using a number of key voices almost as separate instruments in an ensemble (Broadcast 2002). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/1/200942 minutes, 27 seconds
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DocArchive: Pighomage

A radio documentary by John Quinn in celebration of the pig - and they are animals to be celebrated! (Broadcast 2001) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/1/200941 minutes, 31 seconds
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DocArchive (1969): Bloomseve

James Joyce is still considered to be one of the most influential writers in Irish history. His work is world renowned and celebrated every second year at the International James Joyce Symposium. Seán Mac Réamoinn attended the second symposium in 1969 and met with various scholars and fans of his work(First Broadcast 1969) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/1/200958 minutes, 23 seconds
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DocArchive: The Cellist of Sarajevo

A radio documentary on the life and music of Vedran Samilovic (Broadcast 2001) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/1/200941 minutes, 8 seconds
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DocArchive: Two Lord Mayors

Broadcast to mark the 50th anniversary of their deaths, this is the story of Tomás MacCurtain and Terence MacSwiney, both Lord Mayors of Cork in 1920. Those close to the men speak of their life, beliefs, work activities and their deaths. (Broadcast 1970) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/31/200931 minutes, 10 seconds
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DocArchive: Mutiny at Solon

The Connaught Rangers (1881-1922) was an Irish regiment in the British Army. In June 1920 whilst in Solon, India - 5 men from the 1st battalion began a protest against British atrocities in Ireland - ending in death and long imprisonments (Broadcast 1970) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/30/200957 minutes, 52 seconds
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DocArchive: End of Term

The final day of term at Glentstal Abbey School, a boarding school in Limerick is a busy time for staff and students as they prepare for holidays. (Originally Broadcast 1977) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/29/200939 minutes, 53 seconds
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DocArchive: The Green Jacket

A feature on the politician, revolutionary nationalist, sufragette and socialist - Countess Markievicz. The Countess participated in the Easter Rising of 1916 where she was second-in-command at the fight on St. Stephens Green. (Broadcast 1960) A feature on the politician, revolutionary nationalist, sufragette and socialist - Countess Markievicz. The Countess participated in the Easter Rising of 1916 where she was second-in-command at the fight on St. Stephens Green. (Broadcast 1960) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/28/200944 minutes, 24 seconds
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DocArchive: The Olympia Story

The Olympia theatre is one of Ireland's major theatres and live venues with a rich history stretching back to 1878. (Originally broadcast 1977) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/28/200953 minutes, 39 seconds
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DocArchive: All the Queens horses

Michael Curtin from Clare worked in London as a farrier - a trade dedicated to equine hoof care. Amongst the many horses that Michael shod were Queen Elizabeth II's - including her own horse, Burmese. A quirky Irish link to the Monarchy (Broadcast 1980) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/28/200939 minutes, 38 seconds
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DocArchive: A Tree in Coole

The life of Lady Gregory, one of the key personnel involved in the Irish Literary Revival. She co-founded the Irish Literary and Abbey Theatres and her home at Coole Park was a meeting place for many of the revival heavyweights. (Broadcast 1960) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/27/200948 minutes, 39 seconds
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DocArchive: Darkly Grows the Quiet Ivy

A snapshot of life in the village of Ballinafad, County Sligo as a small rural community copes with emigration and stagnation. (Originally Broadcast 1975) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/27/200938 minutes, 32 seconds
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DocArchive: Opening the World

A radio documentary about the Anne Sullivan Centre for Deaf Blind young adults (Broadcast 2002). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/26/200942 minutes, 59 seconds
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DocArchive: Referendum

A radio documentary diary of the month leading up to the 2002 abortion referendum (Broadcast 2002). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/26/200939 minutes, 58 seconds
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DocArchive: Corner of Paradise

A radio documentary on Florence in Italy on love and literature (Broadcast 1999). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/26/200940 minutes, 45 seconds
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DocArchive: In the Shadow of New Forest

A documentary by Seamus Kelly about the New Forest estate in County Galway and the people who lived and worked there (Broadcast 2001) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/26/200942 minutes
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DocArchive: A Poet and his People

Antoine Ó Raifteirí was born Co. Mayo in 1779. He was the only child in his large family to survive a smallpox outbreak although the disease left him blind. A travelling bard, he was known as the ‘Kiltimagh Fiddler’. (First Broadcast 1957) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/26/200943 minutes, 56 seconds
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DocArchive: The Ballyfermot Co-operative

A radio documentary about the 1952 Ballyfermot Co-Operative by Michael Carolan (Broadcast 2001) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/26/200943 minutes, 5 seconds
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DocArchive: The Calligraphers' Song

A radio documentary about different ways of seeing the Book of Kells (Broadcast 2002). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/26/200945 minutes, 45 seconds
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DocArchive (1969): Morning Papers

Seán Mac Réamoinn investigates the world of Irish journalism. He looks at how the Irish daily newspapers are produced, the roles of the editors and what it takes to craft a strong headline. He also looks at the different kind of reporters and people who work in the media. (First Broadcast 1969) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/25/200959 minutes, 15 seconds
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DocArchive: The Quiet Novelist

E.M Forster is known for novels like Howard's End, A Passage to India and A Room With a View exploring themes of class differences and sexuality. In this documentary Elizabeth Bowen and Sybil Thorndyke explore his life and works. (First broadcast 1970) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/25/200928 minutes, 23 seconds
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DocArchive: Caring for Mam

A beautiful radio documentary about a young carer and her mother (Broadcast 1999). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/24/200941 minutes, 40 seconds
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DocArchive: The Rainforests of Costa Rica

In this radio documentary, Eanna Ni Lamhna travels to the rainforests of Costa Rica (Broadcast 2001) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/24/200942 minutes, 16 seconds
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DocArchive: Special Olympics

In this radio documentary Richard Collins tells the history of the games from inception in 1968 to the present day and interviews Eunice Kennedy Shriver founder of the Special olympics (Broadcast 2003). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/24/200942 minutes, 21 seconds
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DocArchive: If I Forget Thee O Jerusalem

A radio documentary about the Dublin based lecturer and Israeli peace activist Ronit Lentin, set against events in Israel/Palestine during March and April 2002 (Broadcast 2002). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/24/200942 minutes, 53 seconds
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DocArchive: A Tap on the Shoulder

A radio documentary profiling Gusty Spence, former UVF leader turned peace-maker (Broadcast 1996) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/24/200941 minutes, 42 seconds
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DocArchive: Family Portrait

A radio documentary about Kenneth Nolan who has been in full time care due to his intellectual disability since he was seven years old (Broadcast 1999). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/24/200942 minutes, 20 seconds
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DocArchive: Forbidden Voyage

A radio documentary tracing the solo voyage by American anthropologist Dr Earle Reynolds through the U.S. Pacific nuclear testing zone (Broadcast 1998) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/24/200942 minutes, 54 seconds
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DocArchive: Saint Anne

Shrines all over the world are named for the mother of Mary - this documentary looks at the devotion to St. Anne from the holy land to France to Canada. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/23/200958 minutes, 56 seconds
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DocArchive: The Limerick Soviet

The Limerick Soviet was a self-declared soviet that operated for twelve days in Limerick in April 1919. (Originally Broadcast in 1974) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/22/200947 minutes, 53 seconds
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DocArchive: Every Inch an Irishman

A portrait of the composer and conductor Charles Villiers Stanford. (Originally broadcast 1974) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/21/200958 minutes
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DocArchive: Blackbird on the Boyne

A portrait of Francis Ledwidge drawn from writings and reminiscences of his contemporaries. A war poet, he would go on to be known to some as "poet of the blackbirds" before dying under tragic ciumstances during World War 1. (Broadcast 1959) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/21/200944 minutes, 51 seconds
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DocArchive: Rare Ben Johnson

Benjamin Jonson was a 17th century English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor best known for his satirical plays. A man with an insatiable appetite for controversy, in this drama/documentary, we look back on his life and works (Broadcast 1974) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/20/200949 minutes, 17 seconds
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DocArchive: Ninette De Valois

A look at the life of dancer Dame Ninette De Valois. Born in Blessington, Co.Wicklow in 1898 she would subsequently move to England and become known as the 'Godmother of English Ballet'. (Broadcast 1956) A look at the life of dancer Dame Ninette De Valois. Born in Blessington, Co.Wicklow in 1898 she would subsequently move to England and become known as the 'Godmother of English Ballet'. (Broadcast 1956) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/20/200959 minutes, 58 seconds
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DocArchive: The Turret Room - Edward Martyn

A portrait of Irish dramatist, patron of the arts, and nationalist, Edward Martyn. From his relationship with his mother, to his life in Irish theatre, this documentary charts this Irishman's fascinating life. (Broadcast 1956) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/19/200944 minutes, 31 seconds
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Comrade Pavlik

The story of how an unhappy, troublemaking child was made into a hero for Soviet children. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/19/200914 minutes, 48 seconds
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DocArchive (1969): Miracles and Mysteries

Miracle and mystery plays were a form of medieval drama. These plays were mostly about religion and were used to teach people about the bible. The Abbey Theatre in Dublin ran a series of these plays in the 1960’s. (First Broadcast 1969) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/18/200958 minutes, 19 seconds
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DocArchive: Historical Society Trinity

Established in 1770, the Trinity Historical Society is the oldest undergrad debating society in the world and has a long and eventful history. It has hosted guest speeches from some of the most influential figures in the public sphere (Broadcast 1970) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/18/200958 minutes, 21 seconds
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DocArchive: Hunting with the crowd

A radio documentary that goes inside the social studies class in Mountjoy Prison in Dublin and sees what if any impact it can make. The prison, nicknamed The Joy, is a closed, medium security prison and one of the oldest in Ireland (Broadcast 1998) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/18/200942 minutes, 16 seconds
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DocArchive: From Clooneen To Ilkley Moor Ba'tat

A radio documentary about family mythologies in Ireland (broadcast 1999) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/17/200942 minutes, 40 seconds
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DocArchive: Movement on Rock

A radio documentary which explores the world of the rock climber through the face of Clogwybdu'rarddu in Wales, graded a virtually impossible E9 climb. Enter into an esoteric world where ropes, picks and champions are all that matters (broadcast 1998) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/17/200942 minutes, 27 seconds
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DocArchive: The Larkin Way

The story of social and industrial change in Ireland inspired by the life and work of Labour Party politician and trade union official James Larkin Junior (First broadcast 1969). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/16/200958 minutes, 1 second
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DocArchive: Something Changed

A radio documentary about the artist Brian McGuire and the effect of his art classes in the maximum security prison located in Portlaoise - a prison which houses Ireland's most dangerous criminals (Broadcast 1998) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/16/200942 minutes, 13 seconds
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DocArchive: Response - 50 Years of the Legion of Mary

The Legion of Mary- a volunteer organisation for lay Catholics has grown from its Dublin foundation in 1921 to having three million members worldwide (Originally Broadcast 1971). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/15/200958 minutes, 35 seconds
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DocArchive: Testament of Freedom

An indepth insight into the the events that led to the 1916 rising, an era that would become one of the most significant moments in Irish history. The story is told through narration and song. (Broadcast 1955) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/14/200959 minutes, 51 seconds
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Songs from the Inside

This award winning documentary gained exclusive access to inside the confines of Cork Prison to meet with guitar teacher Noel Shine and his students who are all serving prisoners. This is an unexpected story of talent from a teacher and his prisoners Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/14/200944 minutes, 11 seconds
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DocArchive: Irish Mail

One of the earliest docs in our archives, the story of the famous 'Irish mail' route - London to Dublin - the main connection between Ireland and London in 1950's Ireland. A journey of land and water with everything and anything onboard. (Broadcast 1954) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/13/200944 minutes, 32 seconds
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DocArchive: Cove of Cork

Known as Queenstown from 1850 to 1920, Cobh is home to one of Ireland, and indeed the world’s most famous harbours. This is of course for very good reason – The Titanic. This 1954 documentary examines the history of the harbour. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/13/20091 hour, 12 minutes, 26 seconds
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DocArchive: Gritty City

An exploration of the network of illegal Irish immigrants who now call New York home. Many arrive on 90 day tourist visas yet have no intention of ever leaving. (Broadcast 2002) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/12/200942 minutes, 52 seconds
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DocArchive: On The Mitch

Why do kids skip school? In this doc, mitchers reveal why they mitch and parents and teachers talk about children who decide for themselves to take the day off school. (first broadcast 1977) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/12/20091 hour, 17 minutes, 37 seconds
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DocArchive (1969): The First Dáil

In 1919, Irish candidates who had been elected to the UK's Parliament decided not to sit in Westminster and instead assembled as ‘Dáil Éireann’. The first Dáil met on 21 January 1919 in the Mansion House in Dublin city. This documentary examines the origins and achievements of the first parliament of the Irish Republic. (First Broadcast 1969) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/11/20091 hour, 32 minutes, 49 seconds
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DocArchive: The Men of Inishark

In October 1960, the last remaining inhabitants of Inishark evacuated the small island off the coast of Connemara. In this documentary, the former islanders talk about their memories of life on Inishark. (originally broadcast 1968) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/10/200929 minutes, 35 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2009): Close Call

Kate O'Flynn's documentary about two expert climbers who got into difficulty in an environment and a mountain they knew too well, Lugnaquilla, Co.Wicklow. (Made as part of the course in Media Arts at the Dublin Institute of Technology) (First Broadcast 2009) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/9/200922 minutes, 5 seconds
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DocArchive (1970): Remembering Eoin

Cork’s Eoin 'The Pope' O'Mahony was an Irish barrister and political satirist. An Honorary life member of the TCD philosophy society, he occasionally broadcast on Radio Eireann. He entered politics trying and failing to be nominated in the 1952 and 1966 presidential elections (First Broadcast 1970) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/9/200948 minutes, 35 seconds
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DocArchive (1988): Ulster at the Crossroads

In 1968, the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association was born - a rally was held, then followed the first civil rights march. This documentary examines the history of the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Movement (First Broadcast 1988) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/8/20091 hour, 27 minutes, 56 seconds
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DocArchive (1999): The Night Stairs

An abstract and interesting examination of the terror of the night, fear of the dark and power of religion and prayer. We learn that the dark evokes many emotions. Some love the dark, like astronomers for instance, whereas others still dislike darkness as they associate it with some traumatic event from their youth. (First Broadcast 1999) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/7/200941 minutes, 48 seconds
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DocArchive (1999): Wind and Water

Mike Ladd and Stuart Hall present a very unique feature on the passage of time and sound. (First Broadcast 1999) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/6/200942 minutes, 39 seconds
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DocArchive (1998): Anno's Wardrobe

A celebration of one of the unsung heroines of Dublin's Gaiety Theatre; Anno the wardrobe mistress. We go backstage and learn what goes into this essential role in the world of the arts. (First Broadcast 1998) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/5/200942 minutes, 39 seconds
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DocArchive (1974): Brendan Behan, The Writer, The Rebel and The Rollicking Boy

Brendan Behan was and still is regarded as one of Ireland’s greatest writers. Born in Dublin city in 1923, Brendan wrote poetry, novels and plays, in both English and Irish. This is his story, told by the people who knew him. It also features the voice of Brendan and his music. (First Broadcast 1974) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/4/20091 hour, 56 minutes, 22 seconds
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DocArchive (1954): The O'Dea Story

Dublin’s Jimmy O'Dea was one of Ireland's most legendary comedians and actors. He was known for his role in the film Darby O’Gill and the Little People. Made 10 years before his death in 1965, this documentary looks back on 20 years of his comedy, songs and sketches including his most famous creation - Biddy Mulligan. (First Broadcast 1954) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/3/20091 hour, 12 minutes, 44 seconds
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DocArchive (1966): Moran of the Leader

A biography of P. Moran, founder of 'The Leader' that takes a look at the history of the magazine, its readership, its subject matter and its influence on Irish culture. Contains contributions from Cathal O Shannon, Con Curran, Nuala Moran and memories from readers of 'The Leader'. (First Broadcast 1966) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/2/200943 minutes, 9 seconds
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DocArchive (1992): The Late MacBeth

A biography of the poet George MacBeth who lived his last few years in Co. Galway. His wife Penny discusses how he coped with poor health and Motor Neuron disease. Born in 1932 in Lancashire, UK, he would go on to to join BBC radio where he worked as a producer of programmes on poetry. He died in 1992 (First Broadcast 1992) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/31/200939 minutes, 25 seconds
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DocArchive (1975): Three Times Under the Ass' Belly

A look at some of the often unusual Irish folk remedies that have been passed down through the generations, such as crawling under the belly of an ass foal that hasn't been ridden as a cure for whooping cough. Visiting the Leitrim-Cavan border, this is a study on folk medicine and cures for man and beast. (First Broadcast 1975) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/31/20091 hour, 18 minutes, 23 seconds
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DocArchive (2006): Like Feathers on the Breath of God

The singing of hymns and religious music holds great importance for various people. Co. Galway man Sonny Molloy, first sang at the Augustinian church as a boy and began conducting the choir in 1955. The programme highlights the enduring power of singing as a form of spirituality today (First Broadcast 2006) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/30/200940 minutes, 9 seconds
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DocArchive (1991): About Ruth

The Book of Ruth is a book of the Old Testament. It is named after its central figure, Ruth the Moabitess, the great-grandmother of David and according to the Gospel of Matthew, and ancestress of Jesus. The book tells of Ruth's accepting of the God of the Israelites as her God and the Israelite people as her own. (First Broadcast 1991) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/30/200927 minutes, 15 seconds
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DocArchive (1996): Daughter of the Sun

A drama documentary about the fascinating history of Maria Gertrudis Hore, an Irish-Spanish poet from the 18th century. Wed at 19, her husband often away at sea, she began a romance with a brigadier. However, wracked with guilt at the age of 35 she decided to enter a convent, where she died in South America in 1801. (First Broadcast 1996) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/29/200937 minutes, 59 seconds
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DocArchive (2004): Life With a Catch

This is the story of county Waterford woman Zeta Woods, a 26 year old who has been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. Zeta discusses living with the disability, how it affects family, work and social life and her hopes for the future. There is no known cure for MS. (First Broadcast 2004) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/29/200940 minutes, 58 seconds
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DocArchive (1971): Big One, The Jumbo Jet

In 1971, Aer Lingus took delivery of its first Boeing 747 aircraft, the Saint Colmcille. This event was huge for Irish aviation. This flight was documented from start to finish, as it made its journey from Seattle in America to Dublin, Ireland (1971) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/28/20091 hour, 29 minutes, 20 seconds
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DocArchive (1985): The Permanent Way

A documentary on railway men as told by people who have worked the tracks, telling the story of rail transit in Ireland from steam to electric. (First Broadcast 1985) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/27/200936 minutes, 25 seconds
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DocArchive (1965): The Bissextile Problem

A documentary on the history of leap years, examining the topic and the people who are affected by the bissextile problem. With contributions from George Green, Ginette Waddell, Jim Reid and Brendan O' Duill. (First Broadcast 1965) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/26/200934 minutes, 52 seconds
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DocArchive (1966): The Count at Durrus

The history of Florimond Comte De Bestereaux (1836-1904) of Durrus Co. Clare. As told through the vivid memories of the locals that surrounded him during his time there. (First broadcast 1966) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/25/200927 minutes, 45 seconds
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DocArchive (1989): Robert Southwell - Poet, Priest and Martyr

Robert Southwell was an English Catholic priest. He was also well known as a poet and missionary in the post-reformation UK. In 1595, Southwell was hanged drawn and quartered after he was convicted of high treason for his links to the Holy See. In 1970 he was canonised by Pope Paul VI as one of the Forty Martyrs. (First Broadcast 1989) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/24/200939 minutes, 44 seconds
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DocArchive (2009): Leaving Care

There is currently no legislation for the right to aftercare in Ireland. Recorded in a number of locations including, houses, parks and the streets of Dublin, this documentary explores the family, health and drug problems of those leaving state care who have experienced homelessness. It includes their struggles and ambitions(First Broadcast 2009) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/24/200936 minutes, 27 seconds
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DocArchive (1975): Not All Men Know the Law

This programme takes a layman’s look at the legal profession, focusing not just on the benefits it provides but also on the unsavoury underbelly that often goes unnoticed. It focuses on Irish lawyers, appointment of judges and the question of justice for the rights of the common man. (First Broadcast 1975) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/23/200938 minutes, 12 seconds
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DocArchive (1979): Overture and Beginners

The Abbey Theatre first opened its doors to the public in Dublin on the 27th of December 1904. In its early years, the theater was closely associated with the authors of the Irish literary revival, many of whom were involved in its founding. This documentary takes a detailed look at the development of an Irish institution. (First Broadcast 1979) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/23/20091 hour, 27 minutes, 21 seconds
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DocArchive (2005): Leaving Breaffy

In 1997, as Chairman of the Mayo County Football Board, Noel Forde brought his side to the All-Ireland Final and he started a romance with the love of his life. But Noel was a priest and media interest in the story grew, climaxing in Noel leaving the priesthood, his position in the GAA, and marriage to Galway woman Pauline. (First Broadcast 2005) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/22/200940 minutes, 31 seconds
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DocArchive (1989): Shedding Old Habits

We hear from 6 young nuns about their calling to religious life. The six women are part of various religious orders around Ireland and we hear about their reasons for joining each order, as well as speaking about their work, challenges they face, and hopes for the future in a quickly changing religious landscape in Ireland. (First Broadcast 1989) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/22/200940 minutes, 10 seconds
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DocArchive (1966): Forty Years of Irish Radio

In 1926, Dr Douglas Hyde launched the first radio station in the Irish Free State, 2RN. This was the start of something very special in Ireland. In ‘Forty Years of Irish Radio’, RTE’s PP Maguire looks at the history of Irish radio, how it was perceived by the public and meets the men and women who helped make it a success. (First Broadcast 1966) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/21/20091 hour, 29 minutes, 57 seconds
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DocArchive (1979): The Man from Carrickmore

The story of Joseph Mc Garrity, the Irish American business man who was a leading figure in the Irish independence movement in the early years of the 20th Century. Born in Carrickmore, Co. Tyrone in 1874, he moved to America in 1892 at the age of 18. In 1918, he took up journalism, founding the Irish Press. (First Broadcast 1979) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/20/200942 minutes, 24 seconds
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DocArchive (1982): View from Ballyherragh

On the West coast of Clare, just over from the hills of Moher, lies the rural community of Ballyherragh. Battered by the Atlantic, it has stood the test of time. This documentary is all about the beauty of the environment and the social and family life of a simple village at the Atlantic ocean's edge. (First Broadcast 1982) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/19/200939 minutes, 17 seconds
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DocArchive (1979): Dray Horses of Dublin

Dray horses were animals bred for hard heavy tasks like pulling a heavy load. Into the 1900s, they were used for practical work pulling wagons or ploughing fields. The dray-men were part of Dublin city street life delivering coal, and working the fruit and vegetable markets. (First Broadcast 1979) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/18/200944 minutes, 4 seconds
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DocArchive (1983): Battle of Carrickshock

The Battle of Carrickshock took place in 1831 in south Kilkenny. The conflict was borne out of a tithe tax that was enforced despite difficult harvests. The tithe was a tax that Catholics had to pay to the Church of Ireland even though they were of a different religion. And so the peasants revolted to protect their rights.(First Broadcast 1983) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/18/200942 minutes, 59 seconds
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DocArchive (1983): A Death in January

Limerick man Sean Bourke was sentenced to 3 years in Daingean reformatory, in 1947 for stealing bananas at age 12. Having moved to UK in 1961, he continued with crime and was sentenced to 7 years in prison. On his release from Wormwood Scrubs, he hatched a plan to help his friend George Blake, to escape from the same prison. (First Broadcast 1983) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/17/200941 minutes, 33 seconds
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DocArchive (1979): Retreat

Having been inspired by the lifestyle of a group of Tibetan monks visiting the West of Ireland, Sonia Kelly founded the Cloona Health Centre in 1969 - a detox retreat located in Westport, Co Mayo. In exile in the UK, the monks took part in the renovation of the Cloona Mill community project, before their visas were revoked. (First Broadcast 1979) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/17/200944 minutes, 27 seconds
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DocArchive (1998): Lifting the Veil

Four former nuns talk about life in the convent, and life outside it.  These are women from the organisation Fáilte, a support for former nuns who now find themselves in financial and/or emotional difficulties.  Their new life can present major problems. (First Broadcast 1998) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/17/200942 minutes, 20 seconds
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DocArchive (2005): Just as there are parentheses within sentences

Galway author Desmond Hogan’s award winning literature was praised from the outset. He published The Ikon Maker in 1976. His reputation went from strength to strength after moving to the UK in the 1980's. Yet he began to fade from public view and much of his life has been spent in transit in America and Eastern Europe. (First Broadcast 2005) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/17/200940 minutes, 7 seconds
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DocArchive: Hofmann (Broadcast 2003)

An account of the late instrument maker and repairer, Willy Hofmann, whose family opened a music shop in Dublin in 1919. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/16/200942 minutes, 59 seconds
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DocArchive: Bianconi the Coachman

A look at the life of Charles Bianconi and his coach company, and his influence on the modern transport system (Broadcast 1975). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/16/200943 minutes, 32 seconds
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DocArchive (1985): Strangers in Ireland

