Drama On One
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The Four-Faced Liar by Ger Fitzgibbon
08 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The Four-Faced Liar by Ger Fitzgibbon - It's part of the lore of Cork city that the four clocks on the four faces of Shandon Steeple rarely agree on t...
The Blue Hyacinth by Maeve Brennan adapted and directed by Joe O Byrne
01 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Hubert and Rose Derdon have been together for a life, but when Rose dies, Hubert finds he is unable to grieve for his wife. The play stars Barry McGov...
Deep by Raymond Scannell
27 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Deep in 1988 Sir Henry's Cork, Larry Lehane is following the beat. Written & performed by Raymond ScannellSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy info...
The Wickedness of Oz by Kate Gilmore
22 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The Wickedness of Oz by Kate Gilmore - musicals-obsessed Debbie, takes us on a magical journey and we share her dreams, dreads, her love, and her loss...
Oscar Night by Alan McMonagle
13 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Maire Hastings (Glenroe) and Áine Ní Mhuirí (Ballykissangel) who together with Emmet Kirwan (Fair City, Veronica Guerin) featureSee omnystudio.com/...
No One Ever Asked me That by Nyree Yergainharsian, Louise Lewis & Gorretti Slavin
06 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Supported by real stories from real women, this play follows Jenny and Claire's opposite journeys along the same path.See omnystudio.com/listener for ...
Eating Seals and Seagulls' Eggs by Caitríona NíMhurchú
27 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Peig Sayers as you have never heard her before. Performed by Caitríona Ní Mhurchú and Louise LewisSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy info...
#Maura Laverty This Was Your Life
18 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This sparkling play by Yvonne Quinn and Bairbre Ní Chaoimh explores the rollercoaster life of broadcaster, playwright, novelist and agony aunt, Maura...
100 by Donal Dineen and Jimmy Eadie
12 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Award-winning sound designer Jimmy Eadie and music pioneer and DJ Donal Dineen join forces to create 100 for Drama on OneSee omnystudio.com/listener f...
Fragile Maoilíosa by Charlie McGuinness
06 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
two people are united by a moment that will stay with them forever..See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Truth, Love or Promise by Nuala McKeever
30 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Truth, Love or Promise written & performed by Nuala McKeever. Truth, Love or Promise was the winner of the 2025 IMRO award for best drama.See omnystud...
Wogan's Sweet Sixteen by Kenneth Sweeney
22 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Wogan's Sweet Sixteen By Kenneth Sweeney with Al McKenna as Terry WoganSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A Safe Passage by Irene Kelleher
16 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
two souls weather the storm together at Inish Dúbh Lighthouse. Seamus O’Rourke plays Christy and Irene Kelleher is The young WomanSee omnystudio.co...
James Joyce in Zurich by Kevin Reynolds
06 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
To commemorate the 65th anniversary of James Joyce’s death in Zürich on Jan 13th 1941, Ursula Zeller, Ruth Freiner and Fritz Senn from The James Jo...
Eternal Lanes of Joy by Pat Collins
02 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Eternal Lanes of Joy recreates Patrick Kavanagh's epic journey on foot from his home in County Monaghan to Dublin, in the year 1931See omnystudio.com/...
A Very Autistic Christmas by Aoife Dooley
26 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Made by Lighthouse Media in collaboration with As I Am and featuring Darcy Weekes as HazelSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
30 Acres by Colm Tobin and Aidan O'Donovan Episode 2
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 2 - The Hunt for Sean Granite - 30 Acres, the new mockumentary from RTÉ Documentary On One and RTÉ Drama On OneSee omnystudio.com/listener f...
No Love Lost by Dylan Tighe
23 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
written & directed by Dylan Tighe. It stars Thomas Collins & Gina Moxley and explores a relationship between a young Traveller man & an older woman fr...
Jó Johnny Joe le Darach Mac Con Iomaire - Mír 1
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is mór-shaothar nua drámaíochta é Jó Johnny Joe a nascann ceol den scoth le greann agus brón i scéal corraitheach, siamsúil, teannasach.See om...
Jó Johnny Joe le Darach Mac Con Iomaire - Mír 2
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is mór-shaothar nua drámaíochta é Jó Johnny Joe a nascann ceol den scoth le greann agus brón i scéal corraitheach, siamsúil, teannasach.See om...
Jó Johnny Joe le Darach Mac Con Iomaire - Mír 3
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is mór-shaothar nua drámaíochta é Jó Johnny Joe a nascann ceol den scoth le greann agus brón i scéal corraitheach, siamsúil, teannasach.See om...
Jó Johnny Joe le Darach Mac Con Iomaire - Mír 4
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is mór-shaothar nua drámaíochta é Jó Johnny Joe a nascann ceol den scoth le greann agus brón i scéal corraitheach, siamsúil, teannasach.See om...
