Documentary on One Podcast

DocArchive: Bell, Bike and Saddle (Broadcast 1985)

27 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

A look at the history of the bicycle and life as a cyclist in Ireland in 1985. A look at the history of the bicycle and life as a cyclist in Ireland i...

DocArchive: Day on the Bog

27 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

As the current cutting of turf debate rages in the Ireland of 2011, we travel back 15yrs to spend a day on the bog in Co. Meath. The conversation flow...

DocArchive: All the lonely People

25 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Humans are social animals; it is our nature to be so. We strive towards being part of social groupings. But not everyone finds themselves in that posi...

DocArchive (1982): The Living Bog

24 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Ireland’s bogs are very important for our environment, economy and tourism industry. The Living Bog is about turf cutting and explores life on the b...

DocArchive: Time Piece

24 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Time passes us all by - day and night. But what of time itself? When did it come about? How did it come about? Where are its origins? We meet people w...

DocArchive: Some Rain Later

23 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

It began in very primitive circumstances centuries ago but meteorology - the science of weather forecasting has evolved over the years into a highly s...

DocArchive: Minor Detail

22 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

A look at one of the worlds most iconic cars- The Morris Minor (Broadcast 1985)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DocArchive: When You're Old and Grey

22 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

The Nazareth Home is a retirement home that caters for senior citizens in Malahide. It’s a friendly and close community that lives side by side as t...

DocArchive: A Fathers Story

22 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

A story of survival. 20 years ago, Jerry Dennehy was told to say goodbye to his family. In this documentary, he talks openly with his daughter, Susan ...

DocArchive: Boot Boys Rule - OK

21 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Pat Kenny investigates the rapidly emerging 'Boot Boy' movement that was appearing around Ireland in the 1970s, looking at how they are perceived by t...

DocArchive: What's on Sunday Mr Fitz?

21 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

A documentary on the first cinema to come to Mullingar and the role it played in the social history of the town. (1985)See omnystudio.com/listener for...

DocArchive: A Dream for Fatima

20 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

In 1995 the residents of Fatima Mansions, one of Dublin's most notorious and deprived communities, came together with the start of a dream. This story...

DocArchive: Barrios of Trujillo

20 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

The story about life in the shanty towns of Trujillo in Peru (Broadcast 1985) The story about life in the shanty towns of Trujillo in Peru (Broadcast ...

DocArchive: Return to Foley Street Dublin Bootboys

17 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Pat Kenny returned to Foley Street in 1988 to find out what had happened to the bootboys who were originally featured in a 1975 doc. Thirteen years la...

DocArchive (1980): No Place For Mermaids

17 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

The world of scuba diving is investigated by Maxwell Sweeney. This adventure sport is becoming increasingly popular with families. New divers speak ab...

DocArchive: What's Another Inch.

16 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Plastic surgery is a now a billion dollar industry but is this a symptom of a society that has lost the run of itself and its obsession with beauty an...

DocArchive: Rose - A Day in The Life

15 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Rose Aherne is many things to many people. A general legend around the Camden Street area. She is a practical joker, cleaning lady and the star of thi...

DocArchive: Is This The End of the Story?

15 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

"Is This the End of the Story?" looks at how we communicate over a pint in the pub. What will happen to our stories and how we tell them if we can't g...

The Curious Ear (2009): Through Cairo Airport

15 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

The story of two women, Magda and Bridgit. Magda is from Port Said in Egypt, Bridgit is from Caherciveen, Co. Kerry. Bridgit emigrated to Egypt for ma...

DocArchive: Royal Hospital Kilmainham

15 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

When it was finished being built in 1684, the Royal Hospital was one of Ireland's finest buildings. When it came out of service in 1927 however, the b...

DocArchive: On the Street Where they Sell

14 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

For generations, especially on market days, Irish towns the breadth and length of the country would be taken over by street traders or hawkers as they...

DocArchive: Teresa of Calcutta

14 May 2009

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Jim Fahy travels to Calcutta to meet Mother Teresa and see the work she is doing there (Broadcast 2001)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informa...

DocArchive: Ancient Fraternal and Friendly Order

14 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Proinsias O' Conluain examines the history of the Ancient Hibernian Order, its presence in the North of Ireland, its links to America and its future s...

DocArchive: On The Rocks

14 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

The work of a lighthouse keeper is something that few people are cut out for, although advances in technology mean the job is not as lonely as it was ...

DocArchive: Gentle It Was, Revolution It Was Not

13 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

In the winter of 1968 Ireland had it's own student rebellion. The Doc on One catches up with the four main ringleaders forty years on.See omnystudio.c...