The Huguenots were French Protestants. In a conflict in 1562 a number of Huguenots were massacred at Vassy in France. King Henry IV signed the Edict of Nantes which ended the Wars of Religion in 1598, but Louis XIV revoked it in 1685. Immigration affected many Huguenots, moving to Europe, including Ireland. (First Broadcast 1985) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/16/200943 minutes, 52 seconds
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DocArchive: Tommy's Story (1995)

Tommy Walsh talks about his wife Jo's last days (Broadcast 1995) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/15/200929 minutes, 8 seconds
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DocArchive: Judiths Best Friend

This documentary was recorded in Belfast against a backdrop of recent riots, but they may as well be a million miles away. Judith comes from a good family, went to a good school and is attending university in Glasgow. Judith's best friend is Jesus. (2005) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/15/200940 minutes, 28 seconds
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DocArchive (1961): Twelve Months Around Blessington

Blessington is a beautiful town in West Wicklow full of history and culture. It’s a busy town, where important things happen. Norris Davidson lives close to this rural community and spent the year of 1960 meeting the local people, documenting their lives, and learning about the town and its history. (First Broadcast 1961) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/14/20091 hour, 14 minutes, 46 seconds
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DocArchive: Bound by Regulations

Irish Fairs are where you meet and trade. But from the late 1700s until the 1940s, hiring fairs also took place - a fair where farmer and labourer arranged work - an employment exchange! This is the story of the one in Strabane Co. Tyrone (Broadcast 1995) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/13/200942 minutes, 27 seconds
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DocArchive: Taste of Grass Roots

In July 1980, Joseph Brennan, the Fianna Fail TD in Donegal, died - triggering a by-election. Four candidates battled it out. Clement Coughlan of Fianna Fail won - but his tenure was cut short. In 1983, he was killed in a traffic accident (Broadcast 1980) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/12/200940 minutes, 1 second
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DocArchive (1991): Immigrating to Ireland – Galway

Dubarry’s shoe factory in Ballinasloe, Co. Galway was set up in 1937. Shoemakers were brought in from Leicester in the U.K. to work at the new factory. The widow of a shoemaker who moved to Ireland to work in Dubarry’s recalls the difficulties of immigration. She was careful to not discuss politics or religion with locals. (First Broadcast 1991) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/12/200943 minutes, 48 seconds
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DocArchive: Where the Fisherman Strays

The hard won battle for the right to fish on Lough Neagh, which belonged to a succession of aristocratic families, until they were bought out by a local co-operative in 1972 (Broadcast 1978). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/11/200941 minutes, 59 seconds
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DocArchive: Remembering Parnell

Charles Stewart Parnell was an Irish Nationalist who led the fight for Irish Home Rule in the late 1800's. This documentary pieces together first hand accounts of Parnell and his life. Parnell was an Anglo Irish protestant born in Wicklow (Broadcast 1962) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/11/200927 minutes, 12 seconds
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DocArchive: Fire and Ice

The land where ice and fire dominates the way of life - a perspective on Iceland as seen by those who go to visit, and the side of life as experienced by those who live there (Broadcast 1978). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/10/200942 minutes, 8 seconds
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DocArchive: David's Diary

In 1904, Fr. John Creagh gave two sermons that expressed unfounded hostility towards Limerick's Jewish community. This led to boycott and intimidation, forcing the them out of the city within a year (Broadcast 1998). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/10/200936 minutes, 46 seconds
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DocArchive: Indian Ocean Tsunami - One Year On

The story of 23 yr old Wexford man, Michael Murphy who lost his life in the Indian Ocean tsunami. Michael's mother, Theresa, his sister Anne Maria and his two brothers Paul and Kevin, speak publicly for the first time. (2005) The story of 23 yr old Wexford man, Michael Murphy who lost his life in the Indian Ocean tsunami. Michael's mother, Theresa, his sister Anne Maria and his two brothers Paul and Kevin, speak publicly for the first time. (2005) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/10/200939 minutes, 19 seconds
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DocArchive - 33 Miles and Good Luck

A first hand look at the world famous nature trail in Clinton Valley, New Zealand (Broadcast 1975). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/9/200942 minutes, 30 seconds
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DocArchive: Soshin Godness of Mercy

In 1979, 24-year-old Maura O'Halloran began her study of Zen in Japan and became a Buddhist monk. Her life was tragically cut short, and today she is revered as a Buddhist saint (Broadcast 1997). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/9/200942 minutes, 27 seconds
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DocArchive: The Magic Rod

The mystery behind the ancient art of water divining, used for thousands of years for locating well, springs and other water sources (Broadcast 1978). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/9/200942 minutes, 7 seconds
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DocArchive: Brown Envelopes with Three Pounds

A profile of the Society of St. Vincent De Paul in Ireland, the largest, voluntary, charitable organisation in the country, who aim to tackle poverty through the provision of practical assistance to those in need (Broadcast 1997). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/8/200939 minutes, 59 seconds
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DocArchive (1976): American Journey Pt 1

A journey by John Skehan across America in 1976. This documentary includes impressions of Washington, a visit to FBI Headquarters, St. Louis Missouri, Wisconsin black on black farmers, Milwaukee's Catholic history and American Catholics. (First Broadcast 1976) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/7/200939 minutes, 20 seconds
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DocArchive (1989): Survivors of the Somme

Lasting between the 1st of July and the 18th of November 1916, The Battle of the Somme was to become one of the defining moments of the First World War. Recollections of the great watershed battle of World War I including extracts from a hitherto unpublished diary written on the front. (First Broadcast 1989) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/5/200944 minutes
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DocArchive: Vietnam Wall

The Vietnam War was fought from 1955 to 1975 with a death toll exceeding 2 million soldiers and civilians. This is an essay in music and voice on the American experience of that war - centred around the War Memorial Wall in Washington DC (Broadcast 1988) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/5/200939 minutes, 8 seconds
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DocArchive: Baldoyle Racecourse

For most of the 20th century, Baldoyle was famed for its racecourse, a seaside track in County Dublin that witnessed many stars in its history, both on the Flat and over Jumps (Broadcast 1979). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/4/200943 minutes, 51 seconds
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DocArchive: Bring Me a Unicorn

The story of Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906-2001), pioneering aviator, writer, and spouse of Charles Lindbergh, as told through her letters and diaries (Broadcast 1998). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/3/200942 minutes, 23 seconds
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DocArchive: Market Values

Stock markets and money markets - what are they for, and who runs them? While we struggle for the bare necessities, are the people in the markets making millions? Sean Moncrieff takes a look at the workings of the Irish Stock Market (Broadcast 1994). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/3/200943 minutes, 26 seconds
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DocArchive: Dreaming of Prawns

The Susannah G is a fishing trawler based in Dunmore East, Waterford. The skipper, Denis Harding, has 4 in crew. Heading for 'The smalls', a fishing ground 55 miles off the Irish coast, would this turn out to be just another typical trip at sea? (2006) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/3/200941 minutes, 8 seconds
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DocArchive: By Appointment

George Redmond from West Cork spent his lifetime travelling around Ireland tuning pianos for the great and the good. In this documentary he explores the musical tastes of former Governor-Generals and Presidents of Ireland (Broadcast 1994). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/2/20091 hour, 4 minutes, 10 seconds
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DocArchive: Come on the Banner

A history of the G.A.A in County Clare, from its origins in 1884 when Clareman Michael Cusack lit the torch that led to the founding of the organisation (Broadcast 1984). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/2/200943 minutes, 9 seconds
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Documentary on One: Innocence for Sale

The issue of child trafficking into prostitution in the Philippines as a result of sex tourism, and how Irish missionary priest Fr. Shay Cullen has fought to combat the problem through his organisation PREDA (Broadcast 1990). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/1/200942 minutes, 26 seconds
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DocArchive (2004): The Irish at Eureka - Rebels or Riff Raff?

The Eureka affair of 1854 has been described as everything from a tax whinge to the birthplace of Australian democracy. Some 30 people died in the half-hour battle, most of them goldminers who had sworn to defend their rights and liberties. (First Broadcast 2004) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/30/200943 minutes, 4 seconds
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DocArchive: Samoza Sandinista and Beyond

Nicaragua was ruled for four decades by the Somoza dynasty. This is the story of how the people overthrew an oppressive regime in 1979 - and what happened next. (First broadcast 1983) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/29/200944 minutes, 18 seconds
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DocArchive: The Presidency and the Presidents

Oct 2011, the 9th President of Ireland will take office. In this documentary, we travel back 52yrs to the day that Eamon De Valera was inaugurated as the 3rd President of Ireland. This is the story of the first 21yrs of Irish Presidents (Broadcast 1959) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/29/200944 minutes
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DocArchive: Like Flies to a Light - FBD Milk Rás

Covering 1247 kilometers over 8 stages, the Irish FBD Milk Rás, now in it's 59th year, is one of the longest amateur stage races held annually in the world. In 1996, Roy Willoughby tracked the race as the cyclists fought it out for glory (Broadcast 1996). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/28/200942 minutes, 18 seconds
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DocArchive (1991): Immigrating to Ireland – Americans

The Vietnam War caused great upheaval in America in the 1960’s and 1970’s. Bill Warren wished to avoid the draft into the defence forces, so he decided to leave with his wife Patricia and moved to Ireland. Immigration was not on Sharon Lennon’s mind when she met her husband Frank, but she left the US to join him in Belfast. (First Broadcast 1991) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/28/200942 minutes, 40 seconds
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DocArchive: Who's a Pretty Boy Then?

From pigeons to hens, we meet the people whose passion in life is keeping birds (first broadcast 1982) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/27/200944 minutes, 10 seconds
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DocArchive: In Fond Memory

May 2011, Queen Elizabeth II, whilst on a visit to the Islandbridge War Memorial Gardens, bows her head to honour the 49,400 Irish soldiers who died in WW1. Opened in 1988, this is the story of the garden and the soldiers they honour (Broadcast 1989) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/27/200941 minutes, 50 seconds
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DocArchive: Death by drowning

Every year countless lives are lost around the coast of Ireland. This is a story about fishing families who have lost their loved ones to the treacherous waters off the Irish Coast.(Broadcast 2002) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/26/200941 minutes, 7 seconds
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DocArchive: No place for the weak-hearted

Storms can develop quickly and without warning. High winds and treacherous waves are frequent along the Irish coastline. When ferries, tawlers and yachts get caught at sea or when lives are at risk, they call on the Irish lifeboat services (Broadcast 2004) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/26/200941 minutes, 8 seconds
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DocArchive: When the bloom was on the flax

This documentary focuses on the tradition and history of flax growing and the linen industry in Ireland. The contributors include the late poet John Hewitt on the rhyming weavers of Co. Antrim. (Broadcast 1978) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/26/200941 minutes, 25 seconds
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DocArchive: Mucho Corazon

A Dutch man visiting Havana falls in love with a Cuban woman, but their path is blocked at every turn. Recorded in Amsterdam, The Hague, The Netherlands and Havana and Holguin in Cuba. This is a story of love and European Immigration (Broadcast 1998) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/26/200941 minutes, 40 seconds
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DocArchive: Down with jazz - Anti jazz campaign of the 1930's

January 1st 1934, Fr. Conifrey led a march through Mohill, County Leitrim, in which demonstrators shouted "down with jazz" and "out with paganism" and called on the government to close the dance halls and ban all foreign dances in Ireland. (Broadcast 1997) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/26/200941 minutes, 7 seconds
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DocArchive: Classmates of Pinochet

A documentary about Chile during the period of the military junta. Producer, Jan Diego Spoerer, lived for many years as a refugee in Chile. He came from a prominent Chilean family and went to the same school as Pinochet. (Broadcast 2004) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/26/200941 minutes, 46 seconds
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DocArchive: Chanter bag and bellows: Family notes

This documentary explores the rich musical history of an extraordinary Belfast family, the McPeakes, from humble beginnings when Francis Joseph McPeake, born in 1885 became the first piper in Belfast for 116 years (Broadcast 2004) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/26/200942 minutes, 17 seconds
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DocArchive: The black-tailed Godwit

A documentary in search of the black-tailed godwit, a large wading bird. Ornithologist Jim Wilson, travels to Iceland in search of the black-tailed godwit. The black-tailed godwit is a large wading bird that breeds in Iceland. (Broadcast 2001) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/26/200942 minutes, 45 seconds
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DocArchive: Look at the Camels

Paddy O'Gorman takes a trip to the United Arab Emirates where some 4,000 Irish people have, for whatever reason, made it their home. This is the story of some Irish people who work, rest and play in the the middle eastern sun (Broadcast 2003) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/26/200940 minutes, 52 seconds
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DocArchive: D Day 60 years on - The forgotten heros

To mark the 60th anniversary of D-Day, Derek Davis visits the Normandy Beaches where the Allies stormed ashore on June 6th 1944. He talks with some of the survivors, the Irish, who were part of the massive seaborne assault. (Broadcast 2004) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/26/200940 minutes, 28 seconds
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DocArchive: The Sligo bus

The North Sligo rural transport scheme initiative is helping those living in isolation to get out and about, go shopping and visit their relatives. Kay Sheehy takes the bus herself and meets those availing of the service. (Broadcast 2005) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/26/200941 minutes, 17 seconds
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DocArchive: Dossers Priest

The everyday life of Father John Cusack, an Irish priest from County Cavan who looks after London's down and outs in the 1980s. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/26/200942 minutes, 10 seconds
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DocArchive: On the street

An impression of street life in one area of Paris from the award winning documentary maker Kaye Mortley. (Broadcast 2004) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/26/200941 minutes, 28 seconds
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DocArchive: Ithaca

A documentary about the island of Ithaca in myth and reality. Ithaca is an island located in the Ionian Sea, Greece, with an area of 45 sq. miles and a little more than three thousand inhabitants. (Broadcast 1999) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/26/200940 minutes, 23 seconds
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DocArchive: The Argentina Connection

In the early 1800s a large migration of Irish farmers settled on the Pampas of Argentina. Joe Murray travells to Argentina and discovers his cousins and many other Argentinos who trace their connections to families still farming in Ireland (Broadcast 2004) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/26/200941 minutes, 3 seconds
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DocArchive: The two sides of Dolly's Brae

On the morning, of July 12th 1849, the Protestant Orange order peacefully marched thorugh Dolly's Brae, an exclusively Catholic village in Co. Down.However, on their return journey home that evening, a fight ensued. (Broadcast 1985) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/26/200941 minutes, 1 second
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DocArchive: Stuck for words

Stammering affects 45,000 people in Ireland, 80% of which are male. In this documentary Michael Carolan allows time and space to meet at talk with stammerers about the bullying, the loneliness and their fears. (Broadcast 2004) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/26/200941 minutes, 4 seconds
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DocArchive: The Road to Polnagollum

This documentary takes an underground journey in the Polnagollum cave system beneath the Burren, Co. Clare. The system has been carved out of limestone by a series of underground rivers. What is life really like in the Irish underworld (Broadcast 2004) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/26/200941 minutes, 24 seconds
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DocArchive: One May day

May 17th 1974, one of the most tragic events of the Troubles took place-three no-warning car bombs exploded in Dublin City Centre at 5.30pm, and another no-warning bomb exploded in Monaghan Town at approximately 7pm. 34 people were killed. (Broadcast 2004) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/26/200941 minutes, 17 seconds
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DocArchive: Love letters from the front

A documentary telling a beautiful story of love and war based on a collection of letters writtern to an Irishwoman during World War I. (Broadcast 2001) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/26/200941 minutes, 5 seconds
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DocArchive: The Story of Knock

It was the brainchild of Monsignor James Horan - Knock Airport. This is the story of how an idea became reality, despite the objections from those who thought the idea was a crazy one, and what the airport has brought to the West (Broadcast 1985) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/25/200942 minutes, 25 seconds
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DocArchive: Beacon on the Sands (1990)

Bill Long travels to the Kish Lighthouse off the coast of Dublin, on the occasion of it's 25th anniversary (Broadcast 1990). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/25/200943 minutes, 9 seconds
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DocArchive: Children on the Veranda

The story of Rosemary Conry, who as a little girl spent 3 years lying bound and strapped to a bed, a victim of the TB epidemic that was then rife in Ireland. (First Broadcast 2009) The story of Rosemary Conry, who as a little girl spent 3 years lying bound and strapped to a bed, a victim of the TB epidemic that was then rife in Ireland. (First Broadcast 2009) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/24/200941 minutes, 53 seconds
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DocArchive: In search of Paddy Finucane

The story of Brendan "Paddy" Finucane - the Dublin born RAF wing commander pilot. By 21, Finucane was the youngest Wing Commander at war, a highly decorated WW2 RAF pilot, the scourge of the German Air Force and a hero in the Britain (Broadcast 2004) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/24/200941 minutes, 10 seconds
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DocArchive: Constant present

More than one-in-eight people in Ireland suffer from a condition that causes frustration, withdrawal, anger and suffering and yet it is hidden, invisible. In Constant Present, Michael Carolan talks to people with chronic pain. (Broadcast 2003) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/24/200941 minutes, 2 seconds
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DocArchive: Primrose and blue

Primrose and Blue tells the story of John Scally as he vivdly recalls memories of his childhood in 1960's Roscommon in Ireland. This is a window into the Ireland gone by - into a different time in an almost different country (Broadcast 1995) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/24/200941 minutes, 13 seconds
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DocArchive: A century of learning in Kerry

A story that documents over 100 years of eduction whilst traceing the evolution of the VEC in Kerry from its origins in Technical Instruction (Broadcast 2004) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/24/200941 minutes
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DocArchive: Battle of the Somme

Lasting from July 1st to Novemeber 18th 1916, The Battle of the Somme was to become one of the defining moments of the First World War. The first day of battle alone saw the British Forces sustain some 60,000 casualties, including Irishmen (Broadcast 1989) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/24/200943 minutes, 58 seconds
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DocArchive: The rising that didn't take place

A documentary by Prionnsias O Conluain about what didn't happen in Ulster in 1916 - whilst the rest of Ireland was uprising against home rule, Ulster remained subdued. (Broadcast 1966) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/23/200940 minutes, 49 seconds
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DocArchive (2005) : Speaking of Grief

Air India Flight 182 was operating on the Toronto-Montréal-London-Delhi-Bombay route. On 23 June 1985, disaster struck - it was blown up in midair, by a bomb, just off the south coast of Ireland. Many of Shalini Sinha's close family friends were affected by the crash (First Broadcast 2005) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/23/200941 minutes, 37 seconds
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DocArchive: The Stonies

A documentary on Irish stonemasons, stonecutters and sculptors. (Broadcast 1978) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/23/200944 minutes, 5 seconds
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DocArchive: Gibraltar

A documentary about a journey to Gibraltar - the southern border of Europe and the plight of refugees passing through there. (Broadcast 2002) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/23/200941 minutes, 10 seconds
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DocArchive: The Arctic Fox

In this documentary from the Mooney Goes Wild team, ecologist and lecturer Eanna Ni Lamhna looks at the life of the Arctic Fox. Turning white in winter to blend in with the white background of snow is a very successful adaptation (Broadcast 2004) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/23/200939 minutes, 59 seconds
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DocArchive: Sometime in New York city

Julian Vignoles visited New York for the first time in 1987 during a hot week in June. He brought a tape recorder with him and "Sometime in New Yor City" was the result. This documentary is a fast-moving audio montage of the great city. (Broadcast 1987) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/23/200942 minutes, 2 seconds
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DocArchive: Fallow deer

In this documentary from the Mooney Goes Wild team, biologist and Secondary schoolteacher, Terry Flanagan looks at that most majestic of animals that roams the Phoenix Park in Dublin, the Fallow Deer. (Broadcast 2004) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/23/200940 minutes, 53 seconds
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DocArchive: No surrender

Lorelei Harris goes marching with the York Road No Surrender Band on the 12th July and speaks with band members. (Broadcast 1997) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/23/200941 minutes, 58 seconds
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DocArchive: In search of time

Documentary on the nature of time and how its measurement by the clock influences our lives (Broadcast 1988) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/23/200948 minutes, 32 seconds
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DocArchive: To the stonebreakers yard

A documentary about Kilmainham Gaol and its place in Irish history. Built in 1792, Kilmainham Gaol is Ireland's most famous disused prison. It held, throughout the years, many famous Nationalists and Republicans (Broadcast 1999) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/23/200937 minutes, 48 seconds
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DocArchive: Early house

A documentary that goes to bed and wakes up in one of Dublin's early opening pubs - The Cobblestone. Ireland is 'famed' for its drinking culture - but why would anyone want to go drinking at 7am? (Broadcast 1999) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/23/200942 minutes, 39 seconds
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DocArchive: Heartland

A documentary set in Ireland and South Africa about Afrikaners that tells the story about the Verwoerd family, descendents of H.F Verwoerd, the Prime Minister of South Africa widely regarded as being the architect of apartheid. (Broadcast 2004) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/23/200951 minutes, 16 seconds
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DocArchive: Kingfisher - King of Fishers

In this documentary from the Mooney Goes Wild team, Dr Richard Collins explores the mysterious world of the kingfisher. Some creatures are so ridiculously beautiful that they just don't belong in the real world. (Broadcast 2004) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/23/200939 minutes, 56 seconds
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DocArchive: Peader O'Donnell

A documentary with Peadar O'Donnell on the occasion of his 90th birthday. Peadar O'Donnell (1893-1986) was an Irish novelist and political activist and a major figure in the history of the Irish. (Broadcast 1983) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/23/200941 minutes, 52 seconds
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DocArchive: Wolf - Spirit of the Wild

In this documentary from the Mooney Goes Wild team, naturalist and author, Eric Dempsey fulfils a lifelong ambition when he comes face to face with one of the world's most elusive creatures, the Wolf. (Broadcast 2004) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/23/200941 minutes, 3 seconds
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DocArchive: Irish Mail

Made 57 years ago, this is the story of Irish mail, and the pivotal link between London and Dun Laoghaire port in Dublin. Before the age of technology, the written letter and the Dublin London link was key as Irish mail travelled the globe (Broadcast 1954) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/22/200944 minutes, 32 seconds
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DocArchive: Grand Canal and Canals of Ireland

Ireland has has a long and rich history of inland nagivation through its canals. Over time they've transported people, goods, animals and much else besides. The working days of the canals are largely over, so sit back and enjoy the scenery (Broadcast 1981) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/21/200934 minutes, 33 seconds
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DocArchive: Readin' and Writin'

This documentary is about what many people take for granted – being able to read and write (first broadcast 1985). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/20/200944 minutes, 46 seconds
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DocArchive: Four in a row

What does it take to become a pop radio DJ? Almost 30yrs ago, four djs tried to answer that question - Simon Young and Larry Gogan from RTE Radio 2, Janice Long from BBC Radio 1 and Declan Meehan from Capital Radio London. Top tips..... (Broadcast 1985) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/20/200942 minutes, 32 seconds
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DocArchive: Wilhelm Maestro (1989)

The Irish Army No.1 Band was formed in 1923 and its first Director was Colonel Fritz Brase. The band has performed at many major Irish ceremonial occasions since its inception. Here we look at the amazing character of its first director (Broadcast 1989) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/19/200957 minutes
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If you're new here, listen to this - it'll give a flavour of what we're about

This is a montage of clips from over 30 of our documentaries. It gives a flavour of the type of stories we tell and the type of people involved in telling those stories. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/19/20093 minutes, 48 seconds
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DocArchive: Blessed Be The Fruit of the Loom

The textile manufacturer Fruit of the Loom were the focus of employment in Inishowen and when they left they created an employment blackspot at a time when Irish employment was at its peak. (First Broadcast 2009) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/19/200941 minutes, 17 seconds
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DocArchive: Home Is The Hero

In 1963, a descendent of famine emigrants returned to his ancestral home - President John F. Kennedy arrived in Ireland to a rapturous and emotional welcome (first broadcast 1985). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/19/200942 minutes, 20 seconds
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DocArchive: The Lino Crossing - Tales Of The Observed

This is a challenging documentary made by Mary Duffy, disabled artist and ex radio producer. This is a rare insight into the lived life of the disabled-unvarnished accounts of the struggle for rights, for tolerance, for acceptance, for love, for respect. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/19/200940 minutes, 50 seconds
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DocArchive: Three Rock Mountain

Three Rock Mountain is 450 metres tall. Located on the edge of Dublin City, it's the ideal site for radio and television transmitters. This is a portrait of the Mountain as seen through the eyes of those who have lived at the foot of it all of their lives. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/19/200940 minutes, 56 seconds
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DocArchive: American Indians

Donncha O’Dulaing goes to America and talks to native Americans that live on reservations in St. Louis about what it is like to be born and bred on a reservation (first broadcast 1985). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/18/200945 minutes, 3 seconds
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DocArchive: The Thin Green Line (1989)

The 1948 Olympics, held in London, was the first games Ireland had taken part in since 1932. A major dispute between the Irish Olympic Council and the organising committee saw many Irish athletes barred from taking part in previous competitions. But why? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/18/200943 minutes, 49 seconds
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DocArchive: The lost world of Art Ó Laoghaire

An exploration of the death of Art Ó Laoghaire and the lament written by his wife Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill, 'Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire'. One of the greatest laments ever written, this poem captures the life and death of Art in 1773 (Broadcast 2003) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/18/200941 minutes, 9 seconds
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DocArchive: A Martin Lavan Story