Jó Johnny Joe le Darach Mac Con Iomaire - Mír 5
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is mór-shaothar nua drámaíochta é Jó Johnny Joe a nascann ceol den scoth le greann agus brón i scéal corraitheach, siamsúil, teannasach.See om...
Jó Johnny Joe le Darach Mac Con Iomaire - Mír 6
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is mór-shaothar nua drámaíochta é Jó Johnny Joe a nascann ceol den scoth le greann agus brón i scéal corraitheach, siamsúil, teannasach.See om...
Jó Johnny Joe le Darach Mac Con Iomaire - Mír 7
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is mór-shaothar nua drámaíochta é Jó Johnny Joe a nascann ceol den scoth le greann agus brón i scéal corraitheach, siamsúil, teannasach.See om...
Jó Johnny Joe le Darach Mac Con Iomare - Mír 8
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is mór-shaothar nua drámaíochta é Jó Johnny Joe a nascann ceol den scoth le greann agus brón i scéal corraitheach, siamsúil, teannasach.See om...
Jó Johnny Joe le Darach Mac Con Iomaire - Mír 9
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is mór-shaothar nua drámaíochta é Jó Johnny Joe a nascann ceol den scoth le greann agus brón i scéal corraitheach, siamsúil, teannasach.See om...
Islands with Chris Watson & Luke Clancy
10 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Islands fuses documentary and drama, and a bit of pretending, to make a journey not usually possibleSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informatio...
In the Wings Jó Johnny Joe le Darach Mac Con Iomaire
05 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Writer & director Darach Mac Con Iomaire and sound engineer Liam King feature.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A Safe Passage by Irene Kelleher
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Seamus O’Rourke plays Christy Irene Kelleher, the young Woman. The Wireless Coastguard and The Radio Presenter were played by Joe Taylor.See omnystu...
The Last Room by JP McMahon
26 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
two men meet after travelling through a series of rooms, unsure of where they are and what they are supposed to do next. As they respond to various ch...
In the Wings - The Last Room by JP McMahon
21 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we hear from director Jessica Dromgoole, actors Ronan Leahy and Tadhg Murphy speaking about working on The Last Room by JP MahonSee om...
Chalk & Cheese by Isolde Fenton
21 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
joint winner of the PJ O’Connor Radio Drama Awards. Aoife Duffin stars as Cheese in a play about a girl who wanted to be heard, and a boy Chalk who ...
In the Wings - Chalk & Cheese by Isolde Fenton
20 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
writer Isolde Fenton, and actors Aoife Duffin, Orla Fitzgerald and Patrick RyanSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Clarity at Last by Charlie McGuinness
12 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Clarity at Last by Charlie McGuinness was joint winner of the 2024 P.J. O'Connor AwardsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Heaven by Eugene O'Brien
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A radio version of Fishamble’s hit stage show starring Janet Moran and Andrew Bennett, directed by Jim CulletonSee omnystudio.com/listener for priva...
A Piece of Monologue by Samuel Beckett
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
performed by Barry McGovern, and directed by Daniel Reardon. A Piece of Monologue is introduced by Gerry Dukes, whose stage adaptation, with Barry McG...
The Old Tune by Samuel Beckett
22 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Old Tune is Samuel Beckett's free adaptation of La Manivelle/The Crank, a radio play by French writer, Robert Pinget.See omnystudio.com/listener f...
All That Fall by Samuel Beckett
17 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Drama On One continues its Beckett Season with All That Fall directed and produced by Barry McGovern, starring Pegg Monahan and Aidan GrennellSee omny...
Watt by Samuel Beckett
10 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Watt by Samuel Beckett. Drama on one - for details on tonight's and hundreds of other award winning dramas go to rte.ie/dramaonone.See omnystudio.com/...
Facing the Music by Karl O'Neill
03 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Facing the Music by Karl O'Neill. Drama on one - for details on tonight's and hundreds of other award winning dramas go to rte.ie/dramaonone.See omnys...
Village Wooing by George Bernard Shaw
27 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
starring Cyril Cusack and Siobhán McKenna.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Paper Femme by Caitríona Ní Mhurchú
20 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 'Paper Femme' by Caitríona Ní Mhurchú, two worlds collide when a feminist podcast explores our Georgian past.See omnystudio.com/listener for pri...
Parked by Aideen Henry
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Starring Dawn Bradfield and Aaron MonaghanSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Preferred Medium by Bob Gallagher
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Irishwoman Ceila O'Dowd, the ambitious director of an English public art gallery, feels her latest curated exhibition represents the last chance for p...
