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DocArchive: Mucho Corazon
26 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
A Dutch man visiting Havana falls in love with a Cuban woman, but their path is blocked at every turn. Recorded in Amsterdam, The Hague, The Netherlan...
DocArchive: The two sides of Dolly's Brae
26 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
On the morning, of July 12th 1849, the Protestant Orange order peacefully marched thorugh Dolly's Brae, an exclusively Catholic village in Co. Down.Ho...
DocArchive: When the bloom was on the flax
26 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
This documentary focuses on the tradition and history of flax growing and the linen industry in Ireland. The contributors include the late poet John H...
DocArchive: Classmates of Pinochet
26 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
A documentary about Chile during the period of the military junta. Producer, Jan Diego Spoerer, lived for many years as a refugee in Chile. He came fr...
DocArchive: The Road to Polnagollum
26 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
This documentary takes an underground journey in the Polnagollum cave system beneath the Burren, Co. Clare. The system has been carved out of limeston...
DocArchive: Love letters from the front
26 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
A documentary telling a beautiful story of love and war based on a collection of letters writtern to an Irishwoman during World War I. (Broadcast 2001...
DocArchive: The black-tailed Godwit
26 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
A documentary in search of the black-tailed godwit, a large wading bird. Ornithologist Jim Wilson, travels to Iceland in search of the black-tailed go...
DocArchive: Chanter bag and bellows: Family notes
26 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
This documentary explores the rich musical history of an extraordinary Belfast family, the McPeakes, from humble beginnings when Francis Joseph McPeak...
DocArchive: The Argentina Connection
26 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
In the early 1800s a large migration of Irish farmers settled on the Pampas of Argentina. Joe Murray travells to Argentina and discovers his cousins a...
DocArchive: Stuck for words
26 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Stammering affects 45,000 people in Ireland, 80% of which are male. In this documentary Michael Carolan allows time and space to meet at talk with sta...
DocArchive: Look at the Camels
26 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Paddy O'Gorman takes a trip to the United Arab Emirates where some 4,000 Irish people have, for whatever reason, made it their home. This is the story...
DocArchive: Down with jazz - Anti jazz campaign of the 1930's
26 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
January 1st 1934, Fr. Conifrey led a march through Mohill, County Leitrim, in which demonstrators shouted "down with jazz" and "out with paganism" and...
DocArchive: Dossers Priest
26 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The everyday life of Father John Cusack, an Irish priest from County Cavan who looks after London's down and outs in the 1980s.See omnystudio.com/list...
DocArchive: No place for the weak-hearted
26 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Storms can develop quickly and without warning. High winds and treacherous waves are frequent along the Irish coastline. When ferries, tawlers and yac...
DocArchive: Death by drowning
26 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Every year countless lives are lost around the coast of Ireland. This is a story about fishing families who have lost their loved ones to the treacher...
DocArchive: The Sligo bus
26 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The North Sligo rural transport scheme initiative is helping those living in isolation to get out and about, go shopping and visit their relatives. Ka...
DocArchive: Beacon on the Sands (1990)
25 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Bill Long travels to the Kish Lighthouse off the coast of Dublin, on the occasion of it's 25th anniversary (Broadcast 1990).See omnystudio.com/listene...
DocArchive: The Story of Knock
25 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
It was the brainchild of Monsignor James Horan - Knock Airport. This is the story of how an idea became reality, despite the objections from those who...
DocArchive: Battle of the Somme
24 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Lasting from July 1st to Novemeber 18th 1916, The Battle of the Somme was to become one of the defining moments of the First World War. The first day ...
DocArchive: Constant present
24 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
More than one-in-eight people in Ireland suffer from a condition that causes frustration, withdrawal, anger and suffering and yet it is hidden, invisi...
DocArchive: Children on the Veranda
24 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The story of Rosemary Conry, who as a little girl spent 3 years lying bound and strapped to a bed, a victim of the TB epidemic that was then rife in I...
DocArchive: Primrose and blue
24 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Primrose and Blue tells the story of John Scally as he vivdly recalls memories of his childhood in 1960's Roscommon in Ireland. This is a window into ...
DocArchive: In search of Paddy Finucane
24 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The story of Brendan "Paddy" Finucane - the Dublin born RAF wing commander pilot. By 21, Finucane was the youngest Wing Commander at war, a highly dec...
DocArchive: A century of learning in Kerry
24 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
A story that documents over 100 years of eduction whilst traceing the evolution of the VEC in Kerry from its origins in Technical Instruction (Broadca...
DocArchive: Peader O'Donnell
23 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
A documentary with Peadar O'Donnell on the occasion of his 90th birthday. Peadar O'Donnell (1893-1986) was an Irish novelist and political activist an...