Martin Lavan went on the run to the USA in 1922 following his involvement in the Irish Civil War killings in Mayo. He became a lawyer, grew wealthy, was a colourful pillar of the community in Brighton, Michigan and a vocal republican. (Broadcast 2004) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/18/200939 minutes, 51 seconds
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DocArchive: His Life and Fortune to Civilise Gweedore

A profile of the 19th century landlord, George Hill, and his attempts to rationalise the land system of Gweedore, Co. Donegal (first broadcast 1975). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/18/200943 minutes, 3 seconds
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DocArchive: When time stood still

When Sergeant John Parish dived into the water in the Greek port of Piraeus in April, 1941, life changed forever. Behind him there was chaos; the "Hellas", a ship that was evacuating Allied forces and civilians from Greece, had been bombed (Broadcast 2004) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/18/200941 minutes, 24 seconds
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DocArchive: Bite Down on that Gumshield Son

Based in the heart of inner city Dublin, this documentary gives a unique insight into the life of St. Saviours Olympic Boxing Academy, one of Ireland's most famous amateur boxing clubs. (First Broadcast 2008) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/17/200940 minutes, 22 seconds
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DocArchive (1991): Immigrating to Ireland - Germany and Brittany

The Second World War caused many people to seek refuge from the conflict in Germany. Immigration was often the only option. Four people who escaped from Germany and Brittany in France to Ireland traces a story of flight from persecution, as well as former military officers leaving their troubled pasts behind. (First Broadcast 1991) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/17/200942 minutes, 39 seconds
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DocArchive (1989): Waiting for U2

U2 are not only an Irish rock band, but one of the biggest in the world. This is the story of three young girls whose lives are totally bound up with their fascination with the Irish rock group U2. They, like many of their peers, are infatuated with the worlds biggest band, the all male quartet, known as U2. (First Broadcast 1989) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/17/200936 minutes, 19 seconds
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DocArchive: Sands a hoor

In 1989, fifty Gardaí travelled to Namibia on an overseas mission with the United Nations. The members who travelled were to become part of one of the UN's most successful mission, an historic moment for our national police force (Broadcast 1989) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/17/200943 minutes, 43 seconds
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DocArchive: Our Father, Séamus Ennis

Séamus Ennis is revered as one of Ireland's best known Uilleann Pipers and Music Collectors who amassed thousands of tunes before his death in 1982. In this documentary he is remembered by his son Christopher and his daughter Catherine. (Broadcast 1988) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/15/200939 minutes, 4 seconds
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DocArchive (1991): Immigrating to Ireland - Nigeria and Lesotho

The first in a series of documentaries by Lorelei Harris investigating immigration to Ireland. In this episode Abiodan Odomosu from Nigeria and Camilla Dorsey from Lesotho speak about how they moved from their homes in Africa to eventually arrive in Ireland. Each person has a unique story. (First Broadcast 1991) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/14/200945 minutes, 17 seconds
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DocArchive: They were our Ecstasy

On Nov 7th 1963, The Beatles paid their first visit to Dublin to play two concerts at the Adelphi cinema. Mania ensued. The key people involved in that memoral day and night look back and share their experience of the Beatles in Dublin (Broadcast 1993) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/14/200941 minutes, 24 seconds
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DocArchive: I remember Henry Ford

The story of Fords in Cork. For generations this was a hugely successful company with an amazingly loyal workforce. Everything dates back to the Model T - yet despite surviving through most of the 20th century, its days were numbered (Broadcast 1982) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/13/200946 minutes, 20 seconds
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DocArchive: Sounds From Inner Space

This documentary listens in on the sounds that can be heard under the sea – the squeaking, creaking, groaning, singing, whining noises of aquatic life (first broadcast 1985). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/13/200944 minutes, 7 seconds
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DocArchive: In Fond Memory

This documentary looks at the war memorial park in Islandbridge, Dublin also known as the Irish National Memorial Gardens. Oficially opened in 1988, it pays tribute to the 49,400 Irish Soldiers who died in World War 1 from 1914-1918 (Broadcast 1989) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/12/200941 minutes, 27 seconds
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DocArchive: Be Prepared!

8 young scouts from Killaloe, Co Clare take part in a survival weekend as part of the County Shield competition in the centenary year of scouting in Ireland (Broadcast 2008). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/12/200938 minutes, 45 seconds
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DocArchive: Fairy, Faith and Folk

The belief in Fairies who hover about the physical world in a harmless way - that is, unless they are disturbed (First broadcast 1984). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/12/200944 minutes, 15 seconds
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DocArchive: Ruths Story (1989)

The moving story of one girls battle in the final days of her life. (Broadcast 1989) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/11/200938 minutes, 43 seconds
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DocArchive: What Do You Say To Someone Who Is Dying?

From denial and anger to bargaining, depression and acceptance, the process people go through when they have been diagnosed with a fatal illness is discussed by doctors, nurses and social workers in this documentary (First broadcast 1984). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/11/200943 minutes, 1 second
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DocArchive (1984): Elected Silence

Franciscan nuns adhere to the teachings and spiritual disciplines of St Francis of Assisi and his main associates and followers including St Clare of Assisi, St Anthony of Padua and St Elizabeth of Hungary. This documentary explores the lives and beliefs of an enclosed order of Franciscan nuns. (First Broadcast 1984) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/11/200941 minutes
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DocArchive: An Injury for Life

Each year in Ireland, approximately 10,000 people receive an acquired brain injury - from then on, they face a dramatically altered life. We get a glimpe of what life is like for Ned, Dermot and Noel, who live with an acquired brain injury. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/11/200941 minutes, 40 seconds
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DocArchive (1978): Art on the Block

In this ever-changing world, art remains a consistently sought-after addition to ones life and home. But how does one obtain an exceptional piece of art in modern Ireland? This documentary enters the weird and wonderful world of art auctions. We hear from experts, buyers and sellers (First Broadcast 1978) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/10/200943 minutes, 15 seconds
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DocArchive: Fr. McFadden of Gweedore

The life and times of Father James McFadden, parish priest of Gweedore, who opposed evicitions by the agents of Lord George Hill, landlord for that area (Broadcast 1975) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/10/200943 minutes, 34 seconds
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DocArchive: Seawatch

A look at the intricate system of services and personnel who make up the Irish Sea Rescue Services Organisation (Broadcast 1986). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/10/200944 minutes, 9 seconds
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DocArchive (1997): Essentially for Women

Belly-dancing is a type of Middle Eastern dance that requires movements of the torso. It has become very popular with young women in Ireland. In this documentary we meet some Irish women who talk about belly-dancing and what it means for them. (First Broadcast 1997) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/9/200940 minutes, 24 seconds
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DocArchive: Aspects of America

In 1971, Seán Mac Réamoinn, set out to examine contemporary life in America. What he found was a country full of character, with a difference approach to life, but with its problems too. Makes for pretty interesting listening 40 yrs on.... (Broadcast 1971) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/7/200958 minutes, 18 seconds
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DocArchive: De Valera Remembered

Sean Macentee and De Valera first met in Dartmoor Prison in July 1917. It was the beginning of a long friendship and time spent together in politics. John Bowman presents a documentary remembering De Valera and the birth of Fianna Fail. (Broadcast 1982) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/6/200943 minutes, 38 seconds
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DocArchive: Albert and Adolf were friends

Between 1932 and 1939, Dr Adolf Mahr, a Nazi Archaeologist occasionally based in Dublin, and his Jewish friend, philanthropist Albert Bender, exchange dozens of letters - and some of these survived - detailing an extraordinary era (First Broadcast 2001) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/5/200941 minutes, 58 seconds
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DocArchive (1986): All The Dead Voices

A celebration for Samuel Beckett's 80th Birthday, recorded at the international Samuel Beckett Conference in Paris in April 1986. (First Broadcast 1986) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/5/200939 minutes, 20 seconds
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DocArchive: Leeside Clinic

Jack Lynch was a TD for 33 years and served for two terms as Taoiseach but each week he held a clinic for his constituents in Cork to deal with their queries. (Broadcast 1978) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/5/200942 minutes, 20 seconds
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DocArchive (1976): Here is the News

This is the story of the 50 years of news on Irish radio. This documentary traces the development from a single news editor in 1926 who took news from foreign stations to today's complex news gathering and assessment operations. (First Broadcast 1976) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/4/200959 minutes, 57 seconds
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No Bull In a China Shop (1986)

An insight into the character behind soon to be Commander-in-Chief of the UN Observer Corps, Bill Callaghan (Broadcast 1986). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/4/200944 minutes, 54 seconds
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DocArchive: A Woman Called Auntie

Alice was 13 years old when she was trafficked by an 'aunt' from Ghana, through Togo and by boat to Gabon in Central Africa as we go on a journey from Ireland to West Africa along the child trafficking routes (Broadcast 2006). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/3/200941 minutes, 17 seconds
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DocArchive: Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1985)

A fly on the wall account that follows a weekend shift of a crew of The Dublin Fire Brigade Ambulance Service (Broadcast 1985). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/3/200944 minutes, 14 seconds
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DocArchive (1984): In Midst Of Woods Or Pleasant Grove

A documentary on people's views of our woods and forests - the importance of woods in our economy, on trees found in Ireland, a look at the national tree register documenting some of the finest collection of trees in Britain and Ireland. (First Broadcast 1984) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/3/200944 minutes, 53 seconds
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DocArchive (1991): Bullet Holes in the Manuscripts

This is a documentary about the Irish National Archives and its destruction in 1922. The archives holds the records of the modern Irish State which document its historical evolution and the creation of our national identity. (First Broadcast 1991) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/2/200919 minutes, 27 seconds
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DocArchive: Irelands Polar Stars

Joe Duffy recalls the Antarctic expedition of Ernest Shackleton from Kildare and Tom Crean from Kerry, and talks to their relatives, friends and admirers, and those re-creating their Odyssey (First Broadcast 1996) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/31/200936 minutes, 13 seconds
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DocArchive (1978): One Man Folk Museum

Pat Cassidy ran a very special pub – The Corner Bar in Lisnaskea, Co. Fermanagh in Northern Ireland. It contained an extensive folk museum. Pat had a great love of history and storytelling and in this documentary he explains why he opened the museum and describes some of the items displayed in it. (First Broadcast 1978) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/31/200944 minutes, 37 seconds
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DocArchive: Messing About on the River

The Shannon – Ireland’s largest river is the centre of booming boating holiday industry which attracts thousands of tourists who get the opportunity to chart their way through the waterways on a break they will never to forget. (Broadcast 1980) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/30/200942 minutes, 15 seconds
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DocArchive:A Strange Blessing

The joy that heralds the arrival of a Hijra is a regular part of India's special occasions. The sight of their masculine features wrapped in a female sari surprises many. Even more surprising is that homosexuality is still illegal in India. (2005) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/29/200940 minutes, 40 seconds
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DocArchive: The Burning of Ennistymon

A look at the ambush of the County Clare town of Ennistymon in September 1920. (Broadcast 1985) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/29/200935 minutes, 35 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2009): Falling Slowly Is Banned

Every Saturday afternoon, Dublin teenagers crowd into the back room of Walton's music shop in Georges Street, Dublin to play the musical instruments. However, staff in the shop are so fed up listening to the song Falling Slowly that they have banned customers from playing the song while trying out the instruments. (First Broadcast 2009) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/29/200914 minutes, 49 seconds
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DocArchive: One Man's Century

Dubliner Alf McKenzie was born in 1897 and offers a unique perspective on the 21st century. It’s a life that takes in the 1916 rising, depression era Chicago, the Blitz in London and India under British rule. (Broadcast 1980) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/29/200943 minutes
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DocArchive: Ireland takes Wing - 21 years of Aer Lingus

As Aer Lingus celebrates its 75th birthday in May 2011, we travel back 54yrs to hear a story which told of its more youthful 21st birthday! Different times, a different era, different planes and different challenges but the same Aer Lingus (Broadcast 1957) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/29/200959 minutes, 45 seconds
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DocArchive: Tour of Duty

The British government sent army troops into Northern Ireland during the summer of 1969. Eleven years on - this documentary talks to disenchanted British soldiers stationed in Derry on their ‘Tour of Duty’. (Broadcast 1980) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/28/200942 minutes, 12 seconds
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DocArchive: Gillie

Two men in a boat - Frank Reilly and Conn McCool - go trout fishing on Lough Mask. Frank is the angler, deciding the method of fishing and taking advice from Conn - the Gillie, supplying the knowledge of local conditions. (Broadcast 2000) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/28/200943 minutes, 9 seconds
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DocArchive (1981): Profiles in Happiness

About the moments and memories that make people happy. We hear how happiness is defined, the importance of a happy youth, happiness within convent life, Maureen Potter on keeping audiences happy and the idea that happiness changes with age.(First Broadcast 1981) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/28/200939 minutes, 50 seconds
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DocArchive: Transocean Airway history of Aer Lingus

As Aer Lingus celebrates its 75th anniversary in May 2011, we return to 1983 to a time when the Irish American transatlantic routes were critised for their loss making. But the Irish American link is one which has always been valued (Broadcast 1983) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/28/200943 minutes, 16 seconds
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DocArchive: After Redundancy (Broadcast 1985)

A insight into the effects of unemployment in the town of Cobh back in 1985. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/28/200948 minutes, 58 seconds
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DocArchive: Day on the Bog

As the current cutting of turf debate rages in the Ireland of 2011, we travel back 15yrs to spend a day on the bog in Co. Meath. The conversation flows through age old traditions and characters and is only interrupted by cups of tea (First broadcast 1996) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/27/200943 minutes, 27 seconds
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DocArchive: Bell, Bike and Saddle (Broadcast 1985)

A look at the history of the bicycle and life as a cyclist in Ireland in 1985. A look at the history of the bicycle and life as a cyclist in Ireland in 1985. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/27/200937 minutes, 47 seconds
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DocArchive: A Light from the Grave

A story of mystery - of the 18th century grave of Father Andrew Mullen in Offaly. Fr William Dempsey has made it his life's work to have Father Mullen beatified. But why in 21st century Ireland is Fr Mullens grave still visited for hope and cures? (2006) A story of mystery - of the 18th century grave of Father Andrew Mullen in Offaly. Fr William Dempsey has made it his life's work to have Father Mullen beatified. But why in 21st century Ireland is Fr Mullens grave still visited for hope and cures? (2006) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/27/200940 minutes, 28 seconds
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DocArchive: All the lonely People

Humans are social animals; it is our nature to be so. We strive towards being part of social groupings. But not everyone finds themselves in that position. What happens when we 'loose' family and friends and live life on our own? (First broadcast 1994) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/25/200942 minutes, 18 seconds
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DocArchive (1982): The Living Bog

Ireland’s bogs are very important for our environment, economy and tourism industry. The Living Bog is about turf cutting and explores life on the bog and the surface below the bog. (1982) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/24/200940 minutes, 13 seconds
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DocArchive: Time Piece

Time passes us all by - day and night. But what of time itself? When did it come about? How did it come about? Where are its origins? We meet people whose whole lives are spent working with time, studying it or indeed explaining it! (First broadcast 1997) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/24/200939 minutes, 45 seconds
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DocArchive: Some Rain Later

It began in very primitive circumstances centuries ago but meteorology - the science of weather forecasting has evolved over the years into a highly sophisticated operation. (Broadcast 1980) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/23/200942 minutes, 46 seconds
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DocArchive: When You're Old and Grey

The Nazareth Home is a retirement home that caters for senior citizens in Malahide. It’s a friendly and close community that lives side by side as they grow old and grey together. (Broadcast 1980) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/22/200945 minutes
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DocArchive: Minor Detail

A look at one of the worlds most iconic cars- The Morris Minor (Broadcast 1985) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/22/200939 minutes, 28 seconds
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DocArchive: A Fathers Story

A story of survival. 20 years ago, Jerry Dennehy was told to say goodbye to his family. In this documentary, he talks openly with his daughter, Susan Dennehy, about his battles, his unusual methods of coping and the 'curse of an interesting life'. (2006) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/22/200940 minutes, 54 seconds
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DocArchive: What's on Sunday Mr Fitz?

A documentary on the first cinema to come to Mullingar and the role it played in the social history of the town. (1985) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/21/200940 minutes, 28 seconds
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DocArchive: Boot Boys Rule - OK

Pat Kenny investigates the rapidly emerging 'Boot Boy' movement that was appearing around Ireland in the 1970s, looking at how they are perceived by the public along with the reality of belonging to the subculture (Broadcast 1975) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/21/200942 minutes, 32 seconds
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DocArchive: Barrios of Trujillo

The story about life in the shanty towns of Trujillo in Peru (Broadcast 1985) The story about life in the shanty towns of Trujillo in Peru (Broadcast 1985) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/20/200944 minutes, 23 seconds
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DocArchive: A Dream for Fatima

In 1995 the residents of Fatima Mansions, one of Dublin's most notorious and deprived communities, came together with the start of a dream. This story tracks that dream as it becomes a reality in 2005. (First Broadcast May 2006) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/20/200939 minutes, 21 seconds
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DocArchive: Return to Foley Street Dublin Bootboys

Pat Kenny returned to Foley Street in 1988 to find out what had happened to the bootboys who were originally featured in a 1975 doc. Thirteen years later after boyhood interviews, Pat went back and found that life had its ups and downs (Broadcast 1988) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/17/200944 minutes, 20 seconds
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DocArchive (1980): No Place For Mermaids

The world of scuba diving is investigated by Maxwell Sweeney. This adventure sport is becoming increasingly popular with families. New divers speak about their happiness at seeing the other side of nature below the sea. Instructors explain the dive preparations, equipment and safety. (First Broadcast 1980) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/17/200938 minutes, 29 seconds
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DocArchive: What's Another Inch.

Plastic surgery is a now a billion dollar industry but is this a symptom of a society that has lost the run of itself and its obsession with beauty and perfection? (Broadcast 1980) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/16/200944 minutes, 19 seconds
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DocArchive: Is This The End of the Story?

"Is This the End of the Story?" looks at how we communicate over a pint in the pub. What will happen to our stories and how we tell them if we can't get to the pub or if the pubs disappear? (2008) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/15/200940 minutes, 42 seconds
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DocArchive: Royal Hospital Kilmainham

When it was finished being built in 1684, the Royal Hospital was one of Ireland's finest buildings. When it came out of service in 1927 however, the building began to fall into disrepair. Here we look at what happened next. (1985) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/15/200945 minutes, 10 seconds
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DocArchive: Rose - A Day in The Life

Rose Aherne is many things to many people. A general legend around the Camden Street area. She is a practical joker, cleaning lady and the star of this charming documentary. (Broadcast 1987) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/15/200942 minutes, 9 seconds
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The Curious Ear (2009): Through Cairo Airport

The story of two women, Magda and Bridgit. Magda is from Port Said in Egypt, Bridgit is from Caherciveen, Co. Kerry. Bridgit emigrated to Egypt for marriage; Magda moved to Dublin to do the same thing. (First Broadcast 2009) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/15/200921 minutes, 47 seconds
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DocArchive: Ancient Fraternal and Friendly Order

Proinsias O' Conluain examines the history of the Ancient Hibernian Order, its presence in the North of Ireland, its links to America and its future significance. (Broadcast 1976) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/14/200939 minutes, 32 seconds
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DocArchive: Teresa of Calcutta

Jim Fahy travels to Calcutta to meet Mother Teresa and see the work she is doing there (Broadcast 2001) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/14/200943 minutes, 18 seconds
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DocArchive: On the Street Where they Sell

For generations, especially on market days, Irish towns the breadth and length of the country would be taken over by street traders or hawkers as they were known who would set up their stalls to bargain with locals. (Broadcast 1977) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/14/200942 minutes, 17 seconds
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DocArchive: On The Rocks

The work of a lighthouse keeper is something that few people are cut out for, although advances in technology mean the job is not as lonely as it was in the past. Keepers at Bailey Lighthouse tell their story. (Broadcast 1985) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/14/200939 minutes, 6 seconds
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DocArchive: Robert Farren Remembered

A look back at the life of Robert Farren. From his poetry to his time in broadcasting, this documentary takes a look at an extrordinary life. (Broadcast 1985) A look back at the life of Robert Farren. From his poetry to his time in broadcasting, this documentary takes a look at an extrordinary life. (Broadcast 1985) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/13/200943 minutes, 38 seconds
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DocArchive: Gentle It Was, Revolution It Was Not

In the winter of 1968 Ireland had it's own student rebellion. The Doc on One catches up with the four main ringleaders forty years on. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/13/200941 minutes, 3 seconds
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DocArchive: Here be Monsters

For centuries, strange creatures have been sighted in the Clifden area in Galway. And so in 1979, Myles Dungan went to investigate. Noted in history, could these creatures still exist? Could it be possible to get a glimpse of them? (First broadcast 1979) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/12/200939 minutes, 21 seconds
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DocArchive (1983): All That Trouble Just to Get to Brooklyn

This documentary was recorded during the centenary year of Brooklyn Bridge. The New York bridge has become more than just a bridge - this is a story told through music, poetry and dialogue. (First Broadcast 1983) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/12/200942 minutes, 48 seconds
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DocArchive: Low Hills in the Evening

What will happen any us when we grow old? Where will we live and whom will we live with? This documentary goes inside the nursing homes and institiutions of Ireland, meeting both residents and their carers, to look at elderly life (First Broadcast 1993) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/10/200942 minutes, 8 seconds
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Doc Archive (2003): Truckstops

Paddy O’Gorman speaks to truck drivers at Mother Hubbards restaurant, Co. Kildare about their lives and work. These men travel throughout Europe driving, in what can be described as a lonely existence. They discuss the effects on family, social lives and reveal how they became truckers. (First Broadcast 2003) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/10/200914 minutes, 46 seconds
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DocArchive (1979): This Man Had Kept a School

A bilingual documentary on Scoil Eanna - the boy’s school founded by 1916 leader Padraig Pearse. Pearse was committed to the preservation of the Irish language. The school would prove to be a success but would never escape the shadow of its founder, its financial woes, relocations and police raids. (First Broadcast 1979) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/9/200941 minutes, 51 seconds
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DocArchive: Giant on the Lagan

Belfast was once the greatest shipyard in the world. This is the story of those glorious days stretching back to the 19th century. In particular, the Harland and Woolf yard is renowned for building the Titantic and many other ships (First Broadcast 1978) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/9/200940 minutes, 59 seconds
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DocArchive: The Birth of The Express

‘The Express’ was a regional tabloid set up in Louth in 1978 and this bilingual documentary charts the creation of the publication; from the initial idea, to the very first edition and its delivery throughout the region. (Broadcast 1978) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/8/200941 minutes, 17 seconds
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DocArchive: Before the Beat

A look at what was involved in training up the members of Ireland's Police Force in the 1980s. (Broadcast 1985) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/8/200943 minutes, 5 seconds
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DocArchive: Dudley Kane: Darach O'Cathain is here in Leeds

In 1963 the Sean Nós singer Darach Ó Cathain emigrated from Connemara to Leeds, England with his wife and family. This documentary follows their journey. "When you've music in you, you're hearing music always." Darach O Cathain (2008) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/8/200940 minutes, 50 seconds
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DocArchive: Pighouse at Cornafean

Mrs Phyllis Faris opened a museum in 1968 in a disused pighouse at her home in Cornafean, Cavan after receiving an inheritance and was to build it up over the years to become one of the biggest tourist attractions in the North East. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/7/200941 minutes, 5 seconds
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DocArchive: High on a Broad, Infertile Land

Pádraic Dolan visits the Gaeltacht area of Connemara to ask the people living there about their own unique attitudes to life. (Broadcast 1975) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/7/200942 minutes, 55 seconds
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DocArchive: The Hidden River

The Bradogue river has always been associated with the Cabra area, in north Dublin - yet locals in Cabra know little of the river. It is concealed from the public gaze. This is the story of a 'hidden' river, that has been there forever (Broadcast 1985) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/7/200938 minutes, 29 seconds
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DocArchive: Two New for Europe

In 1984, Ray McSharry (Fianna Fail) and Mary Banotti (Fine Gael) became members of the European Parliament (MEP). For both this was unchartered territory - both stepping into the unknown. This documentary joins them on their journey (Broadcast 1984) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/6/200944 minutes, 22 seconds
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DocArchive: Dreaming Of Fat Men

Dreaming Of Fat Men won the 1995 Prix Italia for Radio documentaries. In the documentary, 5 very fat women meet to feast and discuss their relationship with food, which is both funny and sad. (1995) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/6/200940 minutes, 21 seconds
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DocArchive (1997): I Am What I Would Be

"I Am What I Would Be" is an unlikely title for a documentary on trees, but that is exactly what John Quinn - offers the listener - a lyrical evocation of the beauty and wonder of trees. (First Broadcast 1997) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/6/200942 minutes, 33 seconds
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DocArchive: No Time To Be Twenty One

A radio documentary presented by the late Gerry Ryan on the heroes, villains and victims of the Irish "New Wave" rock scene of the early 1980s. (Broadcast 1981) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/4/200939 minutes, 36 seconds
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DocArchive: Radio Graffiti

A radio documentary presented by the late Gerry Ryan on the rise of The Beatles from skiffle boom to rock in the late '50's in Liverpool (Broadcast 1980) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/4/20091 hour, 40 seconds
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DocArchive: Mayday Mayday

