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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 (1961): Twelve Months Around Blessington

    Blessington is a beautiful town in West Wicklow with a ...

    Blessington is a beautiful town in West Wicklow with a lot of history and culture. It’s a busy town, where a lot of important things happen. Norris Davidson lives close to this rural community and spent the year of 1960 meeting the local people, documenting their lives, important events and learning about the town and its history. (Broadcast 1961)

    Jul 14, 2015 Read more
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    Band of Gold

    With over 25,000 weddings taking place every year in Ireland, ...

    With over 25,000 weddings taking place every year in Ireland, it’s a very competitive industry for wedding bands. We follow bands from Dublin, Cork and Limerick whose full time job it is to give newlyweds in love a night they’ll never forget – and keep the dance floor moving, despite all the different tastes in music! (First Broadcast 2015)

    Jul 10, 2015 Read more
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    DocArchive (1976): American Journey Pt 1

    A journey by John Skehan across America in 1976. This ...

    A journey by John Skehan across America in 1976. This documentary includes impressions of Washington, a visit to FBI Headquarters, St. Louis Missouri, Wisconsin black on black farmers, Milwaukee's Catholic history and American catholics (Broadcast 1976)

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    12 Miles

    Cork boxing manager Gary Hyde risked over 20 years in ...

    Cork boxing manager Gary Hyde risked over 20 years in jail to smuggle amateur Olympic and world champion boxers out of Fidel Castro’s Cuba.

    Jul 3, 2015 Read more
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    DocArchive (2004): The Irish at Eureka-Rebels or riff raff?

    The Eureka affair of 1854 has been described as everything ...

    The Eureka affair of 1854 has been described as everything from a tax whinge to the birthplace of Australian democracy. Some 30 people died in the half-hour battle, most of them goldminers who had sworn to defend their rights and liberties (Broadcast 2004)

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    Living Outside The Box

    Rachel Breslin is desperate to find a way around the ...

    Rachel Breslin is desperate to find a way around the spiralling rents that are being charged for Dublin property.And she thinks she has hit on the perfect solution - acting as a guardian for properties that need to be protected from robbers and squatters.

    Jun 26, 2015 Read more
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    DocArchive (2005) : Speaking of Grief

    Air India Flight 182 was operating on the Toronto-Montréal-London-Delhi-Bombay route. ...

    Air India Flight 182 was operating on the Toronto-Montréal-London-Delhi-Bombay route. On 23 June 1985, disaster struck - it was blown up in midair, by a bomb, just off the south coast of Ireland. Many of Shalini Sinha's close family friends were affected by the crash (Broadcast 2005)

    Jun 23, 2015 Read more
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    The Man Who Played Offside

    Patrick O'Connell was a superstar and a cheat. First Irish ...

    Patrick O'Connell was a superstar and a cheat. First Irish captain at Man. Utd; a manager who saved Barcelona FC. This Dubliner's soccer story is of passion, bribery and bigamy: he married two women with the same name and appearance and died in penury.

    Jun 19, 2015 Read more
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    DocArchive: Waiting for U2

    U2 are not only an Irish rock band, but one ...

    U2 are not only an Irish rock band, but one of the biggest in the world. This is the story of three young girls whose lives are totally bound up with their fascination with the Irish rock group U2. They, like many of their peers, are infatuated with the worlds biggest band, the all male quartet, known as U2. (Broadcast 1989)

    Jun 17, 2015 Read more
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    Seven Years And Nine Months

    After seven years of trying to have a baby, Dublin ...

    After seven years of trying to have a baby, Dublin couple Rachel and Daniel have decided to try to complete their family through the emotionally turbulent and expensive surrogacy route. We follow them as they go to America and find a surrogate mother, a donor egg and hopefully, a baby.

    Jun 12, 2015 Read more
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