Kicking all The Boxes by Liz Fitzgibbon
20 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Naoise, a one- time Under 15 European Champion kick boxer. As the action plays out we follow Naoise in her imaginings of what was, what is and...
Bloomsday by Nick Midgley
13 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bloomsday by Nick MidgleySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Midsummer Memories
07 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Primroses le Colm Mac Con Iomaire agus One Eye One Finger by John BoormanSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Lambo by Hugh Travers
01 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
a fictionalised account of a story that stormed the airwaves and gripped the nation almost three decades ago.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy i...
Piano in the River by Dan Treston
23 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Piano in the River ~ An interlude for radio by Dan Treston - winner of the Prix Italia in 1965.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dropping Slow by Belinda McKeon
18 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dropping Slow by Belinda McKeon in memory of our colleague Anton TimoneySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nothing Ever Happens Around Here by Robert Barrett
03 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
the Winning play in the PJ O'Connor Radio Drama Awards 2020, Nothing Ever Happens Around Here written by Robert Barrett & directed by Gorretti SlavinS...
Frizzy Lizzy by Ceara Carney
26 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Frizzy Lizzy by Ceara CarneySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Bloody Writers by Charlie McCarthy
18 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Featuring Aileen Mythen, Risteard Cooper, Lesa Thurman, Patrick Ryan with original Score by Denis Clohessy, written & directed by Charlie McCarthySee ...
Old Men are Jealous by Jennifer Johnston
12 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Old Men are Jealous by Jennifer JohnstonSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Good Night Irene & Seventeen Trees by Jennifer Johnston
04 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We celebrate the memory of writer Jennifer Johnston who died on the 25th of February 2025.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Eternal Lanes of Joy by Pat Collins
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Patrick Kavanagh's epic journey to Dublin Written & Directed by Pat CollinsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In the Wings - Eternal Lanes of Joy by Pat Collins
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Writer and director Pat Collins and actor Mikel Murfi (Michael Murphy) talk about working on Eternal Lanes of Joy,See omnystudio.com/listener for priv...
A Red Romeo and A Blue Julian by Johnny Farrelly
21 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A Red Romeo and A Blue Julian by Jonny Farrelly, is a comedic love story, written in verse ~ with a twist!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy info...
The Blue Hyacinth by Maeve Brennan adapted by Joe O'Byrne
07 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hubert and Rose Derdon have been together for a life, but when Rose dies, Hubert finds he is unable to grieve for his wife, with Barry McGovern, David...
Limekiln Lane by Louise Lewis
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Limekiln Lane by Louise Lewis, a powerful account of domestic violence in lockdownSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Kerry Plates by Shay Linehan
28 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Abbey actor, Clive Geraghty plays Tom and Deirdre Donnelly his wife Maura in Shay Linehan's first play for the medium of radioSee omnystudio.com/liste...
The Four-Faced Liar by Ger Fitzgibbon
20 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A journey through the night-world of Cork. Directed by Charlie McCarthySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Truth, Love or Promise by Nuala McKeever
14 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brenda, Maureen and Joanna get to know each other through their stories. But it's the things they’re not saying that really tell the tale.See omnyst...
Fragile Maoilíosa by Charlie McGuinness
07 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Fragile Maoilíosa by Charlie McGuinness starring Eamonn Hunt and Muiris Crowley, music performed by Jane Hughes, directed by Gorretti SlavinSee omnys...
The Silent Passenger by Ronan Brady
31 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The story of the 11th hour escape from the Nazis in 1938, of Sigmund Freud, his wife Martha and their extended family.See omnystudio.com/listener for ...
Confinements by Judith Mok
24 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Confinements by Judith Mok We remember Judith Mok, the Dutch soprano, writer, and vocal coach, who died in December 2024.See omnystudio.com/listener f...
Mr Sun by Gillian Grattan
19 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mr Sun by Gillian Grattan with Kathy Rose O'BrienSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Goodbye to the Glebe
12 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
John Boorman, who turns 92 this Saturday, returned to England in November 2022, after 53 years in his beloved home,The Glebe, in County Wicklow. Steph...
Treasure House - Charles Kingsley
06 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Treasure House - a series of dramatised stories on the lives of historical figures. Tonight’s programme features the life and times of English write...
Wine from Greenland by Alejandro Niklison
05 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Anton and Ian's conversation leads them to a mutual realisation: man is a caged animal. Will they find freedom, or fail in their quest?See omnystudio....
A Family of Memories by Thomas Kilroy
29 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The radio piece revisits episodes in Thomas Kilroy's family's history, the War of Independence, the Civil War and the foundation of the Irish Free Sta...
Wogan's Sweet Sixteen by Kenneth Sweeney.
