RTÉ Radio 1: Documentary on One
The main weekly documentary slot on RTÉ Radio 1 and the largest arena for radio documentaries in Ireland.
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DocArchive: The two sides of Dolly's Brae
On the morning, of July 12th 1849, the Protestant Orange ...
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)
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DocArchive: When the bloom was on the flax
This documentary focuses on the tradition and history of 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)
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DocArchive: Ithaca
A documentary about the island of Ithaca in myth and ...
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)
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DocArchive: Classmates of Pinochet
A documentary about Chile during the period of the military ...
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)
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DocArchive: One May day
May 17th 1974, one of the most tragic events of ...
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)
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DocArchive: Stuck for words
Stammering affects 45,000 people in Ireland, 80% of which are ...
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)
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DocArchive: The Sligo bus
The North Sligo rural transport scheme initiative is helping those ...
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)
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DocArchive: Love letters from the front
A documentary telling a beautiful story of love and war ...
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)
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DocArchive: Mucho Corazon
A Dutch man visiting Havana falls in love with a ...
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)
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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, ...
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)
