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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: No Time To Be Twenty One

    A radio documentary presented by the late Gerry Ryan on ...

    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)

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    DocArchive: Radio Graffiti

    A radio documentary presented by the late Gerry Ryan on ...

    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)

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    DocArchive: Father Cares - The Last Days of Jonestown

    In 1978 the deaths of 909 Americans in a forced ...

    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)

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    DocArchive: The Georges

    Georgiana Domsa is eight. She came to Ireland when she ...

    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)

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    DocArchive: A Place in the Community

    Betty Purcell explores the stories of the medical practitioners and ...

    Betty Purcell explores the stories of the medical practitioners and patients of St. Brendan's Hospital in Grangegorman, Dublin. (Broadcast 1984)

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    DocArchive: The Ghosts of Oven Lane

    The poet Michael Coady tells the story of his Great ...

    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)

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    DocArchive:Sister Has Gone to the Races

    An enclosed order of Carmelite nuns in Tallow, Waterford have ...

    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)

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    DocArchive: A Light Across the Path

    The story of Gerald O'Donovan(1871-1942), priest, novelist and a leader ...

    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).

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    DocArchive:The Irish Sugar Company

    The interesting history behind the Irish Sugar Company, and the ...

    The interesting history behind the Irish Sugar Company, and the many characters who have passed through its doors through the years. (Broadcast 1984)

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    DocArchive: Are We Still A Family

    Parental separation from the point of view of the children ...

    Parental separation from the point of view of the children involved - their experiences, their feelings, and their hopes for the future (Broadcast 1979).

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