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My Name is Lydia Foy
01 Jul 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Lydia Foy was born in 1947 and registered as a baby boy. When she realised her true identity, as a woman, she discovered something missing - a birth c...
Two Ears
30 Jun 2011
Contributed by Lukas
A wonderful tale of good farming, good radio and a voice from the past. Radio producer Tim Lehane found an old tape in his attic. It was the favourite...
Cocaine Diaries: Story of a Drug Mule
24 Jun 2011
Contributed by Lukas
August 2008, Dubliner Paul agrees with a local gang to conceal 6kg of cocaine in his luggage. He thought it'd be the easiest 15k he'd ever make. But n...
Hidden Sounds of Temple Bar
23 Jun 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Wildlife sound recordist, Tom Lawrence, takes his microphones into Dublin City Centre and the Temple Bar area to find some of the weirdest and creepie...
In The Same Boat - Gold Award Winner at 2011 New York Festivals
21 Jun 2011
Contributed by Lukas
This documentary has just won a coveted Gracie Award from Beverly Hills, LA! We tell the story of forty women and two dragons who take to the water fo...
The Long Walk of Brother Benedict - Gold Award Winner at 2011 New York Festivals
21 Jun 2011
Contributed by Lukas
A Catholic brother walks out of monastic life in Sydney leaving behind him 25 years of religious service and a pot burning on the stove. Linda Neil tr...
Dogfight: Conor and Charlie - Award Winner at 2011 New York Festivals
21 Jun 2011
Contributed by Lukas
When the 2011 Irish General Election was called, Conor Lenihan and Charlie O'Connor were sitting TD's in Government. Battling through their 4 week cam...
The Age of Attraction - Gold Award Winner at 2011 New York Festivals
21 Jun 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Bill and Tom are two 'ordinary' men battling a sexual attraction to children they've never understood. They defy the stereotype of paedophiles as pred...
Never No More: Maura Laverty Remembered
17 Jun 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Celebrity chef, agony aunt, novelist and the author of Ireland's first television soap Tolka Row: the remarkable life story of Maura Laverty who was a...
A Good Day At Black Rock
16 Jun 2011
Contributed by Lukas
A man fulfills a promise to his 13-year old self by visiting the place his grandfather died, Blackrock island, Co.Mayo. (A short radio documentary fro...
Survival of an Island
09 Jun 2011
Contributed by Lukas
On Arranmore - one of the few inhabited islands off the Donegal coast - fishing has sustained a population for generations. Now, as the fishing indust...
Amazing 'James Barry'
06 Jun 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Margaret Bulkeley wanted to become a doctor. It was the early 1800s and she didn't stand a chance. Unless.... she became a man..... And James Barry wa...
The Walsh Cassidys at Lissadell House
05 Jun 2011
Contributed by Lukas
This doc just won top radio prize at the 2011 National Justice Media Awards. In 2003, Edward Walsh and Constance Cassidy bought Lissadell House, Sligo...
Fryeburg Fair
03 Jun 2011
Contributed by Lukas
You don't think of America for pilgrimages but, every year, thousands of 'pilgrims' head for the Fryeburg Fair in Maine. They go for the racing, the r...
The Diary of Leanne Wolfe
01 Jun 2011
Contributed by Lukas
A multi-award winning documentary. In 2007, schoolgirl Leanne Wolfe committed suicide. The morning of her funeral, her older sister discovered Leanne'...
12 Steps on Abbey Street
28 May 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Over 2,000 people visit the Dublin Central Mission every week. Some are dancing, some are praying, others are battling drug/drink/gambling/sex addicti...
Lost In Holland
28 May 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Getting lost can be fun. If you do it in HIlversum, Holland, you may come across a house with "Céad Míle Fáilte" on the front. It's owned by a Dutc...
Foley
23 May 2011
Contributed by Lukas
The story of Jack Foley, a former dock worker who, when working at Universal Pictures, created a method of adding sounds to films, known now as the 'A...
Moneyless Mark
21 May 2011
Contributed by Lukas
What would compel someone give away all of their material possessions, empty their bank account and commit to living a life with no money? Thrity-two ...