DocArchive (2005) : Speaking of Grief
23 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
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, b...
DocArchive: Heartland
23 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
A documentary set in Ireland and South Africa about Afrikaners that tells the story about the Verwoerd family, descendents of H.F Verwoerd, the Prime ...
DocArchive: Sometime in New York city
23 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Julian Vignoles visited New York for the first time in 1987 during a hot week in June. He brought a tape recorder with him and "Sometime in New Yor Ci...
DocArchive: In search of time
23 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Documentary on the nature of time and how its measurement by the clock influences our lives (Broadcast 1988)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy in...
DocArchive: The Arctic Fox
23 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
In this documentary from the Mooney Goes Wild team, ecologist and lecturer Eanna Ni Lamhna looks at the life of the Arctic Fox. Turning white in winte...
DocArchive: Kingfisher - King of Fishers
23 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
In this documentary from the Mooney Goes Wild team, Dr Richard Collins explores the mysterious world of the kingfisher. Some creatures are so ridiculo...
DocArchive: Early house
23 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
A documentary that goes to bed and wakes up in one of Dublin's early opening pubs - The Cobblestone. Ireland is 'famed' for its drinking culture - but...
DocArchive: Wolf - Spirit of the Wild
23 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
In this documentary from the Mooney Goes Wild team, naturalist and author, Eric Dempsey fulfils a lifelong ambition when he comes face to face with on...
DocArchive: To the stonebreakers yard
23 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
A documentary about Kilmainham Gaol and its place in Irish history. Built in 1792, Kilmainham Gaol is Ireland's most famous disused prison. It held, t...
DocArchive: The rising that didn't take place
23 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
A documentary by Prionnsias O Conluain about what didn't happen in Ulster in 1916 - whilst the rest of Ireland was uprising against home rule, Ulster ...
DocArchive: Gibraltar
23 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
A documentary about a journey to Gibraltar - the southern border of Europe and the plight of refugees passing through there. (Broadcast 2002)See omnys...
DocArchive: Fallow deer
23 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
In this documentary from the Mooney Goes Wild team, biologist and Secondary schoolteacher, Terry Flanagan looks at that most majestic of animals that ...
DocArchive: No surrender
23 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Lorelei Harris goes marching with the York Road No Surrender Band on the 12th July and speaks with band members. (Broadcast 1997)See omnystudio.com/li...
DocArchive: The Stonies
23 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
A documentary on Irish stonemasons, stonecutters and sculptors. (Broadcast 1978)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
DocArchive: Irish Mail
22 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Made 57 years ago, this is the story of Irish mail, and the pivotal link between London and Dun Laoghaire port in Dublin. Before the age of technology...
DocArchive: Grand Canal and Canals of Ireland
21 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Ireland has has a long and rich history of inland nagivation through its canals. Over time they've transported people, goods, animals and much else be...
DocArchive: Readin' and Writin'
20 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
This documentary is about what many people take for granted – being able to read and write (first broadcast 1985).See omnystudio.com/listener for pr...
DocArchive: Four in a row
20 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
What does it take to become a pop radio DJ? Almost 30yrs ago, four djs tried to answer that question - Simon Young and Larry Gogan from RTE Radio 2, J...
DocArchive: Blessed Be The Fruit of the Loom
19 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The textile manufacturer Fruit of the Loom were the focus of employment in Inishowen and when they left they created an employment blackspot at a time...
DocArchive: Home Is The Hero
19 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
In 1963, a descendent of famine emigrants returned to his ancestral home - President John F. Kennedy arrived in Ireland to a rapturous and emotional w...
If you're new here, listen to this - it'll give a flavour of what we're about
19 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
This is a montage of clips from over 30 of our documentaries. It gives a flavour of the type of stories we tell and the type of people involved in tel...
DocArchive: Three Rock Mountain
19 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Three Rock Mountain is 450 metres tall. Located on the edge of Dublin City, it's the ideal site for radio and television transmitters. This is a portr...
DocArchive: The Lino Crossing - Tales Of The Observed
19 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
This is a challenging documentary made by Mary Duffy, disabled artist and ex radio producer. This is a rare insight into the lived life of the disable...
DocArchive: Wilhelm Maestro (1989)
19 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The Irish Army No.1 Band was formed in 1923 and its first Director was Colonel Fritz Brase. The band has performed at many major Irish ceremonial occa...
DocArchive: The lost world of Art Ó Laoghaire
18 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
An exploration of the death of Art Ó Laoghaire and the lament written by his wife Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill, 'Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire'. One of ...
