Multi award winning documentaries from Ireland and beyond telling real life stories. With over 1,800 documentaries on offer, the Documentary On One Podcast has the largest archive of documentaries available in the world, dating as far back as 1954, right up to the present day. Winner of over 400 national and international awards. Producer of podcast series 'Where is Jón?', ‘The Real Carrie Jade’, 'Runaway Joe', 'Finding Samantha', 'Tiger Roll', 'GunPlot' and 'The Nobody Zone'. Immerse yourself in a world of sound, story and character.
This radio documentary about the tragedy, the trauma and the triumph of a heart transplant operation recorded in the Mater Hospital. (Broadcast 1990) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This radio documentary follows Latvian woman Irija De Paor as she returns to the country that she left over 40 years ago as a refugee. Irija went on to work in England, marry an Irish man and make Ireland her home (Broadcast 1996) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Miners talk about their work and their experiences mining in Arigna, Leitrim. They talk about the conditions in the mines before unionisation, the dangers, including diseases and accidents and the family tradition among miners. (Broadcast 1972