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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: The Rising in Galway

    When the rising of 1916 is mentioned, one almost always ...

    When the rising of 1916 is mentioned, one almost always associates it with Dublin and the G.P.O. This tells the often forgotten story of the Easter Rising which took place in Galway. (Broadcast April 1966)

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    DocArchive: Two Solitudes

    Opinions and issues surrounding Canadian unity and Quebec separatism (Broadcast ...

    Opinions and issues surrounding Canadian unity and Quebec separatism (Broadcast 1978).

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    DocArchive: Quiet Please

    A documentary recorded on and about an Irish movie set. ...

    A documentary recorded on and about an Irish movie set. (Originally broadcast in 1997)

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    DocArchive: Nesting Instinct

    For generations, women gave birth at home but with the ...

    For generations, women gave birth at home but with the advances in medicine, almost all now head for a hospital. So why is it that some still women choose to give birth at home? A documentary on home births. (Originally broadcast 1998)

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    DocArchive: Stain Upon the Silence

    Samuel Beckett is the famed and revered Irish avant-garde writer, ...

    Samuel Beckett is the famed and revered Irish avant-garde writer, dramatist and poet who notably penned Waiting for Godot and a host of other works. Beckett's work offers a bleak outlook on human culture. (Originally broadcast in 1991)

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    DocArchive: Nicer than Spice

    A colourful documentary on three girls as they prepare for ...

    A colourful documentary on three girls as they prepare for their debutants ball - a rite of passage out of secondary school. (Originally broadcast 1997)

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    DocArchive: A Royal Journey

    A documentary which takes a journey from one end of ...

    A documentary which takes a journey from one end of the royal canal to the other. (Originally broadcast in 1990)

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    DocArchive: Forging Traditions

    A documentary telling the story of the national folk theatre ...

    A documentary telling the story of the national folk theatre - Siamsa Tire in Tralee. (Originally broadcast in 1991)

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    DocArchive: Ninety Years a Corkman

    In this documentary - ninety year old John Walshe of ...

    In this documentary - ninety year old John Walshe of Doneraile who was born in 1877- talks about William Burke, Canon Sheehan and Charles Stewart Parnell. (Originally broadcast 1967)

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    DocArchive: Butler's Bottle

    A documentary on the controversial method of treating alcoholism pioneered ...

    A documentary on the controversial method of treating alcoholism pioneered by Irish American Pat Butler. (First broadcast 1989)

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