Documentary on One Podcast

'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.

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.

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.

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.

The Lough Swilly Bus offers a network of services to some of the most remote parts of Donegal. Departing Derry City, the route travels along the old railway route of the Lough Swilly Railway Company. This is the story of the people who use the Swilly bus.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Twenty years after the extraordinary event of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Martin Duffy, an Irish writer and film-maker living in Berlin, meets Irish people who have been living in West Berlin since its days as a walled-in city.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This documentary tells the story of a girl's gaelic football team from Dublin's Sheriff Street during the run-up to a Cumann na mBunscoil semi-final during the month of November in 2005.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The legend of Oisín and Saint Patrick is retold in this dramatisation from 1976.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The first sports broadcasting on Irish radio was on 9th January 1926 when the Irish rugby team due to play France was listed on air. This archive documentary from 1976 takes a look at the art of sport broadcasting over the previous fifty years.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

19 members of the travelling community in Tallagh have died in 18 months through death by suicide. This documentary goes behind the statistics to look at the human stories of those most affected.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Three unusual stories from the Netherlands: A restaurant with beds...a museum where they lock you in a shipping container...and students whose homes are containers. (2007) (A short Irish radio documentary from RTE Radio, Ireland)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cellist Richard Groocock lost his young son to suicide. Kevin, a promising trombone player, was 20 when he took his life. This story explores whether music can still be played and enjoyed in a family whose core has been shattered. (2007)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The September 11th attacks changed the world forever. 2,976 victims and 19 hijackers died in the attack. Cork woman, Ruth Clifford McCourt and her 4yr old daughter Juliana were passengers on the hijacked United Airlines flight 175. (Broadcast 2002)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Emma Fogarty lives with Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB), a painful genetic skin disorder which causes her skin layers to separate and blister at the slightest touch. This is a glimpse into the world of Emma and her family - the world of Dystrophic EB. (2007)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Peggy is on holiday - her first in 39 years. Well, it's not a holiday; it's retirement. Since the late 1960's, Peggy Moloney's been the postmistress in O'Callaghan's Mills, Co. Clare. (2008) (A short Irish radio documentary from RTE Radio, Ireland)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This story charts the changes that occurred in the tiny rural farming community of Tynagh in the west of Ireland from the 1960s when it became the location of one of the most important mines in Europe. The mines changed the way of life forever. This story charts the changes that occurred in the tiny rural farming community of Tynagh in the west of Ireland from the 1960s when it became the location of one of the most important mines in Europe. The mines changed the way of life forever.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The previous time Belfast soccer club Linfield FC travelled to the home of Derry City FC, was January 25th 1969. The two sides found themselves on opposite ends of the social spectrum in a time of civil unrest - 26yrs on, they met again. (2005)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On Easter Monday 1916 Patrick Pearse stood on the steps of the GPO and read the Proclamation. John Cunningham questions how our view of Pearse has evolved from the adulation of the early years to his relevance today (Broadcast 2005).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Markey Robinson was born in Belfast in 1918 and died in 1999. Markey was a prolific Irish artist with a distinctive naïve expressionist style. His main passion was painting, but he also produced sculptures, and designed some stained glass panels. (2007)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When Helen Townsend was researching her family history, she found a series of letters written to her great grandfather in Australia from his family in Co. Tyrone. The letters date from 1852 to 1892 and tell the story of those left behind in Ireland (2009)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Senator Billy Fox was murdered on March 11th 1974. Five members of the Provisional IRA were sentenced to life for the killing. The story of Billy Fox is largely forgotten. This documentary attempts to find out what really happened that night (2006).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kevin Sheedy examines the fate of the strict-tempo ballroom dancer in an age of pop and Rock.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