DocArchive: Robert Farren Remembered

13 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

A look back at the life of Robert Farren. From his poetry to his time in broadcasting, this documentary takes a look at an extrordinary life. (Broadca...

DocArchive (1983): All That Trouble Just to Get to Brooklyn

12 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

This documentary was recorded during the centenary year of Brooklyn Bridge. The New York bridge has become more than just a bridge - this is a story t...

DocArchive: Here be Monsters

12 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

For centuries, strange creatures have been sighted in the Clifden area in Galway. And so in 1979, Myles Dungan went to investigate. Noted in history, ...

Doc Archive (2003): Truckstops

10 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Paddy O’Gorman speaks to truck drivers at Mother Hubbards restaurant, Co. Kildare about their lives and work. These men travel throughout Europe dri...

DocArchive: Low Hills in the Evening

10 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

What will happen any us when we grow old? Where will we live and whom will we live with? This documentary goes inside the nursing homes and institiuti...

DocArchive (1979): This Man Had Kept a School

09 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

A bilingual documentary on Scoil Eanna - the boy’s school founded by 1916 leader Padraig Pearse. Pearse was committed to the preservation of the Iri...

DocArchive: Giant on the Lagan

09 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Belfast was once the greatest shipyard in the world. This is the story of those glorious days stretching back to the 19th century. In particular, the ...

DocArchive: Before the Beat

08 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

A look at what was involved in training up the members of Ireland's Police Force in the 1980s. (Broadcast 1985)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy...

DocArchive: Dudley Kane: Darach O'Cathain is here in Leeds

08 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

In 1963 the Sean Nós singer Darach Ó Cathain emigrated from Connemara to Leeds, England with his wife and family. This documentary follows their jou...

DocArchive: The Birth of The Express

08 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

‘The Express’ was a regional tabloid set up in Louth in 1978 and this bilingual documentary charts the creation of the publication; from the initi...

DocArchive: High on a Broad, Infertile Land

07 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Pádraic Dolan visits the Gaeltacht area of Connemara to ask the people living there about their own unique attitudes to life. (Broadcast 1975)See omn...

DocArchive: The Hidden River

07 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

The Bradogue river has always been associated with the Cabra area, in north Dublin - yet locals in Cabra know little of the river. It is concealed fro...

DocArchive: Pighouse at Cornafean

07 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Mrs Phyllis Faris opened a museum in 1968 in a disused pighouse at her home in Cornafean, Cavan after receiving an inheritance and was to build it up ...

DocArchive (1997): I Am What I Would Be

06 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

"I Am What I Would Be" is an unlikely title for a documentary on trees, but that is exactly what John Quinn - offers the listener - a lyrical evocatio...

DocArchive: Dreaming Of Fat Men

06 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Dreaming Of Fat Men won the 1995 Prix Italia for Radio documentaries. In the documentary, 5 very fat women meet to feast and discuss their relationshi...

DocArchive: Two New for Europe

06 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

In 1984, Ray McSharry (Fianna Fail) and Mary Banotti (Fine Gael) became members of the European Parliament (MEP). For both this was unchartered territ...

DocArchive: Mayday Mayday

04 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

A celebration of the first day of an Irish summer in song, word and music. (Broadcast 2002)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DocArchive: Radio Graffiti

04 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

A radio documentary presented by the late Gerry Ryan on the rise of The Beatles from skiffle boom to rock in the late '50's in Liverpool (Broadcast 19...

DocArchive: No Time To Be Twenty One

04 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

A radio documentary presented by the late Gerry Ryan on the heroes, villains and victims of the Irish "New Wave" rock scene of the early 1980s. (Broad...

DocArchive (2002): A Voice From The Wilderness

03 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

John McHugh was born in 1911 in the U.K. to Irish parents. This biography traces his career in music as an operatic tenor. One of the first singers to...

DocArchive: Father Cares - The Last Days of Jonestown

02 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

In 1978 the deaths of 909 Americans in a forced group suicide and the murder of five people including a congressman in Guyana focussed the world’s a...

DocArchive: The Georges

01 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Georgiana Domsa is eight. She came to Ireland when she was three, to join her father George and her mother Georgette, who had already set up home in D...

DocArchive: The Ghosts of Oven Lane

01 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

The poet Michael Coady tells the story of his Great Grandfather who emigrated from Oven Lane in Carrick on Suir over a hundred years ago. (First broad...

DocArchive:Sister Has Gone to the Races

01 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

An enclosed order of Carmelite nuns in Tallow, Waterford have to raise four hundred thousand pounds to build a new monastry. A task many people though...

DocArchive: A Place in the Community

01 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Betty Purcell explores the stories of the medical practitioners and patients of St. Brendan's Hospital in Grangegorman, Dublin. (Broadcast 1984)See om...

