RTÉ Radio 1: Documentary on One

The Curious Ear (2013): Mill Creek Blues

Maurice Brennan has always wanted to visit America. As a ...

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)

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Two Miles An Hour

Writer Eugene O’Brien takes a trip on a barge through ...

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.

The Curious Ear (2013): Pink Day

The secretary of a Dublin boys' secondary school, Moyle Park ...

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)

Frank the Poet - A Convict's Tour to Hell

Originally from Cashel, Frank McNamara's songs and poems were spread ...

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.

Michael Whelan - Air Corps Historian (2006)

Michael Whelan's museum in a huge hangar at Casement Aerodrome, ...

Michael Whelan's museum in a huge hangar at Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel stores hundreds of artefacts but also thousands of stories behind those objects.

Athy Is The 'Hood, Man

It's tough enough being a teenager, trying to work out ...

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?

Big Brother Big Sister

The joy of milkshakes, driving ranges and just 'chattin' '. ...

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?

Rhapsody in Bohemia

Pomp rock's classical pretensions come under scrutiny in this palyful ...

Pomp rock's classical pretensions come under scrutiny in this palyful reconstruction of Queen's pop classic 'Bohemian Rhapsody'.

Card Club

Back in 2006, card clubs and casinos were becoming popular. ...

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.