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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On Hunting
Man and the hunt are inexorably linked - we are ...
Man and the hunt are inexorably linked - we are the hunter of the world and those around us. County Longford programme maker John O'Connell follows a group of hunters in Northern Australia as they hunt for Asiatic Buffalo. This story begins in a swamp.
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After Belfast: Father Aidan in Paris
Fr Aidan Troy spent 7yrs in Belfast where his ministry ...
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
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This is Maria McCrae
This award winning doc tells the story of an incredibly ...
This award winning doc tells the story of an incredibly difficult journey. Of how 22 year old Maria Macrae spent most of her life trying to find her brothers and sisters. This doc recieved a special mention at the 2009 Prix Italia for courage in journalism
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How Macroom Remembers
Politics in Ireland, like most other countries, has a long ...
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
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Mary X - A partial life
This is not just a story of an intellectually disabled ...
This is not just a story of an intellectually disabled woman and her family's struggle to find her nine children. It's the story of the failure of the state towards one woman, her children and her entire extended family
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Playing with Pride
This documentary tells the incredible story of a young girl's ...
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.
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Maria's Schooldays (The Curious Ear)
Four twenty-something women recall the good and bad of an ...
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)
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Peggy the Postmistress (The Curious Ear)
Peggy is on holiday - her first in 39 years. ...
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)
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Ports (The Curious Ear)
How do you get a bunch of teenagers to jump ...
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)
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A Day With The Dutch (The Curious Ear)
Three unusual stories from the Netherlands: A restaurant with beds...a ...
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)