A celebration of the first day of an Irish summer in song, word and music. (Broadcast 2002) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/4/200942 minutes, 2 seconds
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DocArchive (2002): A Voice From The Wilderness

John McHugh was born in 1911 in the U.K. to Irish parents. This biography traces his career in music as an operatic tenor. One of the first singers to broadcast on television, he became a household name in the 1950’s. While in his nineties, he traces his life, success and struggles in music throughout the years. (First Broadcast 2003) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/3/200938 minutes, 27 seconds
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DocArchive: Father Cares - The Last Days of Jonestown

In 1978 the deaths of 909 Americans in a forced group suicide and the murder of five people including a congressman in Guyana focussed the world’s attention on the cult of the People’s Temple and their shadowy leader the Reverend Jim Jones (Broadcast 1983) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/2/20091 hour, 23 minutes, 19 seconds
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DocArchive: The Ghosts of Oven Lane

The poet Michael Coady tells the story of his Great Grandfather who emigrated from Oven Lane in Carrick on Suir over a hundred years ago. (First broadcast 2001) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/1/200943 minutes, 1 second
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DocArchive:Sister Has Gone to the Races

An enclosed order of Carmelite nuns in Tallow, Waterford have to raise four hundred thousand pounds to build a new monastry. A task many people thought would be impossible. (Broadcast 1997) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/1/200941 minutes, 40 seconds
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DocArchive: A Place in the Community

Betty Purcell explores the stories of the medical practitioners and patients of St. Brendan's Hospital in Grangegorman, Dublin. (Broadcast 1984) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/1/200944 minutes, 30 seconds
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DocArchive: The Georges

Georgiana Domsa is eight. She came to Ireland when she was three, to join her father George and her mother Georgette, who had already set up home in Dublin. This is the story of a day in the life of a Romanian family living in Dublin (Broadcast 2005) Georgiana Domsa is eight. She came to Ireland when she was three, to join her father George and her mother Georgette, who had already set up home in Dublin. This is the story of a day in the life of a Romanian family living in Dublin (Broadcast 2005) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/1/200940 minutes, 2 seconds
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DocArchive: Globetrotter

A documentary by Dick Warner on an incident packed bus trip from London to Kathmandu. The five thousand mile journey includes stops in Greece, Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan. (Broadcast in 1979) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/30/200940 minutes, 23 seconds
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DocArchive (2003): Lost Children - Children In Irish Workhouses

The story of children in Irish workhouses in the 19th century. This documentary looks at the conditions and lives of those children at that time and the government assisted emigration of young girls from those workhouses all the way over to Australia (1982) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/30/200942 minutes, 19 seconds
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DocArchive: A Light Across the Path

The story of Gerald O'Donovan(1871-1942), priest, novelist and a leader of the Irish revival, through the Gaelic League, the co-operative movement, and the literary revival (1988). The story of Gerald O'Donovan(1871-1942), priest, novelist and a leader of the Irish revival, through the Gaelic League, the co-operative movement, and the literary revival (1988). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/30/200948 minutes, 49 seconds
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DocArchive: Away to the War

The late Dr Aidan MacCarthy (1914-1995) from Castletownbere, Co. Cork recounts his extraordinary experiences from Dunkirk to Nagasaki as an RAF medical officer during World War II (Broadcast 1995). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/30/200942 minutes, 45 seconds
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DocArchive: Are We Still A Family

Parental separation from the point of view of the children involved - their experiences, their feelings, and their hopes for the future (Broadcast 1979). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/30/200942 minutes, 26 seconds
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DocArchive:The Irish Sugar Company

The interesting history behind the Irish Sugar Company, and the many characters who have passed through its doors through the years. (Broadcast 1984) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/30/200943 minutes, 59 seconds
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DocArchive (2001): Famine Girls

Over one hundred and fifty years ago, twenty boats left Ireland for Australia carrying orphaned girls. This is the story of the thousands of girls who travelled to Australia. Its focus is especially on the story of eighteen year old Elisa Fraser from Belfast, as seen through the eyes of her great granddaughter Joan Dwyer. (First Broadcast 2001) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/29/200942 minutes, 17 seconds
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DocArchive: Inside Bacolod Prison

Fr. Niall O'Brien gives us an insight into what life is like in Bacolod prison, located in the Philippines.We hear of how life in this prison is a far cry from that in Ireland, and the role that the church plays within the prison walls. (Broadcast 1984) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/29/200944 minutes, 15 seconds
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DocArchive: And a Bit Off The Top

The story of a famed Galway barber - Chick Gillen of Dominick Street. We hear from both Chick and his clientele as they talk their way through the world of hair and life. (2000) A look at the everyday life of barber Chick Gillen of Dominick Street, Galway and his clientele. (2000) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/29/200942 minutes, 20 seconds
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DocArchive (2006): House of Song

The story of the last professional song collector in Ireland, Tom Munnelly. Employed by the Department of Folklore in University College Dublin as a collector of songs since 1971, Tom's retirement in 2006 marked the end of an era. (First Broadcast 2006) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/28/200941 minutes, 54 seconds
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DocArchive: Plague House Orchestra

Tobacco smoking is one of those habits full of contradictions. Smokers know of the myriad of complications from smoking cigarettes but choose to continue to smoke for a variety of reasons. This is a story of love and hate - of tobacco..... (Broadcast 1998) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/26/200941 minutes, 23 seconds
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DocArchive (2002): Facts about 'Facts from Gweedore'

During the famine, in Gweedore in Donegal, English landlord Lord George Hill released a pamphlet called ‘Facts from Gweedore’. This was a report on the environmental aspects of the area and made suggestions of changes to the agricultural landscape. This did not go down well in the local community, causing rural unrest. (First Broadcast 2002) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/26/200943 minutes, 27 seconds
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DocArchive: Irish Hospital in Baghdad

The Ibn al-bitar Hospital was run solely by Irish medical staff for the Government of Iraq during the 1980's. A combination of tragedy and comedy, the hospital provided a high standard of care to Iraqi citizens during the Iran Iraq War. (Broadcast 1985) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/26/200944 minutes, 19 seconds
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DocArchive: History on Wheels

Wolsley, Silver Stream, Lanchester, Model T - collectors of veteran and vintage cars share their passion for their motors. Enthusiastic members of motor clubs around the country organise events throughout the year to showcase their cars (Broadcast 1985). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/25/200948 minutes, 34 seconds
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DocArchive: Homegrown Wings

The passion for flying that began in someone’s backyard. A documentary by Madeline O’Rourke about some of the enterprising people who managed to build viable aircraft in domestic hangers (Broadcast 1998). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/25/200942 minutes, 30 seconds
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DocArchive: Unappreciated Angels

A boarding school memoir in which time past and time present are stitched together in an intimate portrait of convent boarding school life in the 1950s and 60s (Broadcast 1998). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/24/200942 minutes, 42 seconds
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DocArchive: Harmony Heights

On the 2nd July 2004, the body of fourteen year old Jamie Farrelly-Maughan was discovered behind a disused house in Harmony Heights - a housing estate in Cavan Town. She had lain there for six days. (First Broadcast 2008) On the 2nd July 2004, the body of fourteen year old Jamie Farrelly-Maughan was discovered behind a disused house in Harmony Heights - a housing estate in Cavan Town. She had lain there for six days. (First Broadcast 2008) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/24/200937 minutes, 18 seconds
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DocArchive: Eye and Ear

An exploration of the history of the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear hospital in Dublin. (Broadcast 1984) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/24/200942 minutes, 58 seconds
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DocArchive: Jews of the East End

After the assassination of Alexander II in 1881 there was a wave of pogroms in southern Russia against the Jewish community. This led to a large increase in Jews leaving Russia. Many fled to England and settled in the East End of London (Broadcast 1980) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/24/200941 minutes, 1 second
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DocArchive: It Really Gets on my Nerves

Mary Rose Doorly investigates how stress affects ordinary Irish people. What happens when our nerves get frayed? Can stress actually be good for us, in the right measures? (Broadcast 1984) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/23/200943 minutes, 53 seconds
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DocArchive: Horse Handler Horse Healer

A portrait of 72 year old horse breaker from Limerick, Davy Hogan, who was known far and wide in equestrian circles for his 'sixth sense' for training and taming horses (Broadcast 1978). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/23/200940 minutes, 47 seconds
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DocArchive: The Man Behind the Stories

Known as Ireland’s master storyteller, Eamon Kelly (1914-2001) described the art of the Seanachaí as the oldest one-man-show-on earth, holding his audience spellbound in intimacy of the firelight in the homes of rural Ireland (Broadcast 1980). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/23/200942 minutes, 42 seconds
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DocArchive: The Reunion

A story which follows Jimmy Kinihan, who left Castleknock College in the early 60s to become a monk…. Five more of his classmates also entered the religious life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/23/200940 minutes, 43 seconds
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DocArchive (1996): Thank You Mr Hitler

During the Second World War, over 3.5 million British people were evacuated from their homes and relocated as part of Operation Pied Piper, which was set up to save civilians, particularly children. Reg Hale was one of those evacuated as a child. Reg now lives in Dublin and relives his journey and experience of that time. (First Broadcast 1996) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/23/200941 minutes, 31 seconds
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DocArchive: One in Eleven

One in eleven Irish women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime. This award winning documentary hears the stories of Irish women in their thirties, forties and fifties who are recovering from the disease. This is straight talking (2008) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/22/200941 minutes, 17 seconds
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DocArchive: On the Raft, All at Sea

An award winning documentary about the experience of three generations of asylum seekers It uses the metaphor of the famous 19th century painting, The Raft of the Medusa which depicts shipwrecked survivors clinging to a raft adrift at sea (Broadcast 2002) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/22/200943 minutes
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DocArchive: There's No Robbers Here

Opened 1848, Arbour Hill Prison in Dublin was a military prison during much of it's lifetime. Many of the 1916 leaders are buried in the military cemetary at the prison. Today, this prison the national centre for male sex offenders (Broadcast 1984) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/22/200942 minutes, 42 seconds
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DocArchive (1996): A Woman's Voice, Eavan Boland

Helen Shaw weaves together the life & work of Irish of one of Ireland’s most esteemed and prominent poets, Eavan Boland. A strong and intelligent woman, her poetry is honest and speaks to the ordinary people. Listen as Eavan recites her own poems and visits some old haunts. (First Broadcast 1996) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/22/200943 minutes, 20 seconds
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DocArchive (1996): Another New Dream for Beirut

Journalist Robert Fisk examines the civil war in Lebanon. By visiting its capital city Beirut, he looks back through war reports of his, how life has developed during the Lebanese civil war and how life might develop into the future. (First Broadcast 1996) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/21/200944 minutes, 7 seconds
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DocArchive: Return to Salzburg

On 4 May 1945, two days before the World War II came to an end, American troops took control of Salzburg, Austria. Former G.I. soldier Norman Smyth returns to Salzburg 40 years after its liberation to reflect back on war and his actions (Broadcast 1985). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/20/200942 minutes, 55 seconds
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DocArchive: Lacrymosa

The most intense and difficult experience that most of us will ever know is the journey through the process of grieving after the death of a loved one. In this documentary people speak of their experience of death and the grieving process. (Broadcast 2000) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/20/200940 minutes, 40 seconds
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DocArchive: Even The Walls Are Sweatin'

A documentary about one of the last functioning Irish ballrooms – the Charlestown Ballroom in County Mayo which had its final night in 1997. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/20/200941 minutes, 18 seconds
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DocArchive (2002): A Tale from Two Cities

What are the connections between Belfast and Cork city? Alf MacCarthy traces the similarities between the capital of Northern Ireland and the people’s republic. By speaking to the people of the two cities, he looks at the social comparisons and uses their memories to paint a picture of growing up in these unique places. (First Broadcast 2002) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/19/200941 minutes, 46 seconds
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DocArchive: I Was There

Each year, Easter marks a key moment in Ireland's history. The 1916 Easter Rising was an armed rising by Irish Republicans against English rule. 98yrs on, listen back to eyewitness accounts of that rising from this documentary first broadcast in 1960. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/18/200939 minutes, 47 seconds
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DocArchive: Appleby Horse Fair

Each year the town of Appleby is filled with the sound of hooves and the sight of bow top caravans as it plays host to one of the biggest and oldest horse fairs in Europe (Broadcast 1978) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/18/200940 minutes, 45 seconds
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DocArchive: In a Strange Land

A Finn, an American, a French man, and a Greek tell of their experience as immigrants to Ireland in the early 1980's (Broadcast 1981). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/17/200939 minutes, 38 seconds
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DocArchive: Top Dog

John Skehan takes a look at the world of dogs. (Broadcast 1984) John Skehan takes a look at the world of dogs. (Broadcast 1984) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/17/200943 minutes, 54 seconds
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DocArchive: Thoroughbred Horse Racing in Ireland

John Skehan delves into the world of Irish horse racing and asks 'what is it that distinguishes an Irish horse?' (Broadcast 1975) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/16/200938 minutes, 8 seconds
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DocArchive: You Can't Live on Love

A fascinating insight into the recessional times which gripped Ireland in the 1980s and the housewives who had to learn to live with unemployed husbands. (Broadcast 1984) A fascinating insight into the recessional times which gripped Ireland in the 1980s and the housewives who had to learn to live with unemployed husbands. (Broadcast 1984) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/16/200944 minutes, 52 seconds
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DocArchive (1994): Time Up in Somalia

In 1993, Irish troops were part of the United Nations Operation in Somalia. Treasa Davidson joins the c.100 members of the Irish Army Transport serving in Somalia as part of UNOSOM II. We hear first hand from the soldiers about their experiences. (First Broadcast 1994) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/16/200939 minutes, 53 seconds
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DocArchive: Jame Gandon's Dublin

Some of Ireland’s finest building such as the Custom House & the Four Courts were designed by architect James Gandon, who worked in a classical, Palladian style in the late 1700s (Broadcast 1984). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/16/200938 minutes, 49 seconds
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DocArchive: Tribute to Liam O'Flaherty

Liam O'Flaherty, an Irish novelist and short story writer, was a major figure in 20th century Irish Culture. Born on the Aran Islands, Liam was a native Irish speaker. Many of his works have the common theme of nature and Ireland. (Broadcast 1984) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/15/200942 minutes, 24 seconds
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DocArchive (1994): San Egidio - Story of a Roman Community

This is the story of the Sant'Egidio, which is a movement of lay people that began in Rome in 1968. It now has more than 60,000 members, dedicated to evangelisation and charity, in Rome, Italy and in more than 73 countries throughout the world. (First Broadcast 1994) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/15/200943 minutes, 40 seconds
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DocArchive: Remembering Hanna Greally

The tragic story of Athlone writer Hanna Greally who was admitted a psychiatric hospital at nineteen but didn't win her freedom again for almost 20 years. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/15/200941 minutes, 19 seconds
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DocArchive: Music for Fun

Des Hickey spends a night with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra as Ireland ring in a brand new year. (Broadcast 1984) Des Hickey spends a night with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra as Ireland ring in a brand new year. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/15/200943 minutes, 49 seconds
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DocArchive (1994): Universe Story

Dr. Brian Swimme and theologian Fr. Thomas Berry, joint authors of "The Universe Story" explore Cosmology, History and God. (First Broadcast 1994) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/14/200941 minutes, 56 seconds
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DocArchive: Pearse's People

Pádraig Pearse was an Irish teacher, barrister, poet, writer, nationalist and political activist who was one of the leaders of the Easter Rising in 1916 - which resulted in his death. This is an account of his family background and of his family members. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/13/200942 minutes, 52 seconds
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DocArchive (2002): Cleggan Disaster

The Cleggan Disaster took place in the Galway fishing village in 1927. This tragedy took the lives of 45 fishermen from the local community. A hurricane struck, destroying the fishing boats at sea. The programme speaks to surviving families and features extracts from poems and books about the event. (First Broadcast 2002). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/12/200927 minutes, 19 seconds
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DocArchive: Congo Chronicle

A chronicle of the Irish army's first major peacekeeping deployment in June 1960 when the U.N. requested an Irish force to be sent to the fledgling country of The Congo (Broadcast 1984). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/11/200940 minutes, 24 seconds
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DocArchive: Wine, Women and Turnips

The skill, the kit and the enthusiasts behind the craft of homemade wine (Broadcast 1983). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/10/200939 minutes, 58 seconds
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DocArchive: For Those In Peril on the Sea

An account of the incredible history of Irish lifeboats, and the even more incredible men and women who are respond in the case of disaster. (Broadcast 1983) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/10/200942 minutes, 52 seconds
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DocArchive: Another County

Another County explores the lives and memories of Irish economic emigrants’ experiences in 1940’s and 1950’s UK . Programme contributors reflect on the horror of living in wartime Britain and how on arrival there they grew up fast. (2003) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/9/200943 minutes, 50 seconds
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DocArchive: Man of Commitment - Sean Mac Entee

A tribute to Seán Mac Entee (1889-1984), politician and moving force in the Irish Government from independence until the 1960s (Broadcast 1984). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/9/200940 minutes, 33 seconds
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DocArchive: I Choose Denmark

Francis Hackett is most well known for his work on Henry VIII but was also revered in Ireland and abroad as a critic and author of many autobiographies. This is the story of his fascinating life. (Broadcast 1983) Francis Hackett is most well known for his work on Henry VIII but was also revered in Ireland and abroad as a critic and author of many autobiographies. This is the story of his fascinating life. (Broadcast 1983) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/9/200943 minutes, 54 seconds
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DocArchive: Seeking the Mother Lode

This story follows two individuals, Hugh, an armchair geologist and 'Kami', a third generation tunneller and explosives expert as they combine their expertise and set out to discover the source of Wicklow's gold. (2008) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/8/200938 minutes, 50 seconds
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DocArchive (1994): Woman For Our Times

Catherine McAuley was an Irish nun who was born in 1778. She had a comfortable life growing up in Dublin, but after she inherited a considerable fortune, Catherine used the money to set up the Sisters of Mercy and help those in poverty. (First Broadcast 1994) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/8/200943 minutes, 30 seconds
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DocArchive: Celts and Communication

An account on the use of Celtic languages in the media across Europe and illustrates just how difficult it is for some countries to promote the use of their native tongue within broadcast media. (Broadcast 1983) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/8/200944 minutes, 1 second
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DocArchive: A Belfast Game

This incredible story charts two decades of life and death in a Northern Ireland football team during the troubles. RTE’s entry into the 1989 prestigious Prix Italia, this story was adapted by Andrew Lloyd Webber into ‘The Beautiful Game’ (Broadcast 1988) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/7/200936 minutes, 50 seconds
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DocArchive (1994): Ole Ole We're Off To See The Pope

1990 was the year that our soccer team made it to the quarter finals in the world cup. Italia 90 is still talked about by soccer fans across the country. We hear the story of our journey & we hear about the time that the team went to meet the Pope. (First Broadcast 1994) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/7/200940 minutes, 45 seconds
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DocArchive: Fishamble Street, Then and Now

Fishamble Street within the old Dublin walls dates back to the 14th century. It's been the site of a fish market, an open-air slaughterhouse but is most famous as the site of the first performace of Handel's Messiah. A journey through time (Broadcast 1988) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/6/200949 minutes, 20 seconds
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DocArchive (2002): High Atlas Challenge

Producer John Kenny departed from Dublin with one man and eight women to Morocco in Africa to take part in the ISPCC High Atlas Mountain challenge. Hiking up to seven and a half hours a day and scaling heights of around 10,000 feet, this adventure raised much needed funds for the charity. (First Broadcast 2002) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/5/200929 minutes
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DocArchive: Jogging For The Mind

It was 1920s America when crosswords became the latest craze to sweep libraries across the country. Initially some hoped that it would be a short-lived fad. But the crossword was here to stay (first broadcast 1988) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/5/200939 minutes, 4 seconds
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DocArchive: Spreading the News

The Irish News Agency was set up in 1949 to channel Irish news worldwide, particularly on the issue of partition. However, foreign editors would not buy what they perceived as government propaganda and the agency closed in 1957 (first broadcast 1988). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/5/200949 minutes
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DocArchive: Vanishing Bookshops

Visiting a bookshop is a cultural experience, like visiting an art gallery than the local green grocer. A documentary made during the last recession about bookshops under threat (Broadcast 1982). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/4/200939 minutes, 57 seconds
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DocArchive: Mary Mercers Legacy

This is the story of a remarkable building, which was home to a number of remarkable people - the Mercers Hospital in Dublin. (Broadcast 1983) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/3/200944 minutes, 6 seconds
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DocArchive: The Things We Remember

Rosie Guihen left Tarmon in Co Leitrim for Manchester in 1946. Her sister Teresa followed her two years later. 'The Things We Remember' tells their story. Rosie Guihen left Tarmon in Co Leitrim for Manchester in 1946. Her sister Teresa followed her two years later. 'The Things We Remember' tells their story. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/3/200940 minutes, 49 seconds
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DocArchive: Dam-burst of Dreams

The extraordinary story of Irish poet and novelist Christy Nolan, who made a remarkable career despite being unable to walk, talk, or use his hands (Broadcast 1981). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/3/200934 minutes, 20 seconds
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DocArchive (1995): The Half Blind Quarter Poet

Owen Nestor is the toast of many Galway parishes for his poems and ballads. He lost the sight of one eye when a sod of turf fell off a cart and hit him. The explanation for his self deprecating soubriquet, ‘the half blind Quarter poet’ is now clear. (First Broadcast 1995) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/2/200942 minutes, 5 seconds
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DocArchive: The Pigeon Fanciers

The joy behind the hobby of pigeon keeping. We meet the dedicated pigeon fanciers who are keeping the ancient sport of pigeon racing alive, hear why they do it, and how they do it (Broadcast 1982). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/2/200940 minutes, 4 seconds
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DocArchive: Women of the Rising

To mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of Cumann na mBan, another chance to listen to some personal accounts from its members regarding the Easter Rising. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/2/200930 minutes
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DocArchive: Choirs at Sea

The story about some of the artists who attended and performed at the 91st Manx Music Festival.(Broadcast 1983) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/2/200943 minutes, 28 seconds
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DocArchive: Irish Down Under

A documentary based on the 1983 bicenntenial conference on Irish-Australian links held in Kilkenny - examining the importrance of Irish pioneers, the social advance of the Irish, and intermarriage blurred distinctions. (Broadcast 1983) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/1/200943 minutes, 50 seconds
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DocArchive: Florries Follies

Florrie Rush-McGowan on her career in entertainment in America. In this programme from 1983, the 85 year old Florrie reflects on her life from the Easter Rising of 1916, to the stages of Speakeasies in Broadway. (Broadcast 1983) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/1/200943 minutes, 53 seconds
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DocArchive: My Father Takes a Vacation

We revisit the journey a Swedish father took along the coast of Ireland on a Ferrari red bike - 6 years on his son retraces his fathers steps to try and understand his Dad. This documentary won the Prix Italia in 2008. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/1/200939 minutes, 11 seconds
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DocArchive (1995): My Father Field Marshal Rommel

Manfred Rommel tells the story of his father Marshal Erwin Rommel. Called "the People's Marshal" by his countrymen, Erwin was one of Adolf Hitler's most successful generals and one of Germany's most popular military leaders during World War II. (First Broadcast 1995) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/1/200942 minutes, 11 seconds
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DocArchive (1995): General George Patton, Old Blood And Guts

General George Patton was considered as one of the most successful combat generals in U.S history. He was the first officer assigned to the Tank Corps in WWI, but It was during WWII that Patton hit the high point of his military career. (First Broadcast 1995) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/31/200942 minutes, 56 seconds
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DocArchive: Factory Lives - Digital

The story of the closure of Digital in Galway in the 1990s that left a city and its workforce devastated. Presented by Rachael English (Broadcast 2004) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/30/200942 minutes, 27 seconds
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DocArchive (1988): Dylan Thomas: Singing Ark Flowering Flood

Tracing the life and history of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas. This biography speaks to friends and contemporaries of one of the most esteemed wordsmiths of U.K. literature, with readings of his work and an insight into his character. (First Broadcast 1988) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/29/200943 minutes, 20 seconds
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DocArchive: Cusack - An Acting Life

Cyril Cusack, one of Ireland's best loved actors, had an illustrious career staring in 90 films and 60 theatre productions. This is the story of Cyril's life in his own words with contributions from his 1st wife Marie and Siobhan McKenna. (Broadcast 1986) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/29/200943 minutes, 59 seconds
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DocArchive: Heaven's Reflex

In the mid-1700’s, driven by the 4th Viscount of Kenmare, Killarney began to develop as a town and simultaneously as Ireland's first visitor destination. The Killarney Valley has since been recognised far and wide as “Heaven’s Reflex” (Broadcast 1981). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/28/200940 minutes, 12 seconds
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DocArchive: Wildlife Weekend

An account of the first ever Wildlife Symposium to be held in Ireland which took place in Ballyvaughan, Co. Clare in March 1983. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/27/200941 minutes, 8 seconds
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DocArchive: Fishing the Blackwater

The river Blackwater in Munster is amongst the finest salmon rivers in Ireland - and the largest owner of fishing rights on the river is the Duke of Devonshire ... The river Blackwater in Munster is amongst the finest salmon rivers in Ireland - and the largest owner of fishing rights on the river is the Duke of Devonshire ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/27/200942 minutes, 28 seconds
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DocArchive: Curtain Up

