Documentary on One Podcast

Radio producer, Colette Kinsella, meets an elderly Irishman who hasn't given up on looking for romance; he's in an Irish Centre in America; New York and uses a drink called "Hot Irishman" to introduce himself to women. (First Broadcast 2010)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A radio documentary about Elayne, Nancy and Sombo, three pregnant women who gave birth in different countries with very different outcomes. We travel from Ireland, the safest place in the world to have a baby, to Sierra Leone, one of the most dangerous.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Colette Kinsella has found a place in Dublin it's very hard to pass without stopping...(2007) (A short Irish radio documentary from RTE Radio Ireland)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Grand Canal Docks in Dublin used to be one of the biggest shipping transit centres in the world. Having declined in use, the docks area was revived in recent years with new offices, apartment blocks and a theatre. The docks still have some boats moored there and three of those are the homes of Nigel, 'Brew' and Séamas (First Broadcast 2010)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hip Hop has traditionally been the music of the working classes, a vehicle for self expression for those that need it the most. This is a confronting doc with hardcore language about a young hip hop Irish act from Ballymun, Dublin, Urban Intelligence.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dublin bus driver Paddy Plunkett wanders down the factory and olfactory lane of his childhood: Liberty Lane, Dublin.He recalls the work of the community on one of the city’s smallest lanes. The closest thing you’ll get to a scratch n’ sniff experience on the radio. (First Broadcast 2010)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The story of Taurai from Zimbabwe. Taurai was born albino and was taunted in the street because of it. Melody began a romance and fell in love with him and shared a life of laughs, cooking and gardening. Immigration to Ireland and the birth of a daughter Siobhán followed. Then, in 2008, Melody and Siobhán lost Taurai. (First Broadcast 2010)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

While George Bernard Shaw was busy working on his next play, he inherited property in Carlow. Now an accidental landlord, living in London - Shaw was receiving requests from tenants demanding financial support & repairs to his properties. News of his generosity traveled fast, with letters by him instructing his property manager to help. (1984)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A candid and often humorous radio documentary which goes behind the scenes of a Limerick amateur drama production to capture the compelling journey from the first readings through to the emotional final performance.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A sound art and documentary piece about a couple who choose to live in silence. (www.joanschuman.com)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is the colourful and initimate story of Mary Murphy, an extraordinarily talented woman with an intellectual disability, who never lets this stand in the way of what she wants to achieve in life.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The early 1950's are remembered in Mayo for their All-Ireland Gaelic football wins. However these dates also mark the beginning of 58 years of wandering around in the football wilderness as the county has failed to win a single Sam Maguire Cup since then.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Three Cork born Muslims relate their experiences of finding Islam, practising their religion in their home town, and worshipping at their Mosque, on an industrial estate on the outskirts of the city.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Back in the heady days of the affluent Celtic Tiger, it wasn't until 2008 that we began to get a sneaking sense that things were seriously starting to go wrong. This is the story of the first 100 days of Irelands recession and fall of the Celtic Tiger.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

August 2006, Gary Douche (21) was beaten to death in the holding cell of Mountjoy Prison, Dublin. He was violently attacked by another inmate in a hot, overcrowded cell. The details of his death were front page news. This documentary begins with his deathSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A radio documentary that tells the stories of migrant workers from North Mayo and their journeys to Scotland to pick potatoes during the 20th century to earn a meagre living and support their families at home.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Learning all about the 2007 Sugababes hit, "About You Now". (A short Irish radio documentary from RTE Radio Ireland)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jedward-mania hit the country in the autumn of 2009. This radio documentary looks at life inside the pop bubble - and what happens when the bubble bursts, talking to previous Irish contestants of the competition.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Peter Healy makes stringed instruments and invites groups to his home to play them. Shorter Irish audio documentaries from radio in Ireland and abroad.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joe McFadden, Margaret Harrington and Jill Rowe are three volunteers who help out in the National Gallery, Dublin. As well as being volunteers there, they love to visit the gallery and have favourite artists and pieces of art. (First Broadcast 2010)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sounds and pictures from the old Russian town of Sergiyev Posad as emailed by Vladimir Kryutchev. (First Broadcast 2010)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An extract from a series of podcasts about James Joyce's short story, "The Dead"...shorter radio documentaries on Irish radio from Ireland and abroad. An extract from a series of podcasts about James Joyce's short story, "The Dead"...shorter radio documentaries on Irish radio from Ireland and abroad.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Politics in Ireland, like most other countries, has a long memory. We visit the Cork town of Macroom that still remembers the Irish Civil War. Even today in the run up to election time, those civil war memories mark a huge divide between FF and FG supportSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fr Aidan Troy spent 7yrs in Belfast where his ministry spanned the time of the infamous Holy Cross Protest Walks and a blight of suicides. In 2008, Fr Aidan was sent to a new parish in Paris. This documentary follows his first year of life in ParisSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A documentary on Irish man, Ned Murphy, believed to be the last survivor of the Irish Brigade which fought for Franco in the Spanish Civil War. This is Ned's story, told in his own words and those of his family.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How do you get a bunch of teenagers to jump into freezing cold water? Well, you tell them some outrageous lies; that's what outdoor education instructor, John "Ports" Porter does. (2007) (A short Irish radio documentary from RTE Radio, Ireland)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The story of the attack on Connolly Hall, Great Strand Street, Dublin in March 1933, examining the background and political climate at the time. (First Broadcast 1976)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fifty years of entertainment recalled by Maureen Potter, Jack Cruise, Joe Linnane and many others, together with excerpts from radio shows down the years. (1976)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A look at the career of one of Irelands best loved entertainers - Joe Lynch. Focusing at his years with Radio Eireann and with the Abbey, and his cross channel work in the 1970s which established him in an international career. (1976)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A documentary with Tommy McKearney, a 1980's Provisional IRA prisoner - and John Nixon - a then member of the INLA - A story of two men's experience of their years on the blanket and the inevitability of hunger strike.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