DocArchive: A Light Across the Path

30 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

The story of Gerald O'Donovan(1871-1942), priest, novelist and a leader of the Irish revival, through the Gaelic League, the co-operative movement, an...

DocArchive: Are We Still A Family

30 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Parental separation from the point of view of the children involved - their experiences, their feelings, and their hopes for the future (Broadcast 197...

DocArchive (2003): Lost Children - Children In Irish Workhouses

30 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

The story of children in Irish workhouses in the 19th century. This documentary looks at the conditions and lives of those children at that time and t...

DocArchive: Away to the War

30 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

The late Dr Aidan MacCarthy (1914-1995) from Castletownbere, Co. Cork recounts his extraordinary experiences from Dunkirk to Nagasaki as an RAF medica...

DocArchive:The Irish Sugar Company

30 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

The interesting history behind the Irish Sugar Company, and the many characters who have passed through its doors through the years. (Broadcast 1984)S...

DocArchive: Globetrotter

30 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

A documentary by Dick Warner on an incident packed bus trip from London to Kathmandu. The five thousand mile journey includes stops in Greece, Iran, P...

DocArchive (2001): Famine Girls

29 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Over one hundred and fifty years ago, twenty boats left Ireland for Australia carrying orphaned girls. This is the story of the thousands of girls who...

DocArchive: And a Bit Off The Top

29 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

The story of a famed Galway barber - Chick Gillen of Dominick Street. We hear from both Chick and his clientele as they talk their way through the wor...

DocArchive: Inside Bacolod Prison

29 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. Niall O'Brien gives us an insight into what life is like in Bacolod prison, located in the Philippines.We hear of how life in this prison is a far...

DocArchive (2006): House of Song

28 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

The story of the last professional song collector in Ireland, Tom Munnelly. Employed by the Department of Folklore in University College Dublin as a c...

DocArchive (2002): Facts about 'Facts from Gweedore'

26 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

During the famine, in Gweedore in Donegal, English landlord Lord George Hill released a pamphlet called ‘Facts from Gweedore’. This was a report o...

DocArchive: Plague House Orchestra

26 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Tobacco smoking is one of those habits full of contradictions. Smokers know of the myriad of complications from smoking cigarettes but choose to conti...

DocArchive: Irish Hospital in Baghdad

26 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

The Ibn al-bitar Hospital was run solely by Irish medical staff for the Government of Iraq during the 1980's. A combination of tragedy and comedy, the...

DocArchive: Homegrown Wings

25 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

The passion for flying that began in someone’s backyard. A documentary by Madeline O’Rourke about some of the enterprising people who managed to b...

DocArchive: History on Wheels

25 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Wolsley, Silver Stream, Lanchester, Model T - collectors of veteran and vintage cars share their passion for their motors. Enthusiastic members of mot...

DocArchive: Unappreciated Angels

24 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

A boarding school memoir in which time past and time present are stitched together in an intimate portrait of convent boarding school life in the 1950...

DocArchive: Harmony Heights

24 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

On the 2nd July 2004, the body of fourteen year old Jamie Farrelly-Maughan was discovered behind a disused house in Harmony Heights - a housing estate...

DocArchive: Jews of the East End

24 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

After the assassination of Alexander II in 1881 there was a wave of pogroms in southern Russia against the Jewish community. This led to a large incre...

DocArchive: Eye and Ear

24 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

An exploration of the history of the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear hospital in Dublin. (Broadcast 1984)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informatio...

DocArchive: The Reunion

23 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

A story which follows Jimmy Kinihan, who left Castleknock College in the early 60s to become a monk…. Five more of his classmates also entered the r...

DocArchive (1996): Thank You Mr Hitler

23 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

During the Second World War, over 3.5 million British people were evacuated from their homes and relocated as part of Operation Pied Piper, which was ...

DocArchive: The Man Behind the Stories

23 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Known as Ireland’s master storyteller, Eamon Kelly (1914-2001) described the art of the Seanachaí as the oldest one-man-show-on earth, holding his ...

DocArchive: It Really Gets on my Nerves

23 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Mary Rose Doorly investigates how stress affects ordinary Irish people. What happens when our nerves get frayed? Can stress actually be good for us, i...

DocArchive: Horse Handler Horse Healer

23 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

A portrait of 72 year old horse breaker from Limerick, Davy Hogan, who was known far and wide in equestrian circles for his 'sixth sense' for training...

DocArchive: On the Raft, All at Sea

22 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

An award winning documentary about the experience of three generations of asylum seekers It uses the metaphor of the famous 19th century painting, The...

