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: Song Collector
A documentary on the last professional traditional song collector in ...
A documentary on the last professional traditional song collector in Ireland, Tom Munnelly. Over his lifetime, Tom is estimated to have collected over 20,000 songs-the largest collection of traditional song ever compiled by any one person (Broadcast 1984)
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DocArchive: Star Spangled Football
In this documentary Mick Dunne tells the story of the ...
In this documentary Mick Dunne tells the story of the 1947 All Ireland football final between Kerry and Cavan which was played in the Polo grounds in New York – the only All Ireland final ever to be played outside Irish shores (First broadcast 1997)
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DocArchive: St. Patrick was a Mayoman
Des Hickey follows a group of archaeologists and researchers who ...
Des Hickey follows a group of archaeologists and researchers who travel by helicopter to sea stack of Dun Bhriste, the site of a legend about St. Patrick and Cromduff. The group are the first humans to land on the island in about 600 years (Broadcast 1981)
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DocArchive: St. Patrick's Purgatory Lough Derg Pilgrimage
In this documentary we hear the sounds and words that ...
In this documentary we hear the sounds and words that tell the story of the Lough Derg Pilgrimage, Co Donegal (Broadcast 1991) In this documentary we hear the sounds and words that tell the story of the Lough Derg Pilgrimage, Co Donegal (Broadcast 1991)
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DocArchive: Personal Approach
As Ireland became firmly embedded within the EEC, in the ...
As Ireland became firmly embedded within the EEC, in the late 1970's Terry Stewart moved his family from Ireland to Brussels. This story is a personal approach to their life in Brussels - a new life - an EEC political working life (Broadcast 1980)
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DocArchive: Left Alone
Every night, the doorways of city centre offices and the ...
Every night, the doorways of city centre offices and the portals of churches are occupied by people sleeping rough. But what is the reality of life on the street? (Broadcast 1986)
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DocArchive: At Heaven's Door
This is a story of human survival and hope. Three ...
This is a story of human survival and hope. Three survivors of tragedies speak of their own destiny - Debbie MacGuinness was involved in the Stardust fire, Larry O'Brien was onboard the Zeebrugge ferry and Maura MacDaid is from Belfast (Broadcast 1990)
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DocArchive: George Redmond Gentleman Piano Tuner
This is the life story of 83yr old George Remond ...
This is the life story of 83yr old George Remond from West Cork. He spent his lifetime tuning pianos for the great and good of Ireland - meeting many seasoned performers such as John MacCormack, Beniamo Gigli and Magaret Burke Sheridan (Broadcast 1990)
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DocArchive: The Look of the Irish
The Documentary on One team have put together four very ...
The Documentary on One team have put together four very different mini documentaries. Each promise to take a close look at some of the moods and motivations around the national holiday. (First Broadcast 2008) The Documentary on One team have put together four very different mini documentaries. Each promise to take a close look at some of the moods and motivations around the national holiday
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DocArchive: I Try Not to Think of the Future
The story of the closure of the Fieldcrest factory in ...
The story of the closure of the Fieldcrest factory in Kilkenny in 1982. With high hopes for the factory and surrounding community we hear directly from those who were affected most by its closure and how it has impacted on their lives. (Broadcast 1982)
