RTÉ Radio 1: Documentary on One

Banna Polar Bears

Now that the weather's picking up, you may be thinking ...

Now that the weather's picking up, you may be thinking about going for a swim. But, no matter how hardy you think you are, you'll have to go a long way to match the Banna Polar Bears who swim every month of the year - even when the sand is frozen.

Over There - The Green Line

The London Underground has The District Line, The Circle Line ...

The London Underground has The District Line, The Circle Line and so on. "The Green Line" is a notional Tube line that Robert Mulhern has taken to find Irish stories in the UK capital: the "Mammy" away from home, the ex-prisoner, the retired drinkers.

Twigs

The artist who burns his art

Hark !

'Hark' takes our modern ears on a sound-rich journey through ...

'Hark' takes our modern ears on a sound-rich journey through the acoustic world of Elizabethan England.

The Curious Ear (2006): Patricia Cantlon's Unique Guesthouse

Cullintra House, Co. Kilkenny: a 250 year old farmhouse set ...

Cullintra House, Co. Kilkenny: a 250 year old farmhouse set amid 230 acres of farm and woodland, has been the home of Patricia Cantlon's family since the early 1900's.; She speaks about the history of the place, and the work of running it as guesthouse. She doesn't do it on her own, though, she has the help of 5 cats. (First Broadcast 2013)

Dogman

Martin McKenna’s career began in a hay barn in Limerick ...

Martin McKenna’s career began in a hay barn in Limerick and ended up with three best-selling books about dog behaviour in Australia - he could not read or write but he would become known as 'The Dogman'.

The Curious Ear (2013): Ramble In

Like most places, Kerry had a tradition of 'rambling' houses ...

Like most places, Kerry had a tradition of 'rambling' houses or 'visiting' houses. This was where neighbours would gather in one house on winter evenings for story-telling, card-playing, singing and music. In the village of Glenflesk, the 'rambling house' is open twice a year and the programme is loose. (First Broadcast 2013)

The Echo Chamber

The Story of the Jihad Jane. 3 people go online, ...

The Story of the Jihad Jane. 3 people go online, they meet in a chat room and their lives change forever.

The Curious Ear (2013): Mr. Greenland

Adrian Vernon Fish has twin preoccupations: composing contemporary music and ...

Adrian Vernon Fish has twin preoccupations: composing contemporary music and the country of Greenland. From his home in Co. Mayo, he travels around Irish national schools telling the children wintry stories about the country while wearing a traditional Greenland costume and displaying handcrafted items from there. (First Broadcast 2013)

Neither Nor

The music and stories of a young Northern Irish jazz ...

The music and stories of a young Northern Irish jazz singer, Victoria Geelan. She's neither fully Catholic nor Protestant; neither blind nor partially-sighted. She sings jazz and blues in Derry where she is fondly referred to as a 'Fenian Jaffa'.