1995 was the first ever Ireland hurling success for Co. Clare. This documentary tracks both the success of that year and all that went before it - the curse of Biddy Early, Ger Loughnane's training methods and the irrepresible Anthony Daly. (2005)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Four twenty-something women recall the good and bad of an Irish convent secondary school which they left in 2001. (Broadcast in 2008) (A short Irish radio documentary from RTE Radio, Ireland)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Weafer St. (pronounced 'wafer') in Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford and Rahel–Varnhagen-Promenade in Berlin, Germany share similar geography. They are both on 52 degrees 30 minutes north of the Equator. Both run East-West. This programme wanders along each street meeting passersby. (First Broadcast 2010)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An intimate and powerful story of heroin, hurt and friendship - of how four dads - John, Jimmy, Paul and Mousey -found a way to live with their child's addiction.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fiddle player Paul O'Shaughnessy's revisits The Glen area of Co Donegal which was a place of formative experience for him. This documentary is an exploration of a musical style told through this tune and the memories of those who've played it. (2006)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Twenty years years after it became a fully fledged university in 1989, Pat O'Mahony returns to his old alma mater, Dublin City University and spends freshers week there. (2009)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lia Mills is an Irish writer. She writes novels, short stories and literary non-fiction. This is the story of her experience with oral cancerSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An amazing documentary by John McKenna about being told by his mother on her deathbed that the children she lost at birth were buried at the bottom of their garden. This is a story of 1950s Catholic Ireland and the burial of the unbaptised (broadcast 1995)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Martha Graham, an American dancer/choreographer, was regarded as one of the foremost pioneers of modern dance. She invented a new language of movement and used it to reveal the passion, the rage and the ecstasy common to human experience. (Broadcast 1991)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A documentary about the dead, dying and death - told by the undertaker Thomas Lynch who is is an essayist, poet and funeral director of Lynch & Sons funeral home in Milford, Michigan. (Broadcast 2002)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A radio documentary on contemporary comic songmakers in the traditional idiom featuring the songs of Michael Marrinan, Sean Mone, Robbie McMahon, Tim Lyons, Con O'Drisceoil and Brian O'Rourke. (Broadcast 2005)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 1st 2005, marked the 60th anniversary of Marshal Georgi Zhukov's victory in the Battle of Berlin in the Second World War. This is the story of a Russian man, a now largely neglected figure in the West, who brought about Hitler's downfall.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Clarie Taylor was born in his grandmother's caravan during an afternoon circus show. His family moved the day after and since that time he's travelled from village to village with his family's variety act as the circus clown, "Fiery Daniels".See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Appeal of the Midnight Court is a special documentary made by Cathal Póirtéir for RTÉ Radio 1 to mark the 200th anniversary of the death of Clare poet Brian Merriman.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Through the stories of the people who lived through the regimes of Papa Doc and Baby Doc Duvalier, 'Stories from the Black' Republic traces the horrors of the Dubaliers' private army the Ton Ton Macoutes on the island of Haiti. (Broadcast 2005)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Donovan family are members of the travelling community and ten years on from a documentary where they moved into a house, the family describe why they have decided to go back on the road again. (Broadcast 1979)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Donovan family are members of the travelling community and ten years on from a documentary where they moved into a house, the family describe why they have decided to go back on the road again. (Broadcast 1979)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Shannon Airport is unique in location and in the history of aviation. Of all European Airports it's situated at the most western point, making it the ideal stepping stone between the old world and new. This is the story of its early days (Broadcast 1991)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Poet David Whyte unravels the role of poetry and mythology in life. Author of six books of poetry, David grew up with a strong, imaginative influence from his Irish mother in the valleys of his father’s Yorkshire. He now lives in the US (Broadcast 1993)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is the story of two sisters who spent their childhoods growing up in a Satanic cult. This is challenging listening, sometimes upsetting, sometimes unbelievable - but all true. What is it like to live with 'Satan' everyday? (First broadcast 1990)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dick Warner travels to west Kerry, one of the last habitats of the native Irish natterjack toad who is thought to be an immigrant from the end of the Ice Age. Dick soon discovers that the toads are in a battle for survival. Is it too late? (Broadcast 1990)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 1990 Irish woman Geraldine Osborne decided on an adventure - to move with her young family to an entirely new world - Ellesmare Island far up in Northern Canada. Deep within the artic circle, she became part of the local Inuit community (Broadcast 1990)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A documentary with a difference - Derek Mahon's acclaimed poetry sequence of The Hudon River is read by a stellar cast including Stephen Rea and Dawn Bradfiled and put to a soundtrack of New York sounds with specially composed music (Broadcast 2001)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This documentary relives a dramatic year in the life of Irish Hurling, when the summer's games became our national soap opera. The 1998 All-Ireland hurling championship was like no other - from the outset, it was a sporting story that had everything. (First Broadcast 2008)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Magilligan is a penninusla in Co. Derry with a unique history. Unusually, it is an area of Northern Ireland where the population is made up in the majority of families who are 'pre-plantation' stock. As a result, Irish still survives there (Broadcast 1975)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.