22 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Al McKenna stars as iconic broadcaster Terry Wogan in Wogan's Sweet Sixteen by Kenneth Sweeney.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Temporary Unestablished Civil Servants
08 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Programme exploring Radió Éireann Players, the repertory company for radio in Ireland formed in 1947 first broadcast 19th August 1997.See omnystudio...
The Burning Question
28 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
a compendium of thoughts and stories on climate activism. Combining interviews, archive and dramatised excerpts, The Burning Question looks for hope i...
Marconi & Me by Zoë Comyns
24 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A podcast producer finds a set of code books. They are the Marconi International Code books. They contain 500 pages of 5-letter codes and their transl...
Sharon by Katie Holly
17 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After a decade of living it up and haven' the craic, Sharon returns to her mother, her roots and her hometown.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy ...
From the River of Ghosts by Roger
10 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Playwright & composer Roger Gregg weaves his signature blend of storytelling, poetry, music and song into a haunting journey.See omnystudio.com/list...
Haughey Gregory by Colin Murphy
03 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Based on true events, Haughey/Gregory tells the story of the Gregory Deal, agreed by Charles J. Haughey and Independent TD, Tony Gregory, in 1982.See ...
The last, High King of Ireland by Patrick Fogarty
27 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Last, High King of Ireland tells the story of a day in the life of a hard-drinking man, Tapper to the locals, on his daily travels from morning to...
Shinaid by Eamann Breen
20 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
an Irish woman in London experiences a dramatic and life changing event that forces her to look at her life choices. With the help of a motley crewSee...
Helen Wheels by Fionn Foley
13 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A comic tale of narcotics, fast food and a mother's love for her son, set in Belfast at the height of the pandemic. Winner of Best Radio Drama IMRO Aw...
James's Story by David Zane Mairowitz
06 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
An Englishman remembers a holiday to Dingle in 1968, while his memories are revised and re-animated by his friend, the Story Poacher.See omnystudio.co...
The Aran Islands by John Millington Synge, adapted by Joe O'Byrne
29 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Aran Islands by John Millington Synge, adapted and dramatised for radio by Joe O'Byrne.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A Holy Show by Janet Moran
22 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
based on the true story of the hijacking of an Aer Lingus plane in 1981, by an ex-Trappist monk with a burning desire to know the Third Secret of Fati...
Three Our Fathers by Karl O'Neil
15 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Three masculine monologues, a suitor, a stalker, a spouse..See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Testimony by Alan Archbold
08 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A tense two-hander in which a middle-aged couple ruminate on the sombre detail of a tragic death in the family starring Andrew Bennett and Cathy Belto...
Write Your Mind
01 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Write Your Mind is a play about Youth Mental Health, weaving together monologues devised by writers with young people.See omnystudio.com/listener for ...
A Piece of Monologue by Samuel Beckett
25 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A Piece of Monologue, performed by Barry McGovern as part of our Beckett SeasonSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Old Tune by Samuel Beckett
18 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Old Tune by Samuel Beckett: Adapted from the radio play La Manivelle by Robert PingetSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
All That Fall by Samuel Beckett
11 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Drama On One continues its Beckett Season with All That Fall directed and produced by Barry McGovern, starring Pegg Monahan and Aidan Grennell.See omn...
Watt by Samuel Beckett
04 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Published as a novel in 1953, Watt tells the story of a nomadic manservant who works for a Mr Knott.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informatio...
Beckett on Bowman
28 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As part of our Beckett season, we broadcast a special programme curated from a brace of Bowman Sunday Eight Thirty programmes made in 2006See omnystud...
Dropping Slow by Belinda McKeon
21 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Marion O’Dwyer stars as Maeve, a woman defiantly at peace in her new oasis – A ghost estate - in Dropping Slow by Belinda McKeon.See omnystudio.co...
Creatives in Conversation - Sinéad O'Connor
15 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In October 2002 Sinéad O'Connor recorded a ‘Rattlebag Special’ with Myles Dungan, marking the release of her album Sean-Nós NuaSee omnystudio.co...
A Pathetic Fallacy by Aidan Mathews
14 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Karen Ardiff shows there's no statute of limitations on a parent's licence to pine.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Creatives in Conversation - Paulo Coelho
10 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this Rattlebag public interview from 2001, Brazilian author Paulo Coelho spoke to Myles Dungan. about his work and his extraordinary life.See omnys...
The Big Picture by Siobhán Mannion
07 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A costume designer on a film set pours herself into three dresses. Part of Drama On One's online short form season.See omnystudio.com/listener for pri...
Creatives in Conversation - Janis Ian
05 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Janis Ian talking to Sean Rocks from March 2004See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
I Am Not Your Knacker by Rosaleen McDonagh
30 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rosaleen Mcdonagh explores themes of racism, identity, disability and marginalisation, channelling the literary activism of James Baldwin, and her own...