Oliver Goldsmith’s comedy ‘She Stoops to Conquer’ is one of the few 18th century plays to have an enduring appeal, and is still regularly performed today. We go behind the scenes of a performance at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin (Broadcast 1982) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/27/200940 minutes, 8 seconds
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DocArchive (1995): Rough Justice

Sexual violence can have psychological, emotional, and physical effects on a survivor. Self-blame can be amongst the most common effect. We hear from a number of victims who speak of their attacks and the reactions afterwards. (First Broadcast 1995) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/26/200943 minutes, 2 seconds
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DocArchive: Noah's Park

The relationship between man and beast is an age old story. But what happens when you mix the professional and personal? This is the story of keepers and their animals at Dublin Zoo. Elephants,Giraffes, Lions - not just animals but friends (Broadcast 1986) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/26/200939 minutes, 56 seconds
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DocArchive: The Communist Party of Ireland

An account of the work of the Communist Party in Ireland in 1983, whose central goal is the ending of the capitalist system and implimenting a social system in which all means of production and distribution are publicly owned. (Broadcast 1983) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/26/200943 minutes, 23 seconds
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Docarchive: The National Concert Hall

In 1981 the long-standing dream of many Irish music lovers was realised with the opening of the National Concert Hall on Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin. Ian Fox looks at the history of the building and talks to those involved in setting it up. (Broadcast 1981) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/26/200940 minutes, 20 seconds
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DocArchive: The Ballad of Patrick Folen

With a sung narration performed by Mick Flannery, this documentary delves into the life of an Irishman who lived in England. In 2006, Patrick Folens remains were discovered in Horton Woods in Kent. He disappeared mysteriously in 1995 (Broadcast 2007) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/25/200941 minutes, 16 seconds
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DocArchive: The Sally Ann

The Salvation Army, affectionately known as the 'Sally Ann', was founded in 1865 in England. This is an account of their operations in Ireland in 1983, and the many social issues members found themselves offering assistance in. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/25/200943 minutes
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DocArchive (1994): Cistercian Christmas Glencairn Abbey

St Mary's Abbey, Glencairn is the only Cistercian monastery for women in Ireland. Glencairn Abbey is a working Abbey and in addition to the practical running of the monastery, the sisters work on their farm and run their numerous businesses. (First Broadcast 1994) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/25/200944 minutes, 23 seconds
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DocArchive: The Belle of Ould Cork

The Cork Opera House went up in flames in 1955, when a fire destroyed the whole building within hours. It was a dramatic ending to 100 years of stage history. The loss of the iconic Opera house had a huge effect on the city and its peoples (Broadcast 1985) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/25/200944 minutes, 51 seconds
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DocArchive: Songs my Mother taught me

The story of a British war bride in Canada and her grown son, Chris, who retraces his own path in life via his mother's unusual history. Chris' parents marraige was a deeply unhappy one and he, the only child, would bear its scars (Broadcast 1998) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/24/200941 minutes, 48 seconds
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DocArchive: From the outside in

A documentary which marks the first 50 years of the Irish Dept of Social, Community and Family Affairs tracing its past, present and future. By 2015, it's estimated that the number of welfare dependants will exceed those paying taxes (Broadcast 1998) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/24/200942 minutes, 14 seconds
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DocArchive: I don't remember me

Myalgia Encephalomyelitis (M.E.) is a complex and debilitating physiological illness. This documentary meets with M.E. sufferers - One of the greatest problems they have is that they appear perfectly normal but are in hidden terrible pain (Broadcast 1998) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/23/200940 minutes, 26 seconds
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DocArchive: Float like a butterfly, Sting like a bee

A documentary that delves into the gruelling but rewarding world of the Matt Talbot boxing club in Dublin by following one 14 year old local lad, Patrick Dennan, who wins the Dublin boys title and qualifies to box at the National stadium (Broadcast 1998) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/23/200941 minutes, 55 seconds
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DocArchive: Here we go, here we go

We all know the boyhood dream of growing up and dreaming of playing for Man Utd or Liverpool or some other big team. But what happens when that dream starts to become a reality? Des Cahill tracks some players in search of fame and fortune (Broadcast 1987) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/23/200941 minutes, 32 seconds
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DocArchive: Shirley Goldfarb - An American in Paris

When American-born artist Shirley Goldfarb died in Paris in 1980, most of her work was simply stored in her studio. She left New York in 1950 moving to Paris. This documentary examines the life and work of the well-known water colourist. (Broadcast 1998) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/23/200941 minutes, 36 seconds
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DocArchive: Factory Lives - The Price of Bacon

In the fourth programme in the ‘Factory Lives’ series, “The Price of Bacon” tells the story of the closure of the Castlebar Bacon Factory in the 1980s.(Broadcast 2004) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/23/200942 minutes, 50 seconds
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DocArchive: Sawdust in their veins

Living a nomadic existence, circus life is like a small town on wheels keeping 60 to 70 people together for the duration of an 11 month tour. This documentary records the thoughts and emotions of various members of an American style circus (Broadcast 1998) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/23/200941 minutes, 16 seconds
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DocArchive: In Search of Refuge

The late 1990's was a time when refugees became an issue of debate in Ireland. Since 1995, Ireland has hosted over 9,700 refugees. This documentary looks at the then situation for refugee/asylum seekers within Ireland (Broadcast 1997) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/22/200939 minutes, 54 seconds
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DocArchive (1983): Political Satire in Ireland

Mixing comedy and politics has a long tradition in Ireland. Beginning with the days of Dean Swift and taking in Dublin Opinion, this documentary talks to satirists about their work, and gauges the reactions of their subjects or victims. With contributions from Frank Kelly, Dermot Morgan and Hall’s Pictorial Weekly. (First Broadcast 1983) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/22/200939 minutes, 11 seconds
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DocArchive: Tree Sixty Four

A documentary about the treetop protests that gripped the Irish psyche in the late 1990’s when a nature reserve in Co Wicklow became the focus of attention as a national primary route was upgraded to a dual carraigeway (First broadcast 1998) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/22/200941 minutes, 5 seconds
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DocArchive: Bantus, The Boers and The British

Rodney Rice gives a snapshot of apartheid in South Africa - a time when the system of separation denied some 22 million South Africans the right to vote, and a host of other human rights in the land of their birth. (Broadcast 1981) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/21/200940 minutes, 14 seconds
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DocArchive: Smelter for Ireland

Ireland is the largest producer of zinc in Europe, and among the top ten producers in the world. The opening of Tynagh Mines in 1965 and Tara Mines in 1970 prompted a debate about the need for a national zinc refining plant or ‘smelter’. (Broadcast 1980) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/20/200940 minutes, 30 seconds
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DocArchive: Joxer in Jerusalem

Juno and the Paycock is a play by Sean O'Casey set in the working class tenements of Dublin in the early 1920s, during the Irish Civil War period.This is the story of when the Gate Theatre in Dublin took the play all the way to Jerusalem (Broadcast 1985) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/20/200942 minutes, 10 seconds
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DocArchive: Born Under The Cabbage Leaves

The story of twin sisters from Dun Laoghaire, Dublin who were born in 1950s Ireland with congenital rubella syndrome. (Broadcast 2008) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/20/200939 minutes, 35 seconds
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DocArchive: 200 Years on the Nore

1983 marked the bicentenary of St. Kieran's College in Kilkenny, one of the Country's long standing educational institutions and one which has a very real sense of its long and historical past. (Broadcast 1983) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/19/200944 minutes, 3 seconds
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DocArchive: She Made a Reality of Miracles

A look back on the life of Mother Mary Martin, the foundress of the Medical Missionaries of Mary (Broadcast 1975) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/19/200937 minutes, 31 seconds
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DocArchive: Follow that dream

A documentary about two lifelong Elvis fans, husband and wife Maurice and Maureen, who after a letter each from Elvis in 1960 realise a lifelong ambition to visit his home - Graceland - on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of his death (Broadcast 1998) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/18/200942 minutes, 24 seconds
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DocArchive: Thin Air

The story that over the space of 14 months Fermoy, a small town in Co. Cork with a population of 2,500 was shocked by the disappearances of three residents. (Broadcast 2008) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/18/200939 minutes, 25 seconds
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DocArchive (1994): Grave Matter--The History of Body Snatchings

The growth of medical schools increased in Ireland in the 18th & 19th century and so did demand for cadavers for students to practice on. Body snatching became as prevalent here in Ireland, as it was anywhere else. Dr. Fleetwood investigates this. (First Broadcast 1994) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/18/200941 minutes, 28 seconds
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DocArchive: Who Cares?

Mental illness is something which can affect any of us at any time. Medical help is always part of treatment. But what about human help and help within our locality? This documentary looks at the reality of mental health care in communities(Broadcast 1987) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/18/200944 minutes, 55 seconds
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Doc Archive: In the Public Service

One of Ireland’s largest and most powerful institutions – The Civil Service. An early 1980’s examination of this central core of power, and cog in the machine of development and growth (Broadcast 1982). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/18/200940 minutes, 8 seconds
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DocArchive: They never married

Familial, societal and indeed our own expectations lead most of us to look for someone to spend our life with. But there are many who choose to live a life on their own. Is choosing to be single not just as acceptable as being married? (Broadcast 1986) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/16/200944 minutes, 16 seconds
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DocArchive: Song Collector

A documentary on the last professional traditional song collector in Ireland, Tom Munnelly. Over his lifetime, Tom is estimated to have collected over 20,000 songs-the largest collection of traditional song ever compiled by any one person (Broadcast 1984) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/15/200943 minutes, 30 seconds
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DocArchive:A Hunting we will go

A documentary that joins a foxhunting group. What happens behind the scenes when hounds, horses, people and a fox meet up for a day? Frances Shanahan hired a horse and went over the fences in Co. Meath with the Tara Harriers to find out (Broadcast 1998) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/15/200942 minutes, 1 second
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DocArchive: Star Spangled Football

In this documentary Mick Dunne tells the story of the 1947 All Ireland football final between Kerry and Cavan which was played in the Polo grounds in New York – the only All Ireland final ever to be played outside Irish shores (First broadcast 1997) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/15/200944 minutes, 32 seconds
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DocArchive (1987): Not the Whole Canvas

The story of the general election of 1987 in Dublin Central. At a time of transition in politics, this documentary follows the candidates and their teams on the campaign trail, as they listen to social issues of the day, and plan controversial personal campaigning. (First Broadcast 1987) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/15/200944 minutes, 52 seconds
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DocArchive: St. Patrick was a Mayoman

Des Hickey follows a group of archaeologists and researchers who travel by helicopter to sea stack of Dun Bhriste, the site of a legend about St. Patrick and Cromduff. The group are the first humans to land on the island in about 600 years (Broadcast 1981) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/15/200939 minutes, 29 seconds
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DocArchive: Personal Approach

As Ireland became firmly embedded within the EEC, in the late 1970's Terry Stewart moved his family from Ireland to Brussels. This story is a personal approach to their life in Brussels - a new life - an EEC political working life (Broadcast 1980) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/14/200940 minutes, 15 seconds
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DocArchive: George Redmond Gentleman Piano Tuner

This is the life story of 83yr old George Remond from West Cork. He spent his lifetime tuning pianos for the great and good of Ireland - meeting many seasoned performers such as John MacCormack, Beniamo Gigli and Magaret Burke Sheridan (Broadcast 1990) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/14/200939 minutes, 41 seconds
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DocArchive: At Heaven's Door

This is a story of human survival and hope. Three survivors of tragedies speak of their own destiny - Debbie MacGuinness was involved in the Stardust fire, Larry O'Brien was onboard the Zeebrugge ferry and Maura MacDaid is from Belfast (Broadcast 1990) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/14/20091 hour, 10 minutes, 34 seconds
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DocArchive: St. Patrick's Purgatory Lough Derg Pilgrimage

In this documentary we hear the sounds and words that tell the story of the Lough Derg Pilgrimage, Co Donegal (Broadcast 1991) In this documentary we hear the sounds and words that tell the story of the Lough Derg Pilgrimage, Co Donegal (Broadcast 1991) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/14/200937 minutes, 16 seconds
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DocArchive: Left Alone

Every night, the doorways of city centre offices and the portals of churches are occupied by people sleeping rough. But what is the reality of life on the street? (Broadcast 1986) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/14/200939 minutes, 25 seconds
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DocArchive: The sinking of the Graf Spee

Irishmen serving in the British Navy recount the sinking of The 'Graf Spee' - a German battleship at the helm of the German fleet in WW2. Weighing in at over 16,000 tonnes, she was a feared predator - until the British Navy sunk her (Broadcast 1980) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/13/200940 minutes, 8 seconds
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DocArchive: The Look of the Irish

The Documentary on One team have put together four very different mini documentaries. Each promise to take a close look at some of the moods and motivations around the national holiday. (First Broadcast 2008) The Documentary on One team have put together four very different mini documentaries. Each promise to take a close look at some of the moods and motivations around the national holiday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/13/200949 minutes, 1 second
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DocArchive: I Try Not to Think of the Future

The story of the closure of the Fieldcrest factory in Kilkenny in 1982. With high hopes for the factory and surrounding community we hear directly from those who were affected most by its closure and how it has impacted on their lives. (Broadcast 1982) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/13/200936 minutes, 7 seconds
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DocArchive: Battered Wives

John Skehan talks to women who have suffered domestic abuse and looks at some of the relief schemes available. (1975) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/12/200939 minutes, 3 seconds
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DocArchive: Inner City Island

In 1973, RTE Radio One Producer Seán Mac Reamoinn set out to capture life in the North Wall and Sherriff Street area of Dublin city. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/12/200948 minutes, 58 seconds
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DocArchive: There's still coal in Coalisland

Coal has been mined in Tyrone since the mid 1600's and when it comes to the town of 'Coalisland' in East Tyrone, its name tells the story. Travel into the past, present and future of coal mining in N. Ireland - through generations of time (Broadcast 1979) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/12/200942 minutes
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DocArchive: The Marvellous Adventures of Cabeza De Vaca

Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca was a Spanish Explorer of the New World, and one of only four survivors of the 1527 Narváez expedition. This account of his life tells an incredible tale of many adventures, and indeed misadventures. (First Broadcast 1982) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/12/200929 minutes, 38 seconds
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DocArchive: Factory Lives - Ferenka

Ferenka was once a factory in Limerick - a stable resource of employment. But in 1977 it closed down leaving in its wake a depressed and mournful workforce. (Broadcast 2004) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/12/200942 minutes, 46 seconds
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DocArchive (1994): Frederick Ryan, Writer and Thinker

Frederick Ryan was a Dublin born journalist, playwright and socialist. He was heavily involved in both theatre and politics. His involvement with politics and strong views often prevented him from being employed. (First Broadcast 1994) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/12/200942 minutes, 13 seconds
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DocArchive (1994): Mothers and Daughter - Story of an Adoption

Theresa was given up for adoption by her mother Terry. This tells the story of how Terry felt about the birth and giving her daugher up for adoption. We also hear how Terry and Theresa’s adoptive parents finally made contact. (First Broadcast 1994) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/11/200942 minutes, 48 seconds
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DocArchive: Bees and Their Keepers

An account of the long history Ireland has with beekeeping and how bees are so important to the farmers of Ireland .From the financial gain, to every sting, we hear from people who are passionate about beekeeping in Ireland. (Broadcast 1982) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/11/200939 minutes, 43 seconds
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DocArchive (1994): To Somalia and Back

In the early 1990’s, vicious inter-clan fighting in Somalia led to the deaths of 30,000 Somalis, in addition to an estimated 200,000 who died as a result of famine. This is the story of the Irish soldiers in the midst of the deadly Somalian crisis. (First Broadcast 1994) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/10/200951 minutes, 44 seconds
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DocArchive: Far Cry

Mary Benson was a South African writer and antiapartheid activist. She rejected her privileged upbringing as a white in South Africa to campaign against her country’s racial policies and lived in voluntary exile in London from the 1960s (Broadcast 1991) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/9/200943 minutes, 55 seconds
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DocArchive: It happens silently in the night

It took Ireland generations to fully open up to the sexual abuse of children within the state. Before the lid was blown open on this area in the late 1990s, this documentary made ten years earlier paints the full circle of child sex abuse (Broadcast 1991) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/9/200939 minutes, 10 seconds
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DocArchive: Irish Brent Goose Expedition

Every October, 90% of the entire world population of Brent Geese fly into Dublin Bay on their annual migration. In this documentary, we follow them on their 4,000km journey from Bathurst Island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago to Dublin (Broadcast 1985) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/9/200945 minutes, 15 seconds
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DocArchive: Factory Lives - The Price of Leather

Peter Woods tells of the closure of the Rawson’s Boot Factory in Dundalk in the 1960s. (Broadcast 2004) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/9/200941 minutes, 52 seconds
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DocArchive: Headwaters - Cruising on the Shannon

The Shannon is Ireland's longest river. This documentary takes a relaxing and beautiful cruise on the upper Shannon, from Carrick on Shannon through to Knockivar lock to the Islands of Lough Key in Co. Roscommon. All aboard! (Broadcast 1991) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/8/200943 minutes, 19 seconds
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DocArchive: Old Yellow Gloves

Raymond Chandler was an Anglo-American novelist and screenwriter who had an huge stylistic influence upon the modern day private detective story. His main fictional character, Philip Marlowe, is considered the 'perfect' private detective (Broadcast 1991) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/8/200944 minutes, 23 seconds
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DocArchive: Out of the dark

The value of education in prisons is often debated worldwide. Made over 25 years ago, this is the story of education in Irish prisons, from both the educators and from the prisoners themselves. Education can be the key to rehabilitation (Broadcast 1985) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/8/200939 minutes, 25 seconds
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DocArchive (2004): Closing the Gaiety in Carrick On Shannon

The story of the final night at the Gaiety Cinema in Carrick-On-Shannon, Co. Leitrim. The cinema fell on hard times and closed in 2004 after more than 70 years business. This documentary relives the history and romance of watching a film on the single screen cinema throughout the years. (First Broadcast 2004) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/8/200941 minutes, 23 seconds
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DocArchive: Dying with Love

Every day around the world people die. This documentary focuses on the last days of peoples lives and the help, support and love that can ease the passing of someone in the home environment or in a hospice (Broadcast 1991) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/7/200940 minutes, 41 seconds
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DocArchive: Sunlight in the Garden

Louis MacNeice CBE (1907–'63), an Irish poet and playwright, was part of the generation of "thirties poets" which included W. H. Auden. His work recieved wide public praise during his lifetime due to his relaxed, but socially aware style (Broadcast 1973) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/7/200949 minutes, 42 seconds
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DocArchive (1976): Zimbabwe

In 1976, Dick Warner travelled to Rhodesia in Africa to witness the last days of white rule. After a plan was initiated by the American and U.K governments, Zimbabwe was born with a new name, new politics, and with a black majority rule. White Mans rule had come to an end. (First Broadcast 1976) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/6/200939 minutes, 29 seconds
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DocArchive (1982): Flight 3306 To Strasburg

In 1982, Ireland had been a member of the EEC for 9 years. Hearing from those who work on the ground within the European Parliament, we gain an insight into how Ireland was still adapting to life within Europe. This account asks where did we see our relationship with Europe going at a difficult period for the Irish Economy? (First Broadcast 1982) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/5/200938 minutes, 6 seconds
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DocArchive (1981): Rabbit Overhead Mi Lord

Rabbit Overhead Mi Lord was recorded three years before Dunraven Estate in County Limerick was sold. It follows the last driven pheasant shoot on the estate. It features recordings of the then owner, the 7th Earl of Dunraven. (First Broadcast 1981) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/5/200939 minutes, 47 seconds
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DocArchive: Dismissal of Fr Michael O'Hickey

Fr O'Hickey was an Irish Catholic priest and a Professor of Irish at Maynooth College. In 1909 he clashed with the Bishops and establishment over his belief in Irish and duly dismissed. However, Fr O'Hickey didn't go down without a fight.. (Broadcast 1979) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/5/200940 minutes, 49 seconds
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DocArchive (1975): Little Herring Fleet at Anchor Lay, Bantry

John Skehan talks to locals of Bantry, Co. Cork about their concerns for the welfare of the bay and the once thriving fishing industry that was based there in the wake of two major oil spillages. This prescient documentary was made 4 years before the Betegeuse disaster at Whiddy Island in 1979. (First Broadcast 1975). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/5/200940 minutes, 5 seconds
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DocArchive (2007): No Cure for Mickey Finn

A biography of fiddle player, Mickey Finn who was born in Co Kilkenny in 1951. His life was short and tragic for Mickey was addicted to alcohol and drank himself to death. This documentary explores symbiotic relationship between traditional music and alcohol and the consequent waste of this single life. (First Broadcast 2007) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/4/200941 minutes, 13 seconds
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DocArchive (1982): James Joyce - The Playboy of the Western World

The biography of one of Ireland's most celebrated talents in literature – James Joyce. Born in Dublin in 1882, and best known for Ulysses, this documentary takes a look at the literary legacy left behind from a man of such poetic brilliance. On the centenary of his birth, an array of contemporary writers speak of his life. (First Broadcast 1982) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/4/200939 minutes, 9 seconds
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DocArchive (1994): Lost and Found

This is the story of how a lost mother was found. Michael O’Keeffe was put into care at aged 2. He did not have any contact with his mother growing up, but 50 years later he decided to look for her and found her in London. (First Broadcast 1994) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/4/200941 minutes, 23 seconds
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DocArchive (1977): Arts Frozen Sounds

The story of sound reproduction began in 1877 when Thomas Edison found a way of causing sound waves to vibrate and be recorded onto tin foil. Then in 1887 the first record was invented. This documentary celebrates 100 years of the gramophone. (First Broadcast 1977) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/3/200942 minutes, 45 seconds
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DocArchive (2004): Factory Lives - Lockes

Part of Factory Lives; A six part series on factory closures in Ireland taking one example from each decade and examining the causes for the collapse against a backdrop of economic development in this country. Paddy O'Gorman tells the story of the closure, in 1953, of Locke's Distillery in Kilbeggan, Co. Westmeath. (First Broadcast 2004) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/2/200941 minutes, 49 seconds
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DocArchive (1991): Bread and Butter Man - George Bernard Shaw

One of Irish literature’s greats; George Bernard Shaw is celebrated in this documentary. Born in Dublin in 1856, Shaw initially struggled for success before plays such as Pygmalion brought him to the attention of the theater going public. His plays, criticism, politics and humour are remembered in this tribute. (First Broadcast 1991) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/1/200943 minutes, 41 seconds
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DocArchive (1982): Centre of Paralysis of Silence, of Importance

A biography of the fascinating life of James Joyce; a giant of literature in Ireland. We learn why he had such a strained relationship with Dublin and gain an insight into the creation to some of his iconic and award winning works. (First Broadcast 1982) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/28/200939 minutes, 15 seconds
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DocArchive (2007): Eddie and the Lone Bush

Storyteller Eddie Lenihan is a master of language. In 1999 Eddie began a campaign that lead to the NRA rerouting the Ennis Bypass around a lone bush at Latoon, near Newmarket-on-Fergus, co. Clare. The bush is the site where the fairies of Munster gather before they set out to do battle with those from Connaught. (First Broadcast 2009) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/27/200940 minutes, 42 seconds
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DocArchive (2009): The Rebel Countess

Countess Constance Markievicz is known for her participation in the Easter rising in Dublin in 1916 and her time spent as part of the Irish Cabinet. Members of her family paint a picture of the woman behind the 'rebel', looking at her history in politics, her love of her family and her Ford Model-T. (First Broadcast 2009) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/26/200938 minutes, 19 seconds
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DocArchive (1974): O'Duffys Men

Maurice Manning traces the history of the Blueshirts in Ireland. The Blueshirts was the nickname for the National Guard which was an Irish extra-parliamentary security organisation active in the 1930s. Led by Eoin O’Duffy, they provided protection for political groups such as the Cumann na nGaedheal. (First Broadcast 1974) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/26/200949 minutes, 40 seconds
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DocArchive (2009): Finding Henry

The story of a homeless man who swapped the dangers of urban subsistence for the rural forest sanctuary of the Dublin Mountains. For three years he has made the woods his home; it is where he feels safe, but excursions to the city rekindle his old problems. (First Broadcast 2009) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/25/200940 minutes, 23 seconds
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DocArchive (1998): David's Diary

In 1904, Father John Creagh instigated an economic boycott against the small Jewish community in Limerick and forced a lot of them to leave the city. This documentary has the framework of a diary kept by a fictitious teenage boy during this time. (First Broadcast 1998) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/25/200936 minutes, 56 seconds
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DocArchive (1982): The Making of an Orchestra

Since it was founded in 1948 the RTÉ Symphony orchestra has seen over 60 of success at the forefront of symphonic music in Ireland. Ever wondered what it takes to be a member of a world renowned orchestra? The Musicians of the RTESO reveal the hard work required along with an account of the orchestra's fascinating history. (First Broadcast 1982) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/25/200939 minutes, 49 seconds
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DocArchive (1989): Fungie, The Dingle Dolphin