DocArchive (1996): A Woman's Voice, Eavan Boland

22 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Helen Shaw weaves together the life & work of Irish of one of Ireland’s most esteemed and prominent poets, Eavan Boland. A strong and intelligent wo...

DocArchive: There's No Robbers Here

22 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Opened 1848, Arbour Hill Prison in Dublin was a military prison during much of it's lifetime. Many of the 1916 leaders are buried in the military ceme...

DocArchive: One in Eleven

22 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

One in eleven Irish women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime. This award winning documentary hears the stories of Irish women in t...

DocArchive (1996): Another New Dream for Beirut

21 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Journalist Robert Fisk examines the civil war in Lebanon. By visiting its capital city Beirut, he looks back through war reports of his, how life has ...

DocArchive: Even The Walls Are Sweatin'

20 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

A documentary about one of the last functioning Irish ballrooms – the Charlestown Ballroom in County Mayo which had its final night in 1997.See omny...

DocArchive: Lacrymosa

20 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

The most intense and difficult experience that most of us will ever know is the journey through the process of grieving after the death of a loved one...

DocArchive: Return to Salzburg

20 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

On 4 May 1945, two days before the World War II came to an end, American troops took control of Salzburg, Austria. Former G.I. soldier Norman Smyth re...

DocArchive (2002): A Tale from Two Cities

19 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

What are the connections between Belfast and Cork city? Alf MacCarthy traces the similarities between the capital of Northern Ireland and the people’...

DocArchive: Appleby Horse Fair

18 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Each year the town of Appleby is filled with the sound of hooves and the sight of bow top caravans as it plays host to one of the biggest and oldest h...

DocArchive: I Was There

18 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Each year, Easter marks a key moment in Ireland's history. The 1916 Easter Rising was an armed rising by Irish Republicans against English rule. 98yrs...

DocArchive: In a Strange Land

17 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

A Finn, an American, a French man, and a Greek tell of their experience as immigrants to Ireland in the early 1980's (Broadcast 1981).See omnystudio.c...

DocArchive: Top Dog

17 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

John Skehan takes a look at the world of dogs. (Broadcast 1984) John Skehan takes a look at the world of dogs. (Broadcast 1984)See omnystudio.com/list...

DocArchive (1994): Time Up in Somalia

16 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

In 1993, Irish troops were part of the United Nations Operation in Somalia. Treasa Davidson joins the c.100 members of the Irish Army Transport servin...

DocArchive: You Can't Live on Love

16 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

A fascinating insight into the recessional times which gripped Ireland in the 1980s and the housewives who had to learn to live with unemployed husban...

DocArchive: Thoroughbred Horse Racing in Ireland

16 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

John Skehan delves into the world of Irish horse racing and asks 'what is it that distinguishes an Irish horse?' (Broadcast 1975)See omnystudio.com/li...

DocArchive: Jame Gandon's Dublin

16 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Some of Ireland’s finest building such as the Custom House & the Four Courts were designed by architect James Gandon, who worked in a classical, Pal...

DocArchive: Music for Fun

15 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Des Hickey spends a night with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra as Ireland ring in a brand new year. (Broadcast 1984) Des Hickey spends a night with the RTÉ...

DocArchive: Remembering Hanna Greally

15 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

The tragic story of Athlone writer Hanna Greally who was admitted a psychiatric hospital at nineteen but didn't win her freedom again for almost 20 ye...

DocArchive (1994): San Egidio - Story of a Roman Community

15 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

This is the story of the Sant'Egidio, which is a movement of lay people that began in Rome in 1968. It now has more than 60,000 members, dedicated to ...

DocArchive: Tribute to Liam O'Flaherty

15 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Liam O'Flaherty, an Irish novelist and short story writer, was a major figure in 20th century Irish Culture. Born on the Aran Islands, Liam was a nati...

DocArchive (1994): Universe Story

14 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Brian Swimme and theologian Fr. Thomas Berry, joint authors of "The Universe Story" explore Cosmology, History and God. (First Broadcast 1994)See ...

DocArchive: Pearse's People

13 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Pádraig Pearse was an Irish teacher, barrister, poet, writer, nationalist and political activist who was one of the leaders of the Easter Rising in 1...

DocArchive (2002): Cleggan Disaster

12 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

The Cleggan Disaster took place in the Galway fishing village in 1927. This tragedy took the lives of 45 fishermen from the local community. A hurrica...

DocArchive: Congo Chronicle

11 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

A chronicle of the Irish army's first major peacekeeping deployment in June 1960 when the U.N. requested an Irish force to be sent to the fledgling co...

DocArchive: Wine, Women and Turnips

10 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

The skill, the kit and the enthusiasts behind the craft of homemade wine (Broadcast 1983).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.