DocArchive: His Life and Fortune to Civilise Gweedore
18 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
A profile of the 19th century landlord, George Hill, and his attempts to rationalise the land system of Gweedore, Co. Donegal (first broadcast 1975).S...
DocArchive: American Indians
18 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Donncha O’Dulaing goes to America and talks to native Americans that live on reservations in St. Louis about what it is like to be born and bred on ...
DocArchive: The Thin Green Line (1989)
18 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The 1948 Olympics, held in London, was the first games Ireland had taken part in since 1932. A major dispute between the Irish Olympic Council and the...
DocArchive: A Martin Lavan Story
18 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Martin Lavan went on the run to the USA in 1922 following his involvement in the Irish Civil War killings in Mayo. He became a lawyer, grew wealthy, w...
DocArchive: When time stood still
18 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
When Sergeant John Parish dived into the water in the Greek port of Piraeus in April, 1941, life changed forever. Behind him there was chaos; the "Hel...
DocArchive (1991): Immigrating to Ireland - Germany and Brittany
17 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The Second World War caused many people to seek refuge from the conflict in Germany. Immigration was often the only option. Four people who escaped fr...
DocArchive: Bite Down on that Gumshield Son
17 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Based in the heart of inner city Dublin, this documentary gives a unique insight into the life of St. Saviours Olympic Boxing Academy, one of Ireland'...
DocArchive (1989): Waiting for U2
17 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
DocArchive: Sands a hoor
17 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
In 1989, fifty Gardaí travelled to Namibia on an overseas mission with the United Nations. The members who travelled were to become part of one of th...
DocArchive: Our Father, Séamus Ennis
15 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Séamus Ennis is revered as one of Ireland's best known Uilleann Pipers and Music Collectors who amassed thousands of tunes before his death in 1982. ...
DocArchive (1991): Immigrating to Ireland - Nigeria and Lesotho
14 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The first in a series of documentaries by Lorelei Harris investigating immigration to Ireland. In this episode Abiodan Odomosu from Nigeria and Camill...
DocArchive: They were our Ecstasy
14 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
On Nov 7th 1963, The Beatles paid their first visit to Dublin to play two concerts at the Adelphi cinema. Mania ensued. The key people involved in tha...
DocArchive: Sounds From Inner Space
13 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
This documentary listens in on the sounds that can be heard under the sea – the squeaking, creaking, groaning, singing, whining noises of aquatic li...
DocArchive: I remember Henry Ford
13 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The story of Fords in Cork. For generations this was a hugely successful company with an amazingly loyal workforce. Everything dates back to the Model...
DocArchive: Be Prepared!
12 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
8 young scouts from Killaloe, Co Clare take part in a survival weekend as part of the County Shield competition in the centenary year of scouting in I...
DocArchive: Fairy, Faith and Folk
12 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The belief in Fairies who hover about the physical world in a harmless way - that is, unless they are disturbed (First broadcast 1984).See omnystudio....
DocArchive: In Fond Memory
12 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
This documentary looks at the war memorial park in Islandbridge, Dublin also known as the Irish National Memorial Gardens. Oficially opened in 1988, i...
DocArchive: An Injury for Life
11 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Each year in Ireland, approximately 10,000 people receive an acquired brain injury - from then on, they face a dramatically altered life. We get a gli...
DocArchive (1984): Elected Silence
11 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Franciscan nuns adhere to the teachings and spiritual disciplines of St Francis of Assisi and his main associates and followers including St Clare of ...
DocArchive: What Do You Say To Someone Who Is Dying?
11 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
From denial and anger to bargaining, depression and acceptance, the process people go through when they have been diagnosed with a fatal illness is di...
DocArchive: Ruths Story (1989)
11 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The moving story of one girls battle in the final days of her life. (Broadcast 1989)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
DocArchive (1978): Art on the Block
10 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
In this ever-changing world, art remains a consistently sought-after addition to ones life and home. But how does one obtain an exceptional piece of a...
DocArchive: Fr. McFadden of Gweedore
10 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The life and times of Father James McFadden, parish priest of Gweedore, who opposed evicitions by the agents of Lord George Hill, landlord for that ar...
DocArchive: Seawatch
10 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
A look at the intricate system of services and personnel who make up the Irish Sea Rescue Services Organisation (Broadcast 1986).See omnystudio.com/li...
DocArchive (1997): Essentially for Women
09 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Belly-dancing is a type of Middle Eastern dance that requires movements of the torso. It has become very popular with young women in Ireland. In this ...
DocArchive: Aspects of America
07 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
In 1971, Seán Mac Réamoinn, set out to examine contemporary life in America. What he found was a country full of character, with a difference approa...
DocArchive: De Valera Remembered
06 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Sean Macentee and De Valera first met in Dartmoor Prison in July 1917. It was the beginning of a long friendship and time spent together in politics. ...