Barry Lang travels to Dingle in Co Kerry, to meet Fungie the Dolphin. Fungie is a friendly bottlenose dolphin, who has lived in the harbor since 1983. Barry talks to the locals about his story and the games the adventurous dolphin likes to play. (1989) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/23/200938 minutes, 23 seconds
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DocArchive (1976): Famine in Ethiopia

In 1974, after severe drought, Ethiopia in Africa was devastated by the disaster of famine. Up to an estimated 1 million were left dead. Still under the rule of Emperor Haile Selassie, Ethiopia was an inhospitable destination both politically and geographically. (First Broadcast 1976) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/22/200949 minutes, 49 seconds
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DocArchive (1976): Ancient and Fraternal Order

A journey into the realms of Catholic belief. The Ancient Order of Hibernians (AOH) is an Irish Catholic fraternal organisation. Members must be Catholic and either Irish born or of Irish descent. Its largest membership is now in America, but AOH was very active in Northern Ireland in the 1970’s. (First Broadcast 1976) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/21/200939 minutes, 32 seconds
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DocArchive (1978): Nobody ever went to America to learn how to kill a pig

This is an absolute must listen - a window into the Ireland that once was - and is perhaps gone forever? One of our real oldies but goldies - a documentary about how to kill a pig on a rural Co Galway farm in the late 1970's. (First Broadcast 1978) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/21/200940 minutes, 7 seconds
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DocArchive (1982): Paul Durcan's Mayo

A look at the fascinating life of Co. Mayo poet Paul Durcan. He talks us through his childhood and his award winning work and the experiences that have informed them, including mental health issues after being committed to a psychiatric hospital whilst a student at college. (First Broadcast 1982) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/21/200938 minutes, 34 seconds
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DocArchive (2007): Birds of the Air - Immigration Mosaic

A story which follows a number of people who have left their homelands to seek a new life in the so called 'New Europe'. After emigration from Africa, Turkey and Eastern Europe, they tell of finding a place to be, a sense of belonging and an identity as immigrants and refugees in their adopted countries. (First Broadcast 2007) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/20/200941 minutes, 17 seconds
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DocArchive (1982): The Forthieth of Foot

Mention the words "The Forty Foot" around Dublin, and anyone will know exactly what you are referring to immediately. This bathing area in South Dublin has become an institute among bathers in the capital. Immortalised in literature (Ulysses), this documentary looks at the history of this former male only swimming spot. (First Broadcast 1982) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/20/200935 minutes, 49 seconds
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DocArchive (1976): The Bargemen

What is it about Bargemen? Do they choose the lifestyle or does it choose them? The last working barge passed through the Grand Canal in Dublin in 1960. Yet the stories, memories and lifestyle still live on amongst these bargemen and their families. The men speak about their work, and lives. (First Broadcast 1976) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/20/200938 minutes, 46 seconds
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DocArchive (1981): With The Wind To Our Backs We Were Only Mighty

An insight into one of Ireland's most eccentric traditions - the Strawboys of Achill, Co. Mayo in the West of Ireland. Jim Fahy takes us on a journey through their musical, dancing and wedding traditions and of the family rivalry that can exist within. (First Broadcast 1981) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/19/200952 minutes, 43 seconds
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DocArchive (1974): Every Inch an Irishman

A profile of the Irish composer and conductor Charles Villiers Stanford who is seen as a key player in the British musical renaissance. Born in Dublin in 1852, he composed seven symphonies, but his best-remembered pieces are his choral music works for church performance. (First Broadcast 1974) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/19/200958 minutes, 2 seconds
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DocArchive (1979): A Dogs Life

In 1979 there were a great number of dogs living in sanctuaries around the country. ‘A Dogs Life’ looks at the day to day running of a sanctuary in Carlow. We also meet the owners and examine the motivations, the work and the rewards of running a dog sanctuary. (First Broadcast 1979) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/19/200942 minutes, 49 seconds
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DocArchive (2001): Moving

A radio documentary about Edel and Fergus, urban parents, who decide to move their family out of their cramped house in Dublin in the middle of the Celtic Tiger years to give their two children Sorcha and Cian, a better life in the country. (First Broadcast 2001) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/19/200942 minutes, 46 seconds
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DocArchive (2009): I'll Find a High Mountain

The story of a Galway traveller family, one of a dwindling number who still take to the road. Their traditional routes took in rural Connemara. Mary McDonagh (not her real name) paints a picture of lives ravaged by suicide and depression. And yet there is much joy too. (First Broadcast 2009) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/18/200939 minutes, 51 seconds
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DocArchive (1979): The Catholic Gentry

The affluent Moore family moved from Antrim to Tipperary in 1850 and purchased the magnificent Mooresfort estate. This move played a huge role in the history of the family, one of the most important families to move to Tipperary. (First Broadcast 1979) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/18/200925 minutes, 11 seconds
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DocArchive (1981): Darkest Midnight in December

Documentary about the tradition of singing ancient Christmas Carols in Kilmore Church, Co Wexford. Singers consist of the local community, and the group of singers has always included a member of the Deveroux family. We hear of the history and traditions of the ritual and how it is being maintained. (First Broadcast 1981) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/18/200943 minutes, 44 seconds
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DocArchive (1996): Season

Cricket fanatic Conor O’Callaghan tells the story of cricket in Ireland and gives a poetic account of his own obsession with the sport. (First Broadcast 1996) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/18/200936 minutes, 8 seconds
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DocArchive (2000): Twelfth Apostle

Martin Lavan came from Mayo, and it is claimed, but disputed, that he was one of Michael Collins' assassination squad. On the day after Civil War broke out, Martin killed two men. He then assumed a disguise and fled to America where he became a lawyer. (First Broadcast 2000) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/17/200942 minutes, 8 seconds
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DocArchive (2005): Two Trains To Achill

This programme tells the stories of migrant workers from Achill in Co Mayo, who would travel to Scotland to work picking potatoes in the 19th century. According to local folklore, the first and last trains carried the bodies of dead people, who passed away during these journeys. (First Broadcast 2005) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/16/200940 minutes, 8 seconds
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DocArchive (1974): Colmcille - The Real National Apostle?

Saint Colmcille was born in Donegal on December 7th, 521, the son of a chief related to princes then reigning in Ireland and Scotland. Today, many Irish and Scottish Catholics are still devoted to St Colmcille and absolutely revere him. But why? (First Broadcast 1974) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/16/200949 minutes, 27 seconds
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DocArchive (1981): Pipe that Song Again

A hobby for some, a career for others, the men and women behind the craft of musical instrument making in Ireland. Synonymous with Ireland is the Irish Harp - we hear about the creation of this instrument and about its place in Irish society. (First Broadcast 1981). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/14/200938 minutes, 1 second
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DocArchive (1981): Bantry Hold on for Dublin

In the early hours of the morning on the 8th Jan 1979, tragedy struck just off the head of Bantry Bay, Co. Cork when an oil tanker exploded on Whiddy Island. A look at the aftermath of this disaster which saw the loss of 50 lives and the negative effect it had on the community. (First Broadcast 1981) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/13/200939 minutes, 30 seconds
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DocArchive (1976): Mona's Isle

The Isle of Anglesey is the largest Welsh island in the U.K. Anciently know as the Isle of Mona, it lies off the north-west coast of Wales. Connected to the mainland by two bridges, it has the longest place name in Britain and very strong Irish ties. (First Broadcast 1976) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/13/200939 minutes, 31 seconds
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DocArchive (2008): Tuned In!

At the end of 2007, Donegal VEC had an idea: take 50 teenagers - lock them away in an adventure centre for 5 days. Throw in musical instruments, music teachers and a composer. The project was called"Tuned In!". Ronan Kelly followed the teenagers and adults over the 5 days and recorded the final concert. (First Broadcast 2008) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/13/200935 minutes, 46 seconds
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DocArchive (1973): Unhappy Christmas

A look into the darker side of Christmas - a season that can bring as much sadness as it does joy. Bereavement, homelessness, poverty, loneliness - this are all problems that can be magnified during the festive season. This documentary talks to single parents, Belfast families after internment and people in hospitals. (First Broadcast 1973) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/12/200939 minutes, 37 seconds
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DocArchive (1981): Running Commentary

26.2 miles is a long way to run. Myles Dungan ran the Dublin City Marathon back in 1981. He takes us on the 26.2 mile journey from training to finish line and gives a play by play of his progress along the way. He speaks to runners about the sport and why they put themselves through the ordeal. (First Broadcast 1981) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/12/200939 minutes, 30 seconds
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DocArchive (1971): Bus to Glasgow Part 2

A two-part programme made on the first CIE Express bus from Dublin to Glasgow. Sean Mac Reamoinn is joined by a host of people including their Scottish guide and philosopher, Hamish Anderson for this guided tour from Belfast to Glasgow. (First Broadcast 1971) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/12/200959 minutes, 14 seconds
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DocArchive (2003): Saints Alive

The Catholic religion has thousands of saints. What is a saint? What characteristics does a person need to achieve this distinction? Are there too many saints already? This radio documentary, first broadcast in Easter Week 2003, looks at sainthood in the time of Pope John Paul II. (First Broadcast 2003) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/11/200942 minutes, 17 seconds
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DocArchive (1971): Bus to Glasgow

A two-part programme made on the first CIE Express bus from Dublin to Glasgow. Sean Mac Reamoinn is joined by a host of people including their Scottish guide and philosopher, Hamish Anderson for this guided tour from Dublin to Glasgow. (First Broadcast 1971) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/11/200959 minutes, 45 seconds
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DocArchive (1992): Magdelene Laundry Institute in Galway for Outcast Women

Single women who became pregnant and women who were unwanted by their families for other reasons were sent to live and work in the Mary Magdelene Home Laundry in Galway. Some spent the remainder of their lives there. This documentary includes descriptions of the conditions in the laundry. (First Broadcast 1992) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/11/200932 minutes, 50 seconds
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DocArchive (1996): Tibetans

Robb Bradstock arrived in India just as it was announced that the Dalai Lama was to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989. This documentary is a personal encounter with a people struggling to maintain a culture and religion in exile and was recorded in 1994, at a stage when the Tibetans had been almost 35 years in exile. (First Broadcast 1996) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/11/200941 minutes, 59 seconds
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DocArchive (1990): Close The Door

The story of the "fallen women" who spent most of their lives in the old Magdalene home and laundry, the Convent of Our Lady of Refuge on Lower Sean MacDermott Street, Dublin. At the height of its productivity 150 women worked in this laundry. They were largely forgotten by the outside world. (First Broadcast 1990) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/9/200944 minutes, 2 seconds
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DocArchive (1991): Immigrating to Ireland - Middle East Immigrants

A growing number of immigrants from the Middle East have come to Ireland in the last 25 years. They are refugees, travellers and students. They come from a region of great political instability and conflict. Producer Lorelei Harris speaks to people from Syria, Iraq and Lebanon who have made a new life after immigration. (First Broadcast 1991) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/9/200943 minutes, 3 seconds
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DocArchive (1976): The Three Candles

Kilkenny man Colm Ó Lochlainn was a printer, collector of Irish ballads and a piper. He founded his own press, At the Sign of the Three Candles Press in 1926. He later became a professor of Irish Language and Literature. He was also associated with the founding of An Óige. (First Broadcast 1976) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/8/200948 minutes, 46 seconds
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DocArchive (1976): Hayfoot Strawfoot Dancing Masters

For centuries 'Dancing Masters' travelled throughout Ireland from village to village, teaching Irish dance to all they met. They were flamboyant characters, wore bright clothes and carried staffs. Now long gone - their history lives on. (First Broadcast 1976) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/7/200939 minutes, 30 seconds
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DocArchive (1989): Rue des Irlandais - The Irish in Paris

A documentary about the vibrant Irish community in Paris. We hear from those who have emigrated to the French capital and have made Paris their home including writer Jean O'Sullivan originally from Dublin and Gerry O'Sullivan from Cork who lectures in British Studies.(First Broadcast 1989) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/7/200945 minutes, 6 seconds
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DocArchive (1989): Sing Whatever Is Well Made

A radio documentary commemorating W.B. Yeats on the 50th anniversary of his death. Dublin’s William Butler Yeats (June 1865 to January 1939) was an Irish poet and dramatist, and one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature. (First Broadcast 1989) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/6/200943 minutes, 8 seconds
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DocArchive (2008): Egyptian Wonder

Colette Kinsella speaks to four elderly Irish nuns who have been living in Egypt in Africa for several decades. She learns from the women about their religion and reasons for emigration, as well as growing mangoes, making wine and how to avoid a midnight eviction. (First Broadcast 2008) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/6/200941 minutes, 32 seconds
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DocArchive (1981): Seán Ó Riada - Life in Coolea

One of the greatest Irish composers of the 20th Century, Seán Ó Riada is best known for his work with Irish traditional music and the group Ceoltóirí Chualann. From those in the community to his family, this is a portrait of the man by those who knew him in Coolea, Co Cork. (First Broadcast 1981). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/6/200939 minutes, 6 seconds
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DocArchive (1976): John A. Costello

The history of Ireland's most reluctant Taoiseach ever. Dublin man John A. Costello was Taoiseach from 1948–51 and 1954–57, Attorney General of Ireland from 1926–32, and legal advisor to the government after independence in 1922. Costello began life as a barrister and became involved in politics with Fine Gael. (First Broadcast 1976) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/6/200939 minutes, 24 seconds
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DocArchive (1981): Forget not the Field

It is estimated that close to 12% of the population in America has Irish roots. An insight into Irish-America at a time when Ireland was only beginning to realise the interest many Americans have in their Irish ancestry. This documentary looks at those searching their family history for links to Ireland. (First Broadcast 1981). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/5/200939 minutes, 28 seconds
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DocArchive (1972): Mr President

A look at the history of the American Presidency, beginning with George Washington who took office in 1789 and traversing almost two centuries. Along the way the programme looks at some iconic figures such as Thomas Jefferson, and Franklin D Roosevelt, incorporating dramatic readings and archive footage to tell the story. (First Broadcast 1972) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/5/200949 minutes, 28 seconds
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DocArchive (2000): The McGraths

Dominic McGrath left the town of Lanesborough, Co Longford, in 1827 and went to America. Now, many generations later, the McGraths have returned to their Midlands town to meet Irish cousins at a party on the banks of the River Shannon. (First Broadcast 2000) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/5/200959 minutes, 48 seconds
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DocArchive (2008): The Wizard Oz

A radio programme adapted from Finnish about the Israeli writer Amos Oz, based on his memoir, A Tale of Love & Darkness. His literature included fiction, political commentary and literary criticism. (First Broadcast 2008) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/4/200941 minutes, 22 seconds
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DocArchive (1981): Town in Brittany

Embracing all things Celtic, a look at the small town of Lannion in Brittany, home of the 1981 Celtic Congress. People from countries throughout Europe travel to promote and celebrate the language of the Celtic countries. (First Broadcast 1981) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/4/200941 minutes, 13 seconds
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DocArchive (1977): Long Tails, 50 Years of Greyhound Racing

Greyhound racing has been a popular sport in Ireland for over a century. In this documentary we hear an account of greyhound racing's beginnings in Ireland. We also hear stories from the tracks and remember the champion dogs that have come and gone. (First Broadcast 1977) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/4/200950 minutes, 3 seconds
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DocArchive (1994): From Zen to Karaoke

Seamus Hosey, accompanied By Marita Harve, visits the ancient Japanese city of Kyoto. Famed for its many Buddhist Temples, Zen Shrines, and rock gardens, there’s plenty of sightseeing on offer in Kyoto – and lots of karaoke bars to sing in. (First Broadcast 1994) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/4/200942 minutes, 14 seconds
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DocArchive (1985): Breandan Bhreathnach

A look at the life and career of the Irish music collector and uilleann piper Breandán Breathnach. He is recognised as being responsible for saving numerous tunes and is seen as an important figure in the preservation of traditional Irish music. (First Broadcast 1985) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/3/200930 minutes, 57 seconds
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DocArchive (1993): Till The Morning Comes - Night Life In Dublin

While most of us sleep at night, Dublin city is still alive and kicking. From taxi drivers to fire men and maternity hospitals to newspaper printers, we hear from the people who work through the night. (First Broadcast 1993) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/3/200940 minutes, 49 seconds
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DocArchive (1993): Loving Never Stops

The erosion of memory is something we all fear. For those left watching, there's nothing worse than seeing loved ones health fade away. Alzheimer's is most often diagnosed in over 65's and there's an estimated 26 million sufferers worldwide. (First Broadcast 1993) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/2/200944 minutes, 17 seconds
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DocArchive (2001): Nivita

This is the story of Nivita, an all-girl band from Cork whose three members Niamh, Anita and Carmel and a twenty-month baby girl Emma were killed in a tragic accident, when their car crashed just outside Charleville Co. Cork in October 1999. We hear of their love of music and memories of the girls from family members. (First Broadcast 2001) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/2/200942 minutes, 20 seconds
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DocArchive (1992): Apocalypse Now

Tropical rainforests are 'jewels of the Earth'. Responsible for 28% of the world's oxygen turn over, rainforests are home to over 50% of all species in the world. So why are we destroying this environment and threatening the ecology of the world? (First Broadcast 1992) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/1/200941 minutes, 45 seconds
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DocArchive (1992): Suicide - A Cry for Help

Each year worldwide, over one million people commit suicide. This documentary meets with people who have attempted suicide and lived to tell the tale. They discuss their mental health and difficult emotions. We also hear from the bereaved left behind about their grief. Why does anyone want to end their own lives? (First Broadcast 1992) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/1/200942 minutes, 3 seconds
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DocArchive (1992): Breaking Up Is Never Easy

For most people in life, love is at the core of living. Sharing one's life with a significant other is nearly expected. This documentary tells a story of people who choose differently - to opt out of their marriages - and begin a new life. (First Broadcast 1993) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/1/200942 minutes, 5 seconds
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DocArchive (1976): WitchCraft

Witchcraft, the use of supernatural or magical powers, moves between fact and fiction depending on the believer or non-believer. We investigate the history of persecution suffered by ‘witches’ in the witch hunts of Early Modern Europe of the 14th to 18th century. And what of witchcraft in Ireland? (First Broadcast 1976) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/1/200939 minutes, 36 seconds
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DocArchive (1976): The Lewis Folk

The Isle of Lewis lies off the West coast of Scotland. It's said Scottish islands share a kindred Gaelic spirit with the Irish. In 1976 Kieran Sheedy went to investigate and unearthed a community that worked by day and danced by night - well, not quite... (First Broadcast 1976) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/31/200938 minutes, 16 seconds
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DocArchive (1992): Flight Of The Bremen

Until 1928, no one had flown from East to West over the Atlantic. In 1927, ten unsuccessful flights were attempted and seven lives were lost. Finally, in April 1928 a 3 man crew succeeded, one of whom was Irish man Captain James C. Fitzmaurice. This documentary looks at the history of the event. (First Broadcast 1992) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/31/200941 minutes, 49 seconds
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Doc Archive (2005): The Euro Guru

This documentary looks back on some of the highs of fifty glorious years of the Eurovision song festival in the company of Paul G. Sheridan. Paul describes himself not as a fan but an aficionado, who loves the music and the competition. (First Broadcast 2005) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/31/200942 minutes, 30 seconds
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DocArchive (1992): If The Statues Stopped Moving

In July 1985, in the village of Ballinspittle, Co. Cork, a grotto statue of the Virgin Mary came alive and moved. As news of the phenomenon spread, thousands of pilgrims and spectators arrived. Seven years on, we return to see life in the village and reflect on how this mystery affected the people there. (First Broadcast 1992) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/30/200942 minutes, 11 seconds
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DocArchive (1976): The Staunchest Priest

Fr. Michael O’Flanagan was born in 1876 in Roscommon. Known as 'The Republican Priest', he was president of Sinn Féin from 1933-35 but was expelled from the party for participating in a Radio Éireann (2RN) broadcast in 1936. This documentary looks at the political and personal history of the renowned Catholic priest. (First Broadcast 1976) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/30/200939 minutes, 44 seconds
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DocArchive (1981): Raytown

Everyone in Ringsend, Co. Dublin has a nickname. Even Ringsend has a nickname - "Raytown". Find out why in this documentary about the social history of this very unique Dublin neighbourhood by the sea. (First Broadcast 1981) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/30/200939 minutes, 27 seconds
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DocArchive (1973): Twenty Five Years a Growing

Andy O'Mahony takes a look back at the work the Music Association of Ireland, on what was the occasion of its 25th anniversary, and asks if the association was successful in achieving its aims of furthering musical education across Ireland. (First Broadcast 1973) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/29/200955 minutes, 57 seconds
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DocArchive (1992): Another Country

For everyone of us, the day will come when we hang up our working boots - no matter how important the work - and enter the world of the retired. This documentary tells a story of retirement, examining the ups and downs of a slower pace of life. (First Broadcast 1992) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/29/200942 minutes, 13 seconds
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DocArchive (2010): Song From The Slum

This doc tells the story of Steo, from the northside of Dublin, and Simo, a young homeless man from the slums of Nairobi, who find a common language though music and hip hop. Together they produced a song called 'Fire'. (First Broadcast 2010) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/29/200937 minutes, 12 seconds
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DocArchive (1981): John Ennis

Westmeath’s John Ennis, is an award winning poet and one of Ireland’s finest talents. In this documentary he talks about the influence of his rural background and his family on his work. (First Broadcast 1981) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/29/200938 minutes, 55 seconds
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DocArchive (1989): Rabia-a: A Life in Islam

Rabia Al Najairr grew up in a typical Irish Catholic family, but converted to the Islamic religion when she was still a teenager, giving up alcohol and changing what she wears. In this documentary she explains why she was motivated to do it and how it has affected her social and family life. (First Broadcast 1989) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/28/200939 minutes, 5 seconds
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DocArchive (1976): Rambler from Clare

In this documentary, Kieran Sheedy tells the story of the rambler from Clare, Johnny Patterson. Johnny was an Irish comedian, singer and songwriter. His career was so successful that he became a household name in both Ireland and America. (First Broadcast 1976) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/28/200943 minutes, 17 seconds
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DocArchive (1992): Immortal Memory

Robert Burns known in Scotland as simply 'The Bard' was an 18th century Scottish poet, artist and lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland, and is celebrated worldwide. This documentary is a biography of his life and works. (First Broadcast 1992) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/28/200942 minutes, 6 seconds
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DocArchive (2008): Sr Brid is Heading for High Places

Sister Brid Smith, from Blackrock, Co Dublin, is a 65 year old nun with a difference. Despite health problems and losing her sight six years ago, she has not lost her love for the outdoor life. She set out on an adventure to climb the 3,127ft high Mount Brandon in Co Kerry. (First Broadcast 2008) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/28/200940 minutes, 21 seconds
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DocArchive (2009): Mr Farren Goes to Brussels

A family from Donegal travel all the way to the headquarters of the EU in Brussels in search of some help, and to get some answers about the death of their daughter, who was tragically killed in a car accident in Co. Donegal in 2001. (First Broadcast 2009) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/27/200934 minutes, 35 seconds
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DocArchive (1984): Today Tomorrow and The Day After – Life Without Work

This programme looks at families struggling with unemployment and poverty in the mid 1980’s in Dublin. Padraic Dolan goes to the working class areas of Coolock, Artane and Darndale and speaks to the people at the heart of the community about their lives. (First Broadcast 1984) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/26/200951 minutes, 1 second
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DocArchive (1976): Going, Going, Gone

Malahide Castle, parts of which date to the 12th century, lies close to the village of Malahide in the north of Dublin. This documentary tells the history of the castle and the family who owned it and the auction that took place in 1976 where the remaining contents of the castle were auctioned off. (First Broadcast 1976) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/25/200938 minutes, 51 seconds
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DocArchive (1976): Boss Croker of Glencairn

Richard Croker (1843-1922) was a politician in America born in the village of Blackrock, Cork. At the helm of Democratic Party politics, he became extremely wealthy receiving bribe money from brothels, saloons and gambling dens (First Broadcast 1976) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/24/200937 minutes, 53 seconds
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DocArchive (1981): Burning the Bones of the Earth

This documentary is based on an unpublished memoir and tells the story of the life and work of a lime burner- seen through the eyes of Matty McCaulife from Kerry and ‘the limeburner of Churchhill’ - an imaginary village between Macroom and Charleville in Cork. (First Broadcast 1981) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/23/200939 minutes, 23 seconds
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DocArchive (2007): Piano Lessons, Sliding Scales

Girls who want to learn to play the piano. Girls who do not want to learn to play the piano. Some of these girls are heard in this piece. It is the voice of the Maiden reaching back through time, traversing space, telling of the Music of her childhood. Presented and produced by Kaye Mortley (First Broadcast 2007) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/23/200940 minutes, 34 seconds
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DocArchive (2009): A Piece of Cloth

A documentary about Muslim women wearing the hijab in Ireland. This programme hears the story of Shekinah Egan, a young girl from Gorey who found herself at the centre of a controversy around the wearing of the Muslim headscarf to her local school. (First Broadcast 2009) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/22/200941 minutes, 51 seconds
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DocArchive (1981): Knock Three Times And Ask For Joe

