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: Return to Ypres
Michael O Kane follows the events which unfold around a ...
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)
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DocArchive: Fossetts Circus
The story of Ireland's National Circus - 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)
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DocArchive: The Orphans That Never Were
On February 23rd 1943, a fire in St Joseph's industrial ...
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. This is the story of the people who died and those who were left behind.
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DocArchive: Who Is Izzy Baia?
This radio documentary won a prestigious Prix Italia - a ...
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)
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DocArchive: The Sweep and the Philosopher
Two unlikely men meet to swap jobs. One is a ...
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).
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DocArchive: The Starry Frame
When Helen Townsend was researching her family history, she found ...
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)
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DocArchive: The Strange Thing I Am
On Easter Monday 1916 Patrick Pearse stood on the steps ...
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).
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DocArchive: The Sky Ran Away
A documentary with Tommy McKearney, a 1980's Provisional IRA prisoner ...
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.
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DocArchive: Recruits
In 2006, we gained exclusive and first time access to ...
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.
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Doc Archive: The Swilly
The Lough Swilly Bus offers a network of services to ...
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.