The Curious Ear (2011): Bray Roadshow
21 May 2011
Contributed by Lukas
"Roadshows" in Bray, Co. Wicklow were a joy for holidaymakers. These were variety shows put on in temporary, 'fit-up' theatres around the town. They c...
The 1916 Room with Dr. Garret Fitzgerald
20 May 2011
Contributed by Lukas
The 1916 room was set up with the premise of bringing 4 people back in time, and in their memories, to where they were in 1966, 50yrs after the Easter...
The Annotated Jack
19 May 2011
Contributed by Lukas
This doc has just won a 2011 Prix Marulic award from Croatia. A tale of two "Jacks": one a hero of traditional folktales: the other a retired fisherma...
Obama on 145th Street
16 May 2011
Contributed by Lukas
The night President Obama got elected 145th Street in Harlem, NY city rocked. It was a night of talk, memory, partying and singing with the local comm...
Olivia's Farm
13 May 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Ireland - a Farming Nation. But in the 21st century what's it like to be a single female farmer running a 200 acre farm? We follow 35-year-old Olivia ...
Eulogy For A Sound
11 May 2011
Contributed by Lukas
January 2011, foghorns went silent on Irish lighthouses. Student radio producer, Jason Murphy (www.boreenbroadcasts.com )weaves a lament with sounds, ...
TwitterOnTrial
06 May 2011
Contributed by Lukas
A unique documentary experiment that, with the help of five experienced Twitterers and one complete Twitter newbie, attempts to put the much talked ab...
Obama '08
02 May 2011
Contributed by Lukas
As Ireland becomes gripped by 'Obama mania' ahead of a visit by the 44th President of the United States, RTE's Fergal Keane travels back to 2008 when ...
Mitchin' With Dylan
30 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Kevin Dolan, DCU student, tells the great story of Bob Dylan's 1965 song, "Like A Rolling Stone" and its impact on him as a teenager. (Radio people sp...
A Convict of the Road
29 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
One of our most popular docs ever with multiple awards, this doc tells the story of Mick Murphy, winner of the 1958 Rás - a cycle race around Ireland...
Reluctant Comedienne
27 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Alison Spittle tells audiences that she's half-Traveller, half-English. She hates that - not her background, the fact that she uses it in her act - sh...
House
26 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
In the early 1990's, dance music in Ireland was a strictly word-of-mouth thing with virtually no 'rave' music played on the radio. It was a scene base...
Dr. Slotover Remembers The Rising
22 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
One of Max Leonard Slotover's earliest memory is of being stopped by an IRA man in St.Stephen's Green on Easter Monday 1916. His later memories are on...
Reflections on a Window
20 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Fr.Colm Kilcoyne is a retired priest living in his home town of Castlebar. Over the years he has returned again and again to the stained glass window ...
Hidden Heroes of the Belfast Blitz
15 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
On April 15th, 1941, German bomber planes began to bomb Belfast City during World War Two as part of their offensive on Britain. While Ireland remaine...
Open FM
14 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Summer 2010, 70 people got together in a hotel. They thought they were running a gay radio station until a man in a brown suit with great hair came in...
Hidden Heroes of the Belfast Blitz
13 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
On April 15th, 1941, German bomber planes began to bomb Belfast City. Ireland had remained neutral throughout the war, but on that night Taoiseach Eam...
Mighty Mac - Prix Europa Winner 2009
11 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
This doc won Best Radio Documentary in Europe for 2009. One of our all time great listens - this story has everything. Limerick man, Ger MacNamara ia ...
Ballyfin - A boarding school memory
10 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
An award winning intimate, poignant and beautiful documentary from John Quinn as he remembers back to his 5 years at boarding school in the Patrician ...
Vinyl Fantasy
08 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
No-one ever says "Come around and listen to my latest download". D.I.T. student, Robert McDonald marks the passing of vinyl - its decline began when h...
Did Michael Keogh Save Hitler?
01 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Irish man Michael Keogh claims to have saved Hitler's life before he became 'Führer'. Could a Carlow man, who left home at 16 and lived a life of pse...
Beneath the pfffff...
