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 Long Goodbye
An award winning story about Matt and May - May ...
An award winning story about Matt and May - May has alzheimer's - a story of love, loss and a solemn promise. (2007)
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DocArchive: Magdelene Laundry Institute in Galway for Outcast Women
Single women who became pregnant and women who were unwanted ...
Single women who became pregnant and women who were unwanted by their families for other reasons were sent to the Mary Magdelene Home Laundry in Galway. (Broadcast 1992)
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DocArchive: Tibetans
A radio documentary about a culture and religion in exile, ...
A radio documentary about a culture and religion in exile, recorded at the time when it had just been announced that the Dalai Lama was to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990.
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DocArchive: Saints Alive
What is a saint? What characteristics does a person need ...
What is a saint? What characteristics does a person need to achieve this distinction? Are there too many saints already? This radio documentary, first broadcast in Easter Week 2003, looks at sainthood in the time of Pope John Paul II.
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DocArchive: Close The Door
The story of the "fallen women" who spent most of ...
The story of the "fallen women" who spent most of their lives in the old Magdalen home and laundry, the Convent of Our Lady of Refuge on Lower Sean MacDermott Street, who were largely forgotten by the outside world. (Broadcast 1990)
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DocArchive: The Three Candles
Colm Ó Lochlainn was a printer, collector of Irish ballads ...
Colm Ó Lochlainn was a printer, collector of Irish ballads and a piper. He founded his own press, 'At the Sign of the Three Candles Press' in 1926. He wrote and published 'Irish Street Ballads' in 1939 and More Irish Street Ballads in 1965 (Broadcast 1976)
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DocArchive: Hayfoot Strawfoot Dancing Masters
For centuries 'Dancing Masters' travelled throughout Ireland from village to ...
For centuries 'Dancing Masters' travelled throughout Ireland from village to village, teaching Irish dance to all they met. They were flamboyant characters, wore bright clothes and carried staffs. Now long gone - their history lives on (Broadcast 1976)
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DocArchive: Rue des Irlandais - The Irish in Paris
A radio documentary about the vibrant Irish community in Paris ...
A radio documentary about the vibrant Irish community in Paris and the historic Rue des Irlandais, talking to Irish men and woman who have made this city their home (Broadcast 1989).
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DocArchive: Egyptian Wonder
Collette Kinsella spends time with four elderly Irish nuns who ...
Collette Kinsella spends time with four elderly Irish nuns who have been living in Egypt for several decades.
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DocArchive: Seán Ó Riada - Life in Coolea
One of the greatest Irish composers of the 20th Century, ...
One of the greatest Irish composers of the 20th Century, Seán Ó Riada is best known for his work with Irish traditional music and the group Ceoltóirí Chualann. A portrait of the man by those who knew him in Coolea, Co Cork (Boradcast 1981).