America attempted a nationwide ban on the sale of alcohol to try to transform a basic habit of millions of people. Prohibition was introduced from 1920 -1933. This documentary tells the story of speakeasies, moonshine and the crime families and gangsters that ran the underground sale of liquor in Chicago and other cities. (First Broadcast 1981) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/22/200937 minutes, 2 seconds
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DocArchive (1972): It Sprang From Uibh Laoire

An exploration of the literary history of Uibh Laoire - the lakeland between Macroom and Gougane Barra in West Cork. It's been written about by literary figures: O'Connor, Ó Faoiláin and Corkery.It is the country of "The Tailor and Ansty" and the cradle of the Irish language revival at the beginning of the last century. (First Broadcast 1972) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/22/200948 minutes, 31 seconds
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DocArchive (2001): This Island Nation

With the breakout of World War II, the Irish Merchant fleet became a vital part saving the nation from food shortages and Lemass said that we couldn’t have preserved our neutrality without it. The military men who served with the Merchant Navy Fleet talk about their time at sea. (First Broadcast 2001) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/21/200943 minutes, 27 seconds
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DocArchive (2007): Missing In Athlone

This story looks at events in 2005, when Gardaí from the Garda National Immigration Bureau drove from Dublin to Athlone, Co. Westmeath with orders to pick up six children and two adults for immediate deportation to Africa. (First Broadcast 2007) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/21/200940 minutes, 31 seconds
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DocArchive (1976): Violent Export

Violent Export is a radio documentary by Kevin O'Connor that delves in to the thoughts of the people living in Britain during the times of the London bombings. Kevin speaks to both Irish and British people and asks their thoughts on the violence. (First Broadcast 1976) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/21/200937 minutes, 33 seconds
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DocArchive (2003): Death in Kerry

A radio documentary that tells the story of John B. Keane's "The Field", and how a dispute between two farmers over bog land in mountainous rural Kerry during the 1950s culminated in Richard Harris's nomination for an Oscar in 1991 .(First Broadcast 2003) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/20/200940 minutes, 12 seconds
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DocArchive (1976): Drop of the Craythur

A bilingual documentary on Poitín, the Irish alcohol traditionally and illegally distilled from malted barley or potatoes in rural Ireland for centuries. One of the strongest alcoholic beverages in the world. This documentary hears of the craft, traditions and uses for the potent drink. (First Broadcast 1976) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/19/200939 minutes, 50 seconds
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DocArchive (1979): Incidents in Colooney Street - Limerick Jews in 1904

Pat Feeley tells the story of the pogrom against Jewish people in Limerick City. In 1904, a Catholic priest named Fr John Creagh instigated an economic boycott against the small Jewish community that had settled in the city, which eventually led to them all leaving. (First Broadcast 1979) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/19/200944 minutes, 58 seconds
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DocArchive (1976): Rabies

Rabies is a viral disease that attacks the brain. It's usually transmitted by a bite from an infected animal. For humans, it can be fatal unless an antidote is given. We examine the virus, its beginnings, its dangers and effects on people’s health. (First Broadcast 1976) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/17/200938 minutes, 43 seconds
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DocArchive (1999): The Tar Road to Sligo

A documentary about musicians Thom Moore and Vincent Harrison and their relationship to Ireland and America. Singer/Songwriter Thom Moore was born in California. Fiddle Player Vincent Harrison is from Dromahair, Co. Leitrim.We learn of their relationships with their new homelands and how it influenced their music. (First Broadcast 1999) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/16/200941 minutes, 58 seconds
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DocArchive (1975): No.4 Checkout Please

In the mid 1970's one of the largest social changes in Ireland was born - Supermarkets! After centuries of corner shop shopping, changes were afoot. Here the pros and cons, reactions and of course the effects on people’s lives are discussed. (First Broadcast 1975) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/16/200942 minutes, 50 seconds
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DocArchive (2000): Where There Is Light

For many years Irish lighthouses have safely guided passing ships safely along our shores. This documentary tells the story of those whose job it was to look after the many lighthouses around the country. Living and working in this solitary environment often took a toll on the men’s mental health, emotions and family life. (First Broadcast 2000) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/16/200941 minutes, 52 seconds
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DocArchive (2009): On Hunting

A documentary from the Australian national broadcaster ABC that follows a group of professional hunters. It examines ideas about hunting and asks a question: if we kill an animal for food, is it murder? (First Broadcast 2009) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/15/200940 minutes, 45 seconds
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DocArchive (1981): Limerick's Theatres

Limerick is a city steeped in culture and history. It also has a great history in amateur andprofessional dramatics. In this piece, Pat Feeley explores the theatre scene of Limerick in 1981. From the early theatres that were the backbone of dramatics in the city to some of the stars that Limerick theatre has produced. (First Broadcast 1981) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/15/200939 minutes, 26 seconds
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DocArchive (1974): The Relevance of St Thomas

A programme compiled to mark the 700 year anniversary of the death of philosopher and theologian, St. Thomas Aquinas.; He was born in Italy, but worked throughout Europe. Perhaps his greatest contribution to the Catholic Church is his writings. (First Broadcast 1974) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/15/200948 minutes, 58 seconds
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DocArchive (1981): Stand and Deliver

In 1981 there was a dearth of comedians in Ireland. In this documentary Des Hickey finds out from the people who put themselves on the line in front of an audience. He joins the search for comedy performers, including funny men Andrew McQuillan, Syl Fox and Hal Roach. (First Broadcast 1981) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/14/200938 minutes, 44 seconds
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DocArchive (1976): Living with Cancer

Thousands of people die from cancer each year in Ireland. Experts say that the earlier cancer is detected, the more treatable it can be. In this documentary, Ruth Buchanan looks at the different ways in which cancer can be controlled. (First Broadcast 1976) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/14/200939 minutes, 44 seconds
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DocArchive (2007): The Blue Watch

For a week in 2007, Liam O'Brien joined up with The Blue Watch, stationed at Anglesea Street in Cork. Their shifts change between day shifts and nights shifts, most are 12hrs. However, nothing is routine when fire and emergency are your business. (First Broadcast 2007) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/14/200940 minutes, 59 seconds
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DocArchive (2009): This is Maria McCrae

Maria McCrae spent most of her life in foster care. When she tried to look for her family, social services made the search extremely difficult. This documentary raises serious questions about the rights of children who have been placed in foster care. (First Broadcast 2009) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/13/200943 minutes, 30 seconds
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DocArchive (1977): Mr Watson, Come here - I want to see you

On March 7th, 1874, Alexander Graham Bell, by just a matter of hours, wins the race in the development and patent of the telephone. What a coup! And the first words ever spoken on the telephone? Bell to his assistance, "Mr Watson - Come here - I want to see you" (First Broadcast 1977) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/11/200942 minutes, 46 seconds
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DocArchive (1980): The Loneliness of Old Age

Being old in our society can be tough – apart from sickness and poverty, many old people can feel isolated and lonely. This documentary was made in 1980 when people were only beginning to consider this as an issue. (First Broadcast 1980) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/10/200939 minutes, 1 second
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DocArchive (1976): The Parish

Everything is local - We journey into the sounds and flavours of a typical parish in 1970's Ireland - into the community of St. Mary's, located in the heart of Limerick city. From the individuals who shape a parish to those who work there. (First Broadcast 1976) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/10/200940 minutes, 21 seconds
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DocArchive (2005): Kidnapped - The Herrema Diaries

On October 3rd 1975 republicans, Eddie Gallagher and Marion Coyle, abducted and kidnapped a Dutch businessman, Dr. Tiede Herrema, from near his home in Castletroy, Co. Limerick. 30 Years later, Dr Herrema's diary of the crime is made public. (First Broadcast 2005) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/9/200939 minutes, 52 seconds
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DocArchive (1980): Irish Lights

The wave-swept lighthouse has always had an aura of romance, but this documentary covers the history of the lighthouses from the days of the medieval lighthouses in Youghal, Co. Cork to the Tuskar Light tragedy of 1812 and the role of the lighthouses in relief operations in places like the Blasket Islands. (First Broadcast 1980) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/9/200938 minutes, 18 seconds
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Doc Archive (1975): Did you hear the one about?

We have a certain way of joking in Ireland - a certain type of comedy that is difficult to find in other places. Whilst laughing along (hopefully) Kevin O' Connor will examine a montage of language, prejudice and humour from the mid 1970's (First Broadcast 1975) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/9/200936 minutes, 40 seconds
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DocArchive (1980): With Sincere Sympathy

Most people who die leave behind a circle of people who will be going on what can be a long journey through grief. Grief is a normal and natural reaction to the death of a loved one .This documentary looks at bereavement from a personal and expert point of view. (First Broadcast 1980) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/8/200938 minutes, 50 seconds
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DocArchive (2006): The Week to Come

A documentary told by those who took part in the 1916 Rising. It is made from archive recordings made by Proinsias Mac Aonghusa in the 1960's, broadcast during the 50th anniversary commemoration as "The Week of the Rising". (First Broadcast 2006) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/8/200953 minutes, 40 seconds
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DocArchive (1971): Women of the Revolution

Some of the women who were heavily involved in the conflict at the Easter Rising in Dublin in 1916. Contributors include Nora Connolly O'Brien, the daughter of James Connolly; Rosie Hackett who was the only woman present for the printing of the Proclamation; Margaret Skinnider - the only woman wounded in the crossfire. (First Broadcast 1971) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/8/200951 minutes, 58 seconds
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DocArchive (1980): As Others See Us

Built on the river Lee, the Rebel county is the second biggest city in the country. But what is it like to experience this city though foreign eyes?; What makes Cork tick, what is it that brings this city to life? Made by the BBC this is an insight into the social history and traditions of the city. (First broadcast 1980) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/7/200939 minutes, 43 seconds
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DocArchive (2009): Loss Can Build a Bridge

November 8th 2007 marked the 20th anniversary of the Enniskillen bombing in Co. Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. Eleven people were killed and sixty three were injured. In this documentary, two women who lost family during the Troubles, reflect on the human cost of the Northern Conflict. (First Broadcast 2009) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/7/200941 minutes, 18 seconds
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DocArchive (1976): Fleeting City the London Years of Patrick Kavanagh

Irish poet and novelist Patrick Kavanagh fled Ireland numerous times. He went to London in search of freedom and to be recognised in English literary society. In this documentary, Kevin O'Connor explores Kavanagh's life and career. (First Broadcast 1976) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/6/200942 minutes, 57 seconds
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DocArchive (2008): The Partial Life of Mary X

‘’Mary X’’, an intellectually handicapped mother of nine, spent most of her life on the streets. Instead of receiving the one-on-one care that she needed, Mary fell through the cracks in the system and her children were put into care. (First Published 2008) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/5/200940 minutes, 54 seconds
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DocArchive (1995): Blue Rinse and Starch - 1945 Laundress Strike

In 1945, women laundry workers went on strike for a second week's holiday. The strike removed over 1,500 workers from 13 weeks of work, and affected 14 laundries in Dublin city. This documentary tells of a historic conflict over workers' rights. (First Broadcast 1995) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/5/200941 minutes, 48 seconds
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DocArchive (1975): You win some, You lose some

For some there's no greater high than a horse winning or a late goal or a royal flush in poker. But this is more than a thrill; it's a bet, the kind of high you get addicted to. Gambling can become an addiction and this documentary examines the social effects of gambling, addictions and rehabilitation. (First Broadcast 1975) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/4/200938 minutes, 49 seconds
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DocArchive (1980): Valley of the Writers

In 1980, Ashford, Co. Wicklow became a popular destination for writers from all over the world. They arrived to nestle into their beautiful surroundings. But why? This documentary tells of the draw to "the Valley" for these writers (First Broadcast 1980) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/3/200942 minutes, 21 seconds
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DocArchive (1975): Spin Slow and Deep

In 1975 Kieran Sheedy and Dick Warner headed off to discover the sport of coarse fishing. For those not in the know coarse fishing is river or freshwater fishing for species such as pike, bream and perch to mention a few. After that, it's a baiting and waiting game. (First Broadcast 1975) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/3/200939 minutes, 20 seconds
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DocArchive (1996): David

This award winning documentary tells the story of a sister and family who grow up with an intellectually disabled brother. This is an intimate and beautiful window into one families love for each other. (First Broadcast 1996) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/3/200942 minutes, 28 seconds
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DocArchive (1997): Springtime--It Brings on the Shearing

With over 110 million sheep, Australia is one of the most sheep-populated countries in the world. But what is life like carrying out the biggest job in the sheep calendar? Here, sheep shearers are given a voice (First Broadcast 1997 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/2/200942 minutes, 5 seconds
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DocArchive (2005): Leaving Belmullet

The story of migrant workers from North Mayo and their travel to Scotland to pick potatoes during the 20th century. We hear about the history and tragic deaths of some of the immigrants. It had been prophesised that the first and last trains to Achill would carry the bodies of dead people. (First Broadcast 2005) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/2/200941 minutes, 27 seconds
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DocArchive (1975): Bullets and Bowls

Irish road bowling is an ancient sport. It's centered in Ireland - in Co Armagh and Co Cork. The game is played by throwing an 800 gram bowl or "bullet" along a country road course, up to 4 km long, and the fewest throws wins the contest. (First Broadcast 1975) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/2/200943 minutes, 54 seconds
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DocArchive (1979): Whiskey with an E

Irish whiskey was one of the earliest distilled alcohol drinks in Europe, arising around the 12th century. Irish whiskey comes in several forms; grain, blended, single malt, pure pot still. An investigation just what it takes to make whiskey of the highest standard, and what it is that makes the Irish so famous at this craft. (First Broadcast 1979) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/2/200938 minutes, 54 seconds
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DocArchive (1980): Naval service

Charged with minding our seas, our coastline and much else besides, this documentary tells the story of the Irish Naval service. Barraí Mecall explores the history of the military service and important figures from the Navy (First Broadcast 1980) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/1/200942 minutes, 56 seconds
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DocArchive (1985): Francis Street

A documentary on the inner city Dublin street, Francis St and the Iveagh Market. Francis St is in the heart of Dublin. We hear the stories from life in the old days, the Iveagh Market and its stalls and the effects of depopulation on the environment and the social lives of residents. (Broadcast 1985) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/1/200939 minutes, 23 seconds
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DocArchive (1978): Bridges for the Bashful

The world of romance, relationships and dating is forever evolving. Long before the days of the internet, this documentary looks at the trend of computer dating in 1970’s Ireland. Speaking to members of the universal and computer bureaus in Dublin. A story of love and technology!(First Broadcast 1978) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/1/200943 minutes, 52 seconds
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DocArchive (1996): Moore's Melodies

Aodan O Dubhghaill presents some of the social issues addressed by the legendary Co. Kildare singer songwriter Christy Moore in his songs. This documentary touches on issues covered by Christy - anything from Knock Airport to soccer to travellers. (First Broadcast 1996) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/1/200942 minutes, 13 seconds
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DocArchive (1978): Good Enough Music For Them Who Love It - Pipers & Makers

The pipe has played a huge role in traditional Irish music for centuries and still does to this day. In this documentary we meet both Irish pipe players and pipe makers. They talk to us about their music and of course their love of piping and traditional Irish music. Produced by Proinsias O Conluain. (First Broadcast 1978) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/1/200943 minutes, 32 seconds
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DocArchive (1984): History of the Irish potato

Sir Walter Raleigh's is revered as the man who brought the potato to Ireland from South America. In this documentary John Skehan looks at the importance of the potato in Ireland, as well as the history and sociological impact of the potato in Ireland. (First Broadcast 1984) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/1/200943 minutes, 54 seconds
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DocArchive (1976): American Journey Pt II

Highlights from John Skehan’s journey across America. This documentary includes: the assimilation of Irish in the US, Young Indian on Indian rights, White view of Indians situation, Ecology and tourism, Mid west mining town of Hill City, Mount Rushmore ceremony, Wyoming policeman and a cowboy on his work. (First Broadcast 1976) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/1/200938 minutes, 40 seconds
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DocArchive (1978): Bridge on the river Liffey

The Matt Talbot Bridge is a road bridge spanning the River Liffey in Dublin city centre. It links Custom House Quay on the north bank of the river to City Quay on the south bank, and was completed in 1978. This is the story of that bridge. Produced and presented by Proinsias O Conluain. (First Broadcast 1978) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/1/200942 minutes, 16 seconds
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Patricia, Mary and Mary-Lou too

The story of three female candidates of Dublin Central in the run up for the General Election of 2007. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/30/200741 minutes, 43 seconds
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DocArchive (2005): Early Doors, No More!

The 12th of December 1955, the opera house in Cork was destroyed by fire. The destruction of the Old Opera house affected the people on an emotional level. The burning is equivocated in the minds of Cork people with that of the assassination of John F Kennedy - everyone remembers where they were on that wet and stormy winter's night. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/25/200542 minutes, 26 seconds
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DocArchive (2004): The Little Eva Story

In 1962, a teenage singer called Little Eva was plucked from obscurity and shot to stardom with her number one smash hit, "The Locomotion". She enjoyed relative success with her next single but struggled to re-create the popularity of her original hit. After the dizzy heights of fame, how did Eva adjust to life out of the spotlight? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/3/200438 minutes, 17 seconds
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Doc Archive (2004): Bulldozer and Buckleppin

Two short documentaries. In ‘Break a Nail’, Camilla Duncan is a Westmeath grandmother who drives a bulldozer for her living. In ‘Jumping for Tanzania’, the Co. Meath Kells Heritage Buckleppin' Competition took place to raise money for the Makiumiu Hospital in Tanzania, Africa. (First Broadcast 2004) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/20/200426 minutes, 42 seconds
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Doc Archive (2004): Skerries 100

Skerries 100 is organised by The Loughshinny Motor Cycle Supporters Club in Skerries Co. Dublin. The sport is dangerous and exciting for its participants. We wish offer our condolences to the family and friends of Freddie Russell, Travelling Marshall, who died following an incident at this year's races. (First Broadcast 2004) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/13/200425 minutes, 31 seconds
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DocArchive (2004): D-Day 60 Years On - The Forgotten Heroes

To mark the 60th anniversary of the D-Day landings. Derek Davis visits the Normandy Beaches where the largest amphibious invasion in military history was held on June 6th 1944. Paratroopers & glider troops were already on the ground behind enemy lines, Davis hears from Irish-men who fought and killed with Allies in Normandy. (2004) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/18/200440 minutes, 16 seconds
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Doc Archive (2003) Unconquered Champion

A look at the life and works of essayist William Hazlitt, the 18th century English writer best known for his humanist essays. Willett spent much of his childhood in Ireland. In particular we look at his most celebrated essay, 'The Fight' (2003) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/26/200342 minutes, 9 seconds
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DocArchive (2002): The Tallymen of Tralee

Tallymen have a passion for politics and most would have been canvassing in the run-up to this election. But today, the Tallymen are centre stage, it is all about compiling the data to make early predictions. This election is hard to call with Sinn Féin tipped to win and Fianna Fáil doing badly in the polls. Can they handle the pressure? (2002) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/31/200228 minutes, 4 seconds
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DocArchive(2001): They Sang Freedom

A treasure of recordings found in producer, Bill Meek's attic. Untouched for over three decades, they tell the story of the Civil Rights Movement in America's Deep South. Journeying from heartland of bluegrass to the heart of the blues to find out more about the injustices and brutality that people suffered as they fought for equal rights.(2001) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/21/200142 minutes, 1 second
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DocArchive (2001): The Mahrs of Dublin

The second of two documentaries by Gerry Mullins about the 1932 to 1939 correspondences between Dr Adolf Mahr, the great Nazi archaeologist based for some years in Dublin, and his Jewish friend, philanthropist Albert Bender. This second part tells the story of what happened to Adolf and his children after their return to Nazi Germany. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/30/200143 minutes, 2 seconds
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DocArchive (2000): Sing Out Gloria

This documentary followed the progress of Ireland's only lesbian and gay choir 'Glória' from final rehearsals to their appearance on stage at GALA 2000, an international choral festival for lesbian and gay choirs. The first Irish choir to sing at such an event. It also examines the importance to its members of being part of an openly gay. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/7/200042 minutes, 22 seconds
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DocArchive (2000): 40 days and 40 nights on The Reek

Chris Doris spent 40 days and 40 nights camped out on top of Croagh Patrick. Doris, a local artist, envisaged this experience as a “social sculpture”. Acting as a type of tour guide, he met with thousands of climbers and pilgrims, hearing their stories and seeking to find out what connects people to this mountain. (First broadcast 2000) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/7/200042 minutes
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DocArchive (2000): Where's Your Mamma Gone?

In 1971 Vincent Blackwell was strangled and killed, he was 8 years old. His body was found by Watery Lane, hidden under bottles in a pram. The person responsible for this crime was a 12 year old boy. Why was Vincent killed and what motivates a child to attack another? (First broadcast 2000) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/31/200044 minutes, 42 seconds
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DocArchive (2000): Spanish Room

The intensity of Flamenco music is brought to life in the town of St. John's in Newfoundland by the members of El Viento Flamenco troupe. Each member brings a flavour of their own musical influences to this traditional art form which gives their performances an added twist. What attracted these artists to the Flamenco genre? (2000) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/16/200041 minutes, 46 seconds
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DocArchive (1999): Pope in Ireland

From papal stools to singing priests to a youth mass, all part of the papal visit to Ireland in 1979. This documentary celebrates the 20th anniversary of Pope John Paul’s visit to Ireland. Over 2.5 million people attended seven events over two and half days. The visit marked the centenary of the reputed apparitions at the Shrine of Knock. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/17/199942 minutes, 21 seconds
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DocArchive (1998): The Accrington Pals

Accrington, like a thousand towns across Europe, enjoyed the flaming summer of 1914, but life in the East Lancashire town was not one of contentment. The boom time was coming to an end and the Great War offered young men an escape from the daily drudgery and the chance of an adventure. Sadly, many would never return home. (1998) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/7/199838 minutes, 41 seconds
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DocArchive(1998): God's Own Farmers

Cistercian bells have been ringing across Europe since 1098. This religious order created the continent's first farmlands. In 1998, they celebrated 900 yrs of prayer and farming. Arriving in Ireland in 1142, their architecture is seen in the picturesque ruins of their abbeys. What influence did they have on economic life in medieval Ireland? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/6/199843 minutes, 24 seconds
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DocArchive (1997): My Generation

Music in the 1960s was the form of articulation of a generation that was changing things and was quite aware that it was changing things. Flower power was short lived in Ireland but it had a profound effect on young people at the time. What was life like in Ireland during the swinging sixties? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/27/199741 minutes, 54 seconds
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DocArchive (1997): Time Piece

Mary Mulvihill explores the concept of time. Along the way, Mary visits Dunsink Observatory, Timpiece Antique Clocks and the Institute of Horology where she meets those who are passionate about time - it's origins, history and meaning. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/5/199739 minutes, 34 seconds
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DocArchive (1997) All the Tired Horses

In 1996, following campaigns by animal rights groups and local communities, new licensing laws were introduced to protect the welfare of horses. An estimated 3,000 urban horses were living on Dublin estates, the majority of them under the care of local children. What do these new rules mean for Dublin youths and how will their lives change? (1997) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/21/199741 minutes, 45 seconds
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DocArchive (1997): House, pianos and cups of tea.