'Victor Mitchell's' Auction House in Roscrea, Co Tipperary is widely respected amongst 'those that know' in the antiques trade. And in this documentary, we get to know a few things about the business. To which room shall the rocking horse return? (2005)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Augustine Martin takes a look back at 50 years of radio drama in this commemorative programme from 1976. Augustine Martin takes a look back at 50 years of radio drama in this commemorative programme from 1976.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's like an Ann Summers or Tupperware party, in that you have a group of people around to your place. Except, with gold parties; it’s about money; they come to sell and not to buy. (First Broadcast 2009)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Upwards of 300,000 Irish men and women from the nationalist tradition fought in the Great War. This documentary focuses on the memories of the children of these people, including Mary Russell, whose father fought with the Royal Dublin Fusiliers. (2004)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A 1976 documentary celebrating 150 years since the bridge across the Menai Strait that connects Anglesey with the mainland - and how an Irish vehicle was the first to cross it.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The story of Ireland's National Circus - Fossetts Circus - We examine its history, the highs and lows of working and living in a travelling circus and of course the wanderlust! (Broadcast 1975)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mary Gurr had been a promising footballer but she died an alcholic and homeless. Here, the Gurr family describe the helplessness of watching a cherished family member slowly die on the streets of the Dublin city. (2006)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The 2007 World Draughts Championships in Buncrana, Co. Donegal. Among those there: a man paid by his government to teach draughts to children and a man who was blown up in Scotland. (A short Irish radio documentary from RTE Radio, Ireland)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Dodder Valley Partnership in Tallaght, Dublin, organises volunteers to work in the local Social Welfare Office. They 'signpost': they give out leaflets on local services like deals at sports centres for the unemployed. (First Broadcast 2009)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A radio documentary recorded on the day that George Best was laid to rest in BelfastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Marking the centenary of his birth, this programme is based primarily in Patrick Kavanagh's birthplace of Iniskeen and in other towns in South Monaghan featuring events as the inauguration of the National Kavanagh Day and the Raglan Road Festival. (2004)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The story of the annual visit of a family from America and England to their homeplace in Ballyjamesduff in County Cavan. It's a story of enduring friendship among a family and their neighbours. (2006)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michael O Kane follows the events which unfold around a weekend trip to Belgium to commemorate and retrace the steps of 3 men who fought in World War I, around the farmland of Ypres, between May 1917 and April 1918. (Broadcast 2010)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This radio documentary won a prestigious Prix Italia - a story giving an insight into the world of Kevin Whelan and his relationship with Brian, an autistic teenager in Galway (First broadcast 1997)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This documentary tells the incredible story of a young girl's gaelic football team from Dublin's inner city Sheriff Street, during the run-up to a Cumann na mBunscoil semi-final during the month of November.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 2006, we gained exclusive and first time access to record the highs and lows of a platoon of young men as they try to make it through their basic Irish army training over a period of four months.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is the story of two great estates, one in Monivea, County Galway - the other in Simbirsk, Russia. It is also the story of the woman who owned those two estates - Kathleen Ffrench - and her cousin Rosamunde ffrench. (2009)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pat Feeley travels to County Cork to see how the tradition of 'the wran' was still practised in 1975. Pat Feeley travels to County Cork to see how the tradition of 'the wran' was still practised in 1975.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gay Byrne looks back on the trends and changes in fashion in the development of light music on radio since the days of 2RN (1976). Gay Byrne looks back on the trends and changes in fashion in the development of light music on radio since the days of 2RN (1976).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The story of the man who, anonymously, hid Lotto scratchcards in books in Waterford Library and why. Followed by the story of 13 college students from Leeds who blew a grant they'd been given for an exhibition on a sun holiday instead. Or did they? (First Broadcast 2009)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.