DocArchive: Albert and Adolf were friends
05 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Between 1932 and 1939, Dr Adolf Mahr, a Nazi Archaeologist occasionally based in Dublin, and his Jewish friend, philanthropist Albert Bender, exchange...
DocArchive: Leeside Clinic
05 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Jack Lynch was a TD for 33 years and served for two terms as Taoiseach but each week he held a clinic for his constituents in Cork to deal with their ...
DocArchive (1986): All The Dead Voices
05 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
A celebration for Samuel Beckett's 80th Birthday, recorded at the international Samuel Beckett Conference in Paris in April 1986. (First Broadcast 198...
DocArchive (1976): Here is the News
04 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
This is the story of the 50 years of news on Irish radio. This documentary traces the development from a single news editor in 1926 who took news from...
No Bull In a China Shop (1986)
04 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
An insight into the character behind soon to be Commander-in-Chief of the UN Observer Corps, Bill Callaghan (Broadcast 1986).See omnystudio.com/listen...
DocArchive: Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1985)
03 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
A fly on the wall account that follows a weekend shift of a crew of The Dublin Fire Brigade Ambulance Service (Broadcast 1985).See omnystudio.com/list...
DocArchive: A Woman Called Auntie
03 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Alice was 13 years old when she was trafficked by an 'aunt' from Ghana, through Togo and by boat to Gabon in Central Africa as we go on a journey from...
DocArchive (1984): In Midst Of Woods Or Pleasant Grove
03 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
A documentary on people's views of our woods and forests - the importance of woods in our economy, on trees found in Ireland, a look at the national t...
DocArchive (1991): Bullet Holes in the Manuscripts
02 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
This is a documentary about the Irish National Archives and its destruction in 1922. The archives holds the records of the modern Irish State which do...
DocArchive (1978): One Man Folk Museum
31 May 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Pat Cassidy ran a very special pub – The Corner Bar in Lisnaskea, Co. Fermanagh in Northern Ireland. It contained an extensive folk museum. Pat had ...
DocArchive: Irelands Polar Stars
31 May 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Duffy recalls the Antarctic expedition of Ernest Shackleton from Kildare and Tom Crean from Kerry, and talks to their relatives, friends and admir...
DocArchive: Messing About on the River
30 May 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The Shannon – Ireland’s largest river is the centre of booming boating holiday industry which attracts thousands of tourists who get the opportuni...
DocArchive:A Strange Blessing
29 May 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The joy that heralds the arrival of a Hijra is a regular part of India's special occasions. The sight of their masculine features wrapped in a female ...
DocArchive: Ireland takes Wing - 21 years of Aer Lingus
29 May 2009
Contributed by Lukas
As Aer Lingus celebrates its 75th birthday in May 2011, we travel back 54yrs to hear a story which told of its more youthful 21st birthday! Different ...
The Curious Ear (2009): Falling Slowly Is Banned
29 May 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Every Saturday afternoon, Dublin teenagers crowd into the back room of Walton's music shop in Georges Street, Dublin to play the musical instruments. ...
DocArchive: The Burning of Ennistymon
29 May 2009
Contributed by Lukas
A look at the ambush of the County Clare town of Ennistymon in September 1920. (Broadcast 1985)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
DocArchive: One Man's Century
29 May 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Dubliner Alf McKenzie was born in 1897 and offers a unique perspective on the 21st century. It’s a life that takes in the 1916 rising, depression er...
DocArchive: Transocean Airway history of Aer Lingus
28 May 2009
Contributed by Lukas
As Aer Lingus celebrates its 75th anniversary in May 2011, we return to 1983 to a time when the Irish American transatlantic routes were critised for ...
DocArchive: Gillie
28 May 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Two men in a boat - Frank Reilly and Conn McCool - go trout fishing on Lough Mask. Frank is the angler, deciding the method of fishing and taking advi...
DocArchive: Tour of Duty
28 May 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The British government sent army troops into Northern Ireland during the summer of 1969. Eleven years on - this documentary talks to disenchanted Brit...
DocArchive (1981): Profiles in Happiness
28 May 2009
Contributed by Lukas
About the moments and memories that make people happy. We hear how happiness is defined, the importance of a happy youth, happiness within convent lif...
DocArchive: After Redundancy (Broadcast 1985)
28 May 2009
Contributed by Lukas
A insight into the effects of unemployment in the town of Cobh back in 1985.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
DocArchive: A Light from the Grave
27 May 2009
Contributed by Lukas
A story of mystery - of the 18th century grave of Father Andrew Mullen in Offaly. Fr William Dempsey has made it his life's work to have Father Mullen...