Since its foundation in 1988, the Dublin International Piano Competition has grown in stature and now ranks among the most important piano competitions in the world. Previous winners acknowledge the role it has had on their careers. The success of this event relies on the generosity of volunteers who work tirelessly behind the scenes. (1997) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/30/199730 minutes, 4 seconds
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DocArchive (1996): Goodnight Ballivor, I'll Sleep in Trim

Goodnight Ballivor, I'll Sleep in Trim is an expression known to many across Ireland but for Radio Producer John Quinn, it is his memoir of a childhood in the Meath village of Ballivor. This documentary was first broadcast on RTÉ Radio 1 on 7th of May 1996. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/30/199642 minutes, 48 seconds
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DocArchive (1996): In For The Feis

Since the first Feis Ceoil of 1897, students and musicians from across Ireland and beyond have entered the annual music Feis Ceoil competition. James Joyce won the Bronze Medal in the Tenor Competition but left the stage as he did not agree with the stipulation that competitors had to do some sight-reading. (1996) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/20/199642 minutes, 14 seconds
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DocArchive (1996): Cricket: The Season

The season has kicked off in Knockbrack Cricket Club, members welcome their rivals, dressed head to toe in white, to join them in a game which still observes the old formalities of a colonial past. The grass is perfectly flat and refreshments are ready to be served- let the games begin. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/4/199636 minutes, 4 seconds
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DocArchive (1996): Children at the top of the stairs

The Victorian house that loomed in the suburbs of Clontarf was the Children's Orthopaedic Hospital. With most of the children bedridden, they amused themselves with shadow plays, fairy tales and their books. For some, Sundays were the best days as parents arrived with tales from home, and for others, it was just another day of the week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/4/199641 minutes, 24 seconds
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DocArchive (1994): Piano Passions

What does it take to become a great piano player? Pianists Billy Brown and Peter O’Brien share memories of when they started to learn to when they played piano in crowded bars with some of the greats. Ruth McGinley talks about the dedication needed to practice. However some musicians would tell you to forget the theory and just play! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/29/199442 minutes, 17 seconds
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DocArchive (1994): War and Want

Two nations tell apparently separate stories, yet these are both tales of war and of want, and both trace their roots to the destructive effects of apartheid. Local villages in South Africa and Mozambique try to rebuild after years of neglect through self-aid schemes set up by community leaders. (1994) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/8/199442 minutes, 31 seconds
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DocArchive(1993): Fatal Attraction-Shining Path Movement Peru

Sendero Luminoso take their name from Peru's first prominent Marxist, José Carlos Mariátegui, who said that Marxism will open the shining path to revolution. That path has been tarnished by their brutal campaign. Throughout the 1980s Peru's long-suffering people were caught between the violence of the Sendero and terror by the state. (1993) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/28/199343 minutes, 12 seconds
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DocArchive (1993): The Ferry People

The Ferry to France has always had a cherished place among families throughout Ireland who packed up the car for the dream of a sunshine holiday. Staff and ship crew of The Saint Killian II speak of their crossings trying to keep this ship afloat on a sailing from Rosslare to Cherbourg (1993) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/20/199341 minutes, 14 seconds
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DocArchive (1993): Back To The Future

Marius Schoon, a long-time activist in the African National Congress who spent many years in Ireland as a political exile following the death of his wife and daughter. Nelson Mandela described him as "an enduring example of the fight for non-racialism and democracy. Mr. Schoon died in February 1999. Produced and presented by Rodney Rice (1993) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/13/199342 minutes, 2 seconds
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DocArchive (1993): Halfway House

A snapshot of relationships in Ireland at a time when they were considered to be scandalous ... Bill Long talks to people, involved with much older or much younger partners. All these relationships started out with hope and enthusiasm, some lasted and some didn’t... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/9/199342 minutes, 54 seconds
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DocArchive (1993): No Less Than Men

Almost 30,000 people were killed and 130,000 injured in German bomb attacks on London during the World War II. Four Irish women relive their experiences of living in London at that time. Having lived in the midst of a war, Mary Fahy, Maureen Foley, Mary Burke and Sheila Kavanagh, all had strong views on Ireland’s neutrality. (1993) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/26/199342 minutes, 3 seconds
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Doc Archive (1993): Till The Morning Comes

Till The Morning Comes: Night Life in Dublin is a documentary portrait of Dublin while the city sleeps. Producer Yetti Redmond finds out about the night owls, shift workers and even heros that keep Ireland's capital ticking. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/18/199340 minutes, 43 seconds
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DocArchive (1993): Claddagh Kingdom: Claddagh Villagers Speak

The ancient fishing village of Claddagh was once a self-governing community with its own elected King, who commanded the fishing fleet and upheld the community’s customs. The sight of a red-haired girl would cause the fishermen to abandon their seafaring plans for the day. Did any of the old traditions survive over time? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/13/199341 minutes, 27 seconds
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DocArchive (1993): Children of Belsen Story

Following liberation, five orphaned children from Belsen concentration camp were brought to Ireland by Dr Bob Collis and adopted by Irish families. They remember their lives before they were captured and sent to Belsen, talk about how they survived the horrors of the holocaust and adapted to their new lives in Ireland. ( 1993 ) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/7/199345 minutes, 27 seconds
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DocArchive (1993) : The Golden Years

Free from the constraints of working life, retirement is the time to start embracing a new-found freedom and enjoying your life. Growing old should be celebrated; seen as a chance to explore new interests and embark on adventures. The world is your oyster so time to start ticking off that bucket list. (1993) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/19/199355 minutes, 27 seconds
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DocArchive (1993): Indian from Clare

Dr Moosajee Bhamjee became the first Muslim TD in Dáil Éireann when he was elected as a Labour deputy for Clare in 1992. Bhamjee was born in South Africa in 1947, he settled in Ireland in the 1970s after studying medicine at the Royal College of Surgeons where he met his future wife, Claire. What attracted this psychiatrist to Irish Politics? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/23/199341 minutes, 39 seconds
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DocArchive (1993): Between the Devil and the Holy See

James Montgomery was the first Irish Film Censor between 1923 and 1940. Drawing on his memoirs this documentary details the life of one of Ireland's most important cultural gatekeepers. ( First Broadcast 1993 ) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/9/199342 minutes, 29 seconds
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DocArchive (1992): Counting the Days

The 12th of May 1989, Jackie Mann was snatched off the streets of Beirut and disappeared as if the earth had swallowed him up. He was taken hostage by terrorists and held for 865 days. His wife, Sunnie Mann, campaigned tirelessly for his release and garnered international attention. Was Mann a victim of being in the wrong place at the wrong time? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/28/199242 minutes, 34 seconds
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DocArchive(1992): Trail of Tears - A Vision Quest

Descendants of the Choctaw people return to their homelands in Mississippi to honour their ancestors, who had their land thorn away from them and were driven ruthlessly into a wilderness. What long-term effects did these relocations have on the Choctaw's way of life and their traditions? How difficult was it to keep their culture alive? (1992) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/27/199241 minutes, 12 seconds
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DocArchive (1992): Trail of Tears - The Choctaw March

Forcibly driven from their homelands in Mississippi, the Choctaw Indians trekked 500 miles on a journey that was to be known as the Trail of Tears. We retrace their footsteps and look at the hardships the people endured en route, as many suffered from exposure, disease, and starvation, and great numbers died before reaching their destination. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/20/199242 minutes, 1 second
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DocArchive(1991): Immigrating to Ireland - Fish and Chip Families

The Borza and Fusco families moved from the Lazio region of Italy to Ireland and set up very successful fish and chip shops in Parnell Street, Artane and Rialto in Dublin. They tell their stories. (First Broadcast 1991) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/6/199141 minutes, 30 seconds
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DocArchive (1991): Dark Is A Way Light Is A Place

Writer and broadcaster Bill Long traces the life and torturous spiritual journey of the 16th century Spanish mystic of Saint John of The Cross. A Carmelite friar and priest of Marrano orgin, orphaned as a child, he developed a close relationship with Saint Teresa of çvila. (1991) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/1/199142 minutes, 33 seconds
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DocArchive (1991): Keeping the Peace - His Story

Tommy O’Reilly remembers his passing out ceremony, proudly marching by his family in his Irish Army uniform. For Tommy, the decision to volunteer for active service in Lebanon was an easy one; he believes that it is his duty as a soldier. But, with recent reports of hostages captured in the region, this is an anxious time for his family.(1991) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/17/199143 minutes, 36 seconds
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DocArchive(1991): Keeping the Peace - Her Story

Sgt. Sharon Duggan applied to join the Irish Army while she was in secondary school. She was part of a group of women who marched into history as the first female recruits to the Irish Defence Forces. She embarked on a lifelong ambition to serve in Lebanon as part of the UN peacekeeping forces. How did Sharon adapt to life in this war-torn country? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/10/199141 minutes, 34 seconds
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DocArchive (1991): Countdown to a November Offensive.

On the 16th of November 1989, armed men broke into the University of Central America, pulled people from their beds, and shot them dead. The victims were 6 Jesuit scholars, their housekeeper, and her 15-year-old daughter. The massacre is remembered as one of the worst atrocities of the Salvadoran Civil War. Who ordered these murders? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/21/199142 minutes, 31 seconds
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DocArchive (1990): Steve Coughlan - Episodes of his Career

Veteran Limerick politician, Stevie Coughlan, and his wife, Peggy recall episodes from his long and colourful career; the Blueshirts and the 1932 election, standing as a Clann na Poblachta candidate in 1954, Noel Browne and the Mother and Child Scheme, divisions within the Labour Party, and becoming the Mayor of his beloved Limerick City. (1990) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/10/199040 minutes, 8 seconds
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DocArchive (1990): The Wonderful Country Far Away

John Boyle O'Reilly (b.1844) was an Irish poet, journalist, author and activist. As a youth he was a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, or Fenians, for which he was transported to Western Australia. After escaping to the United States, he became a prominent newspaper editor standing up for the Irish community and culture (1990) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/13/199043 minutes, 23 seconds
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DocArchive (1990): Making of a President

Mary Therese Winifred Robinson served as the seventh president of Ireland. She is widely regarded as a transformative figure for Ireland and the presidency. This is a profile on the former president and her election campaign. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/31/19901 hour, 3 minutes, 23 seconds
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DocArchive (1989): 15th International Brigade Stands Down

Veterans of the 15th International Brigade who fought for The Republic in the Spanish Civil War between 1936 and 1938 reassemble in Barcelona 50 years following their final march through the city. Comprising of volunteers from all over the world, they recount their experiences, remember lost comrades, and reflect on the trauma of war. (1989) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/14/198944 minutes, 44 seconds
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DocArchive(1988): In Our Own Words

The experiences of Irish immigrants living and working in London are dramatised in this documentary. Arriving in London with nothing but the clothes on their back, sleeping rough in Victoria Station, wandering the streets as they struggle to get work, robbing to feed themselves, and drinking their sorrows away. (1988) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/14/198840 minutes, 28 seconds
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DocArchive (1988): Sheriff Street Flat Complex

In the shadow of the multi-million Custom House Dock's scheme, the people of Sheriff Street wonder if this development will provide much-needed employment to the area, which has fallen into serious decline through the closure of local factories, but many locals are sceptical about the promises for a brighter future. (1988) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/15/198840 minutes, 7 seconds
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DocArchive (1987): The Story Fatima

The miracle of Fatima began in May 1917 when three children tending their sheep claimed to have been visited by the Virgin Mary. She reappeared to them over the next 6 months, her final visit became known as The Miracle of the Sun. 70yrs on this documentary looks at the Cult of Our Lady of Fatima and the people who make this pilgrimage each year? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/24/198749 minutes, 11 seconds
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DocArchive (1987): Wilkinson on Broadway

Irish tenor and actor, Colm Wilkinson, best known for originating the role of Jean Valjean in Les Misérables in the West End and Broadway talks about his life in musical theatre and preparing to leave this iconic character behind as he moves on to new productions. (1987) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/5/198746 minutes, 24 seconds
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DocArchive (1987): Woman at the Window

Mary Leadbeater's letters tell the stories of real people from the village of Ballitore at the beginning of the 19th Century. Giving us an insight into the life of a remarkable woman, who wrote constantly about the people she met and the events that were unfolding at this time, including witnessing first-hand the horrors of the 1798 rebellion. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/8/198742 minutes, 35 seconds
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DocArchive (1966): Hidden Manna

Contemplative monks from the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of England speak about life behind the walls of the monastery and challenge common misconceptions about their vocation. What are the mysteries behind this life a prayer, and what is the point of the contemplative life? (1966) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/22/198643 minutes, 26 seconds
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DocArchive(1986): Afternoon Tea at the Athenaeum

Andy O'Mahony joins Dr. A. L. Rowse for afternoon tea at the Athenaeum in London on November 14th 1985. The many topics up for discussion include the left-wing politics of the Oxford scene in the 1920s and 30s, Rowse's admiration for Margaret Thatcher and his modernisation of Shakespeare's plays. (1986) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/29/198644 minutes, 41 seconds
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DocArchive (1986): Green Water Ribbon

Ireland is the perfect place to sail around, the course retains a magic all of its own for most sailors. However, when the ingredients include a modern ocean racing catamaran, extreme weather from gale to calm, and a diverse crew attempting to break the all-time around Ireland record - the outcome is captivating. Will they succeed? (1986) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/2/198644 minutes, 41 seconds
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DocArchive(1985): View from the Thames

A journey through the boroughs of London city meeting Irish people who left their home to seek fortune in this bright and fast-moving metropolitan. London offers many young Irish a life of opportunity and adventure. But, at this time of year, the city can be a lonely place for those who cannot make it back home for Christmas. (1985) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/12/198544 minutes, 59 seconds
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DocArchive (1985): Mulligan

Mulligan was an Irish record company in the 70s and 80s with a catalogue ranging from traditional to contemporary. However, it was far from a typical 9 to 5 office. This collective had an idealistic approach and was perhaps ahead of it's time Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/2/198546 minutes, 24 seconds
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DocArchive (1985): With Pen and Paper

A profile of the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies which was established in 1940 by the then Taoiseach, Éamon de Valera. We look at how DIAS became a world leader in advanced research and Celtic Studies. (1985) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/1/198544 minutes, 7 seconds
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DocArchive(1985) Save the last dance for me

Ballroom dancing enjoyed a revival during the 1980s in dancehalls all over the country, especially in the west. People flocked to their local community halls to listen to music which brought back memories of youth and past romances. Might they find new love on the dancefloor? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/9/198545 minutes, 58 seconds
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DocArchive (1985): Best Team In The World

For over four decades, TEAM Educational Theatre Company was one of Ireland's longest established theatres in Ireland. It earned national acclaim working within the primary and post-primary system, and on it's tenth anniversary we hear from students who have been part of this programme from Dublin to Donegal. (1985) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/21/198540 minutes, 31 seconds
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DocArchive (1985): East Germany Today

This 1985 documentary provides an insight into the former East German state, hearing from families and their opinions on a wide range of topics from housing and transport needs to holidays, education, entertainment and religion. The programme was first broadcast in May 1985, compiled and presented by Brendan O’Heithir and produced by Micheal Holmes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/3/198543 minutes, 53 seconds
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DocArchive (1983): A Town No God Could Please

This is a history of Belfast, from its beginnings as a river-crossing, through its centuries of radical politics and commercial enterprise to the nightmare of the Troubles. Based on the book "“Belfast – An Illustrated History” by Jonathan Bardon (1983). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/16/198343 minutes, 6 seconds
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DocArchive (1982): Families for Children Fostering

Ireland has a long tradition of fostering in Ireland. Families have always taken care of the young and vulnerable but many opt to foster children for long periods of time. An insight into fostering, social work and children in foster care in 1982 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/6/198237 minutes, 46 seconds
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DocArchive (1982): The Long Wait

Kidnapping has had a devastating effect on families in Ireland for decades. This documentary looks at cases of men and women in Northern Ireland and in the South, who have gone missing. Often the mystery remains unsolved and families have to deal with the aftermath. (First Broadcast 1982) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/4/198238 minutes, 4 seconds
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DocArchive (1982): Boy from Bruree

This documentary on the young De Valera and his limerick background is based on Donnagha O’Dulaing’s series ’A Boy from Bruree’. Presenter Donncha O’Dulaing speaks about how the recording came to be. From his early childhood through to primary school and secondary school, Dev talks fondly of these times in Bruree County Limerick. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/23/198243 minutes, 57 seconds
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DocArchive (1981): Three Wishes of John Bradburne

Three wishes in the life of John Bradburne. A mystic, pilgrim, and poet he joined the war in 1939 looking for adventure but instead, he found religion. He converted to Catholicism and began his pilgrim across the world. His last journey was to a leper colony in Zimbabwe where he fell victim to its civil war. Did he get his last wish? (1981) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/12/198139 minutes, 37 seconds
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DocArchive (1981): Social Partners in Europe

Our Documentary archive from 1981 looks at the EEC's Economic and Social Committee, the organisation known before the European Union was formed. We hear from diplomats and politicians in Europe about the structure and issues of such an organisation, as Ireland was a relatively new member and many felt it could do more for Ireland at home. (1981) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/25/198139 minutes, 18 seconds
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DocArchive (1951): Wexford Scrapbook

Take a step back to the 1950's and ramble through the narrow streets of Wexford town where its rich and vibrant history can be stumbled upon at every turn. Over the centuries, the people of this medieval town have borne witness to some of the worst massacres in Irish history, famous rebellions, and foreign invasions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/13/198129 minutes, 33 seconds
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DocArchive(1981): Forum, National School System 1831

Established by the British Government in 1831, Irish National Schools were originally multi-denominational. The schools were controlled by a State body and the National Board of Education (mixed religions). Featuring voices, text books, legislation and religion, we explore the founding of the national school system in Ireland (1981) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/12/198143 minutes, 21 seconds
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DocArchive (1981): Fastnet '81

The Fastnet biennial race challenges the most experienced sailors as the unpredictable weather means it is one of the most dangerous races in the world. The 1981 race has an air of trepidation as the last time it took place, in 1979, 15 sailors died in what became known as one of the biggest ocean disasters in history. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/18/198138 minutes, 41 seconds
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DocArchive (1981): Digging for Gold

What are the chances of striking gold in your own backyard? What if your discovery turns out to be priceless? In 1979, Michael Webb and his son, also named Michael, unearthed a treasure hoard on an ancient monastic site in Tipperary that included the Derrynaflan Chalice. Who is entitled to this priceless find, the state or the person who found it? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/11/198138 minutes, 25 seconds
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DocArchive (1981): Man in the Wee Room

Bedridden following a serious accident on the Canadian railroads, playwright, George Shiels, was inspired by Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. Paralysed and back in his native Ballymoney, he started writing short stories and plays. His work caught the attention of The Abbey where he later became their leading comic writer.(1981) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/13/198139 minutes, 49 seconds
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DocArchive (1981): London to Brighton - at 10MPH

Vintage cars of all shapes and sizes travelling at a speed of 10mph splutter and chug their way along the streets of London. Cheering crowds wave their flags while sipping on hot cups of tea. This is the longest-running motor event in the world and the largest gathering of veteran cars. Can the old-timers make the journey from London to Brighton? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/6/198143 minutes, 33 seconds
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DocArchive (1981): Down to Earth First All Ireland Arctic Expedition

Three Irish explorers set off on a 6-month expedition to The Arctic. How do they prepare physically and mentally, and what do they need to do to keep frostbite at bay? What links exist between The Arctic and Ireland? ( 1981 ) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/28/19811 hour, 6 seconds
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DocArchive (1980): Last Fiddle Master

Pádraig Ó Caoimh is regarded as one of the most influential fiddle players of all time and the greatest in the Sliabh Luachra style. Born in 1887 in Gleantán, he was the eldest of 8 children from a musical family. A music master, he passed his skills to many pupils and his influence on traditional music can be heard everywhere today. (1980) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/4/198039 minutes, 13 seconds
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DocArchive (1980): Image Makers

The art and science of Public Relations is explored. In Ireland, in 1980, there were 150 full time PR practitioners and it was a rapidly expanding industry at the time. The myth of a gin swilling, cigar smoking PR man who parries tricky questions at press conferences, is debunked. It is more than throwing lavish parties and working a room... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/18/198042 minutes, 40 seconds
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DocArchive (1980): Dark Clouds over the Cruacha Gorma

The Blue Stack Mountains also known as na Cruacha Gorma are the major mountain range in the south of county Donegal. There is a particular history to this area of traditional music, crafts and Irish language. Pat Ward and Joe Gibbons are just two of the locals who speak in this documentary about the changes they've seen in their community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/21/198039 minutes, 21 seconds
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DocArchive (1980): McCarthyism; The Fall of Senator Joseph McCarthy

"McCarthyism", as defined by Senator McCarthy, means calling a man a Communist who is later proven to be one. The man, Joseph McCarthy, and the phenomenon, McCarthyism, were two essentially distinct entities. What motivated the man behind the term? (Part 2) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/29/198038 minutes, 55 seconds
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DocArchive (1980): McCarthyism-The Rise of Senator Joseph McCarthy

Senator Joseph McCarthy became synonymous with anti-communist persecution and paranoia in the United States in the 1950’s.This first of two documentaries explains the rise in power of the senator from Wisconsin. McCarthyism has since been defined as “the practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/23/198037 minutes, 59 seconds
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DocArchive (1980): Northside Swaddy - Seán O'Casey in Dublin

The Award Winning Seán O’Casey was one of Irish literature’s greats. Born in Dublin in 1880, this documentary takes a tour of the Northside of the city, tracing his life. With contributions from family, friends and neighbours, this is an exploration of his work, his love of the Irish language, and his move to the U.K. (First Broadcast 1980) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/5/198039 minutes, 22 seconds
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DocArchive (1980): Great Art Beaten Down

Hugh Lane amassed a collection of pictures with his brilliant eye for art. A man whose life was surrounded by the sort of controversy which was only equalled by his untimely death onboard the Lusitania in 1915. The fate of 39 paintings has been a bone of contention between British and Irish governments that still remains unsolved. (1980) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/13/198039 minutes, 10 seconds
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DocArchive (1980): World of Women

In 1980, Broadcaster Marian Finucane traveled to Copenhagen for the second United Nations World Conference on Women. Delegates assesed the progress in women's rights and equality and what was needed in areas of family life. From family size and abortion laws to education in the area of family planning and domestic violence. (1980) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/7/198041 minutes, 56 seconds
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DocArchive (1959): To Boston and Back

Back in the days when air fares were unattainable high. America literally seemed like a million miles away and so in 1959, Norris Davidson headed off on a journey of a lifetime. An adventure to Boston and back in just three days. (1959) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/28/197948 minutes, 7 seconds
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DocArchive (1949): A Wine of the Country

It is thought that cidermaking in Ireland stretches back 2000 years, the religious orders were instrumental in its early production. In the 19th century, cidermaking became a business of some importance, although the industry suffered a decline following the two world wars. In 1949, the cider factory in Clonmel shared its brewing secrets. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/16/197920 minutes, 34 seconds
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DocArchive (1958): Hilton and Micheál

Two of the most recognizable figures in the arts in twentieth-century Ireland - Hilton Edwards and Micheál MacLiammóir, cofounded The Gate theatre. Partners in life and in business, they had an ambitious and revolutionary approach to the theatre. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/25/19781 hour, 27 minutes, 19 seconds
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DocArchive (1978): Weapon of Choice

A day on the beat with Irish American detectives from the NYPD Homicide Squad who police the streets of Harlem. By the late 1970s, violent crime was a daily part of life in New York City, and the police had to deal with gruesome murder scenes and criminals who were armed and dangerous. (1978) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/29/197842 minutes, 17 seconds
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DocArchive (1978): With the Irish in New York - No. 1 Gaelic Park

Gaelic Park is the home of hurling and football in New York City, but for many Irish immigrants arriving in America, it is much more than a sports club. It was a place to meet old friends, sing songs, have a few drinks, and reminisce about life back home. ( 1978) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/15/197823 minutes, 58 seconds
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DocArchive (1978): A Winter's Night On Arranmore

The island of Arranmore is one of the largest inhabited islands off the coast of Donegal. The winters are long and the wild ocean cuts the islanders off from the mainland. Community is vital to the island's survival; local people meet to sing songs, tell stories, watch television and play bingo. But is this enough for the younger generation? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/2/197842 minutes, 19 seconds
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DocArchive (1978): He Might Have Won Fame In The End

At the age of 38 Thomas MacDonagh was executed for his part in the 1916 Rising. This documentary explores his role in shaping Modern Ireland through his literary works and political activism. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/16/197840 minutes, 21 seconds
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DocArchive (1977): Painters and Sculptors

An exploration of the art scene in Ireland, particularly in Dublin. Contributors speak of the elitist image of the commercial gallery, the lifestyle and pressures of an artist and the public's engagement with art. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/23/197743 minutes, 40 seconds
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DocArchive (1977): The Garden of Eden

Originally from Manchester, Gill Gairdner and Rod Alston, moved to Eden in Leitrim with an idea to make a garden that is both productive and beautiful, and a farm that is capable of supporting those living there. Their exceptional horticulturist skills, plus a steely determination, resulted in them pioneering organic farming in Ireland. (1977) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/17/197738 minutes, 14 seconds
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DocArchive(1977); Squirrel Catcher

Alyn Walsh has his dream job. He is a squirrel catcher. Dick Warner explores the unusual world of squirrel trapping with Alyn and finds out what drives him to do this job in such an isolated forest environment. Trapping squirrels is no easy task and though Alyn loves birds, wildlife and squirrels - he says squirrels don't make good pets! (1977) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/22/197735 minutes, 28 seconds
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DocArchive (1976): Yer Only Man

Who is the man Myles na gCopaleen? Brian O'Nolan was regarded as a major figure in twentieth century Irish literature. His novelswere written under the pen name Flann O'Brien, whilst his satirical columns were written under Myles na gCopaleen. Various friends and colleagues remember different aspects of the man. Produced by John Skehan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/10/197643 minutes, 44 seconds
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DocArchive(1976): 80 Years of Cinema in Ireland: Sound Films

Sonny Boy, one of the most successful theme songs ever written, introduced the "talkie" picture to Ireland. It was sung by Al Jolson in The Singing Fool, the film has screened at the opening of the Capitol Cinema in 1929. But, it wasn't until 1936 that Tom Cooper produced the first really genuine native production, The Dawn. (1976) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/1/197643 minutes, 18 seconds
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DocArchive (1976): 80 Years of Cinema in Ireland: Silent Films

A complete history of silent films in Ireland from one of the first moving pictures documenting Queen Victoria's visit in 1900, through to the pioneering feature films of Sidney Olcott, to the imported European films that were shown in Dublin's first cinema opened by James Joyce. (1976) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/24/197643 minutes, 9 seconds
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DocArchive (1975): College of Art

NCAD was a scene of heated controversy and disturbance in the late sixties and seventies. This documentary meets the man who stepped in to the role of Director following that time. Welsh man Jonah Jones talks about his vision for art and design and how he will repair the years of neglect by the government, education system and public. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/13/197543 minutes, 19 seconds
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DocArchive(1974): Leave Your Hat At The Sound

Achill - the largest island in Ireland, an inspiration to writers and artists for its wild Atlantic shorelines and its wide open spaces - and a place where men once raced up mountains to win a wife. (first broadcast 1974) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/6/197444 minutes, 42 seconds