Documentary On One - Rté Documentaries

A radio documentary inspired by the novel 'Woodbrook' by David Thompson (Broadcast 1986)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fifty years of the Forsa Cosanta Aitiuil, or FCA, is commerated in this documentary (Broadcast 1996)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this documentary we hear the sounds and words that tell the story of the Lough Derg Pilgrimage, Co Donegal (Broadcast 1991)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jim Fahy recalls some memorable encounters with people from big houses in the west of Ireland (Broadcast 1991)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A radio documentary on the life of Irish folk singer songwriter Liam Weldon, presented and produced by Julian Vignoles (Broadcast 1994)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this radio documentary, writer Anne Kennedy takes a glimpse at the past, present and future through encounters in a Californian summer (Broadcast 1992)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A radio documentary about the Irish Air Corps officers who flew for films shot in Ireland during the 1960s (Broadcast 1997)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this radio documentary Hilary Huges shares her experience of letter-writing and visits to Glen, a prisoner on death row (Broadcast 1997)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Boyne Valley Mounds at Newgrange, Knowth and Dowth in Co. Meath in Ireland were built around 3200BC - making them older than Stonehenge in England and the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt. This documentary tells the story of them (Broadcast 1982)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Countess Mary de Galway O'Kelly was born Mary Cummins in Dublin in April 1905. She was teaching in Brussels during the German invasion of May 1940 and soon became involved with the Belgian resistance in World War II. (Broadcast 1993)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Proinsias O'Conluain delves into the world of the Orange Order, its history and its role into the future (Broadcast 1973)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This documentary tells the story of inventors and their inventions in Ireland in the early 1980's. Made and broadcast in an era of huge emigration and unemployment, it's a story of challenge, creativeness and sheer stuborness sometimes (Broadcast 1983)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A grisly story about the torture and murder of Bridget Cleary in Tipperary in 1895, whose husband believed her to be a witch or possessed by the fairies (Broadcast 1995).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Moscow might not be the most obvious spot for an Irish pub - especially back in the early 1990's. This is the story of Moscow's transition to a market economy and the Irish involvement in the city at that time. (Broadcast 1993)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The rich oral history of Ireland could have been lost had the Irish Folklore Commission not preserved them for generations to come. From 1935-1971 they collected a treasure trove of photos, music and stories from all over Ireland (First broadcast 1974)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is the story of a family's reaction to the news that their daughter has chosen to become a Catholic nun. In entering a convent, she has chosen to enter into an enclosed order - virtually shutting herself off from the outside world. (Broadcast 1993)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ireland has one of the highest rates of suicide in Western Europe. It’s one of the major issues affecting Irish society but why is this and what can be done? (Broadcast 1979)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Gordon Bennett Cup Race was the biggest annual motor race in the world in the early 1900s. Automobile clubs around the world competed. In 1903, in unusual circumstances, it became the first ever international motor race held in Ireland (Broadcast 1974)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A look at the 13th Dublin Theatre Festival with Sean MacReamoinn. The two week event showcased the Irish premiere of Muderous Angels by Conor Cruise O'Brien. (First Broadcast 1971)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

30,000 Irish soldiers have been deployed since 1978 as peacekeepers for the UN in the Lebanon attempting to keep the peace in one of the most volatile regions on the planet. (Broadcast 1978)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.