01 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Nick Coleman, Guardian music journalist, loses his ability to hear music. He tells producer, Yvonne Nolan. "I can hear beneath the pfffff a drowning c...
The Curios Here
30 Mar 2011
Contributed by Lukas
At the International Art and Antiques Fair in Dublin, dealers talk about the business: Stupid mistakes they made, clever deals they pulled and whether...
Heroes of the Caribbean
25 Mar 2011
Contributed by Lukas
John Kenny from RTE Sport tells the story of Irish Cricket. In particular, he looks back at the 2007 Cricket World Cup when the Irish cricket team bow...
Raving Loons vs Northside Nightjars (The Curious Ear)
24 Mar 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Forget your Formula 1 or the All-Ireland - these guys chase around looking for half a bird. The annual Dublin Bird Race for birdspotters. Terry Flanag...
My Dad
21 Mar 2011
Contributed by Lukas
What is to be a single dad: by getting unique access to the intimate relationships between three single fathers and their children, this documentary i...
To Love Two Countries
19 Mar 2011
Contributed by Lukas
St. Patrick's Day, New York: A story of four witnesses to history; the adventures of leaving Ireland on ships, the friendships and matches, the Irish ...
Julie's Patrick's Day (The Curious Ear)
17 Mar 2011
Contributed by Lukas
St. Patrick's Day Parade 2011, Monaghan Town (A short Irish documentary from RTE Radio Ireland)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Licking King: Oscars Well (for Today with PK)
15 Mar 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Mick Malone, widower, 87, has a dream....Jessica and Oscars are part of it. (A short feature from the home of radio documentaries in Ireland)See omnys...
Groundhog & Mirror (The Curious Ear)
09 Mar 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Jane O'Connor's story of her final years with her mother. (A short Irish radio documentary from RTE Radio, Ireland.)See omnystudio.com/listener for pr...
Statuesque (The Curious Ear)
03 Mar 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Maeve Taylor can be seen standing outside the Custom House, Dublin for the past 60 years. (A short Irish documentary from RTE Radio, Ireland.)See omny...
Bonesetter TD (The Curious Ear)
27 Feb 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Thomas Burke's strange pact with the people of Clare. (A short Irish radio documentary from RTE Radio, Ireland)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy...
Meat Factory Ear Worms (The Curious Ear)
23 Feb 2011
Contributed by Lukas
An award winning documentary from Richie Beirne as he reveals the techniques he used for dealing with a mind-numbing job on the killing lines. (A shor...
The Curious Ear: Soundtory
18 Feb 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Electroacoustic composer, Guillaume Beauron's take on Tory Island off the coast of North West Ireland. It's a very remote island, just two and a half ...
The Curious Ear: Delaney's Bikes
11 Feb 2011
Contributed by Lukas
An Irish bike shop that's nearly as old as the bicycle itself... Producer: Nancy Previs (A short Irish radio documentary from RTE Radio, Ireland)See o...
My Dad's Depression
30 Jan 2011
Contributed by Lukas
An honest, open, and brave story about mental illness. Much is said depression and its sufferers, but how does depression affect families? This is Con...
Sex Slave: A Survivor's Story
27 Jan 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Iris is a 32yr old woman with a difficult past - a number of years ago, she was kidnapped and trafficked into the enforced world of prostitution. This...
Election 2011 - The Count Day
27 Jan 2011
Contributed by Lukas
At the end of the 1st count day - As Ireland prepares for a new government, this is a mix of the highs and lows of a day that saw a seismic shift in t...
The Curious Ear: What Can You See?
21 Jan 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Look out over the rooftops of Cairo with Colette Kinsella. (A short Irish radio documentary from RTE Radio Ireland)See omnystudio.com/listener for pri...
On the beach at Banna
20 Jan 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded over five days at Banna Beach in Kerry, this story follows 9yr old Brian Spillane as he takes part in a surf camp for autistic children. Tryi...
The Curious Ear: Junction 16
19 Jan 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Farmer turned church minister, Trevor Stevenson, looks down on a motorway junction and reminisces. (A short Irish radio documentary from RTE Radio Ire...
The Curious Ear: Gleeless
14 Jan 2011
Contributed by Lukas
What are US High Schools really like? (A short Irish radio documentary from RTE Radio Ireland.)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
City of Tents
13 Jan 2011
Contributed by Lukas
January 12th 2010, an earthquake hits Haiti killing over 230,000 and making 1 million homeless. 1yr on, this documentary focuses on the life of St.Ger...
The Curious Ear: They're Not All Gone
07 Jan 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Paula Carroll's stories of traditional musicians in Co.Clare (Funded by the BAI Sound & Vision Fund). A short radio documentary from RTE Radio, Irelan...
DocArchive: A Long Way Home
01 Jan 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Keiko was a male orca who starred in the three Free Willy movies. This documentary charts Keiko's journey from a Mexico city amusement park to the Wes...
8 Years On
01 Jan 2011
Contributed by Lukas
A multi award winning documentary telling the story of a mother and son after a life seperated by drug addiction. Lynda Barton was born into 1960's Ba...
DocArchive: Pints and Parables
31 Dec 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Irish pubs and their clientele are revered the world over for their charm, drink and general hospitality. We enter into the hearts of some Irish pubs ...
DocArchive: Timmy the Brit McCarthy
30 Dec 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Timmy "The Brit" McCarthy spent years of his life in England. He returned to Ireland in the 1960's and his interest in Irish Set dancing brought him i...
The Nightsingers of Brighton
29 Dec 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Every year, villagers in a tiny village in Newfoundland ring in the New Year with an 18th century New Year's carol brought over from Europe with the f...
DocArchive: Soldier Chorus Line Christmas Concert in Lebanon
23 Dec 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Christmas time can be a lonely time for the soldiers who are away from home. To cheer them up Treasa Davison organised a Christmas concert with the ta...
The Curious Ear (2010): Lumps of Coal
22 Dec 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Adults complain that, when they were children, bold kids still got presents. College students make naughty and nice lists, study interview techniques ...
Heel Up
19 Dec 2010
Contributed by Lukas
A look at the art of traditional dancing or 'damhsa ar an sean-'nós. Rescued from near death almost twenty years ago it is now flourishing in its sou...
DocArchive: What you may call it, Drugs and Liver Transplants
18 Dec 2010
Contributed by Lukas
This is a documentary about what might have been. It's a story about the 1960's Dublin beat group The Movement. We go in search of them to try and get...
The Curious Ear (2010) : Planespo...Aviation Enthusiasts
17 Dec 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Jane and Keith Redmond are two listeners who got in touch to suggest that we make a programme about planespotters at Dublin Airport. In turn, we...
From Baltimore to Barbary - The Village That Disappeared
17 Dec 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes history throws up stories that are more dramatic than any fiction. And this is one such story. Taking us on a dramatic journey from the sout...
DocArchive: Walking on Water
11 Dec 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Janet Gray is a blind Northern Irish Water Skier and 3 times World Champion. In 2003, she nearly died in a water skiing accident. This documentary fol...
DocArchive: Address is Shelter
10 Dec 2010
Contributed by Lukas
In 1970’s Ireland, the underworld of the poor and homeless was a hidden world known only to its inhabitants. However, 47yr old Duncan, who lives in ...
DocArchive: Unfamiliar Families
09 Dec 2010
Contributed by Lukas
An exploration of the difficulties and challenges faced by same sex couples in Ireland. Rachel and Michelle have been a couple for seven years. Despit...
DocArchive: Two Ladies of Galway
04 Dec 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Lady Augusta Gregory was at the centre of the Irish Literary Revival around the turn of the 20th century. Her grand-daughters Anne and Catherine revis...
Doc Archive: This is his life Eamon Andrews
03 Dec 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Des Hickey takes us on a journey through the life of Eamon Andrews. Born and raised in Dublin, little did he know that his passion for boxing (he was ...
Doc Archive: Tullaghmurray Lass
02 Dec 2010
Contributed by Lukas
February 14th 2002 at 3.40am, the Tullaghmurray Lass set sail from Kilkeel, Co. Down. Michael Green (54), his son Michael (33) and his grandson Michae...
Turn Right At Colorado Springs
02 Dec 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Two miles high in the thin air of the Rocky Mountains, a group of Irish people arrive on a volunteer mission to repair the legendary Colorado Trail. T...
The Curious Ear (2010): Ice Road Trucker
01 Dec 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Dave Miller from CBC Canada in Yellowknife, Northern Territories, records Alex Debogorski as he drives his load across the harsh environment of frozen...
Fr. Paddy - A Young Man on a Mission
26 Nov 2010
Contributed by Lukas
A documentary about 36-year-old Fr. Paddy Byrne, exploring one man's view on the challenges and complexities of life as a priest in 2010.See omnystudi...
The Curious Ear (2010): Girls On Wax
26 Nov 2010
Contributed by Lukas
An extract from Louise Noone's final year documentary made as part of the Media Arts Course in the Dublin Institute of Technology. She tells the story...
The Curious Ear (2011): Making My Coffin
22 Nov 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Tyrone woman, Winifred Thompson, is preparing for death, but is not ill. She is cutting willow to weave her own coffin. Stephanie Ritson contributes a...
Yola - Lost for Words
18 Nov 2010
Contributed by Lukas
The search for a lost language called Yola takes Shane Dunphy from a sunken island in Wexford harbour to the heart of rural Dorset and the ancient pat...
The Curious Ear (2010): The Sound of Science
16 Nov 2010
Contributed by Lukas
As part of Science Week, 2010, the science club from Moyle Park College, Clondalkin, Dublin went to visit the science labs at NUI Maynooth. Made by Te...
The Curious Ear (2010): "World's First Programme on an iPhone (Possibly)"
10 Nov 2010
Contributed by Lukas
A gimmick? Yes, but worth a try - this entire programme was recorded, edited and sent for transmission on a smartphone. The programme speaks to differ...
The Little Cross of Bronze
09 Nov 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Every county in Ireland, except one, has at least one winner of the Victoria Cross. This radio documentary delves into this little known aspect of Iri...
The Curious Ear (2010): Winter
04 Nov 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Evelyn McClafferty uses voices, music and sounds to evoke the meaning of Winter. Featuring contributions from the worlds of literature, geography, yog...
The Runners - Prix Europa Winner 2010
02 Nov 2010
Contributed by Lukas
This radio documentary has just won a coveted Prix Europa - voted Best Radio Documentary in Europe for 2010. This is the story of a 'runner' - a child...
The Curious Ear (2010): Blue Door
27 Oct 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Katriona McFadden follows the story of a cottage, a postcard and a song in rural Co. Donegal. The story of a man who kept the front door of his cottag...
The Curious Ear (2010): Littoral Living
22 Oct 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel Ní Chuinn's audio essay on the nature of the inter-tidal zone. (First Broadcast 2010)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Curious Ear (2010): Royal Canal
22 Oct 2010
Contributed by Lukas
In September 2010, The Royal Canal in Dublin reopened to boat traffic. To mark the occasion, the TV programme, "Nationwide" organised two journeys: a ...
DocArchive (1981) Women and unemployment
19 Oct 2010
Contributed by Lukas
This documentary looks at the effect that unemployment in the 1980s had on the people of Arklow, especially women. With most of the men were unemploye...
Love Notes
14 Oct 2010
Contributed by Lukas
A radio documentary celebrating 40 years of the National Youth Orchestra and all it has brought to its members: a passion for music; enduring friendsh...
The Curious Ear (2010): Big Music
11 Oct 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Two archive pieces to mark RTE Big Music Week: one woman who still sings on the street and others who have the headphones on. (First Broadcast 2010)Se...
Stuart Rosenblatt - The Keeper of the Faith
06 Oct 2010
Contributed by Lukas
This radio documentary maps and explores Jewish Ireland, and our guide is Dubliner Stuart Rosenblatt author of the 16-volume Rosenblatt Series.See omn...
The Forgotten Visit
01 Oct 2010
Contributed by Lukas
The visit of a United States President to Ireland that seems to have faded in collective memory of many, despite the fact that it had people lining th...
The Forgotten Visit
30 Sep 2010
Contributed by Lukas
The US presidential visit that seems to have faded in collective memory, despite the fact that it had people lining the streets - Richard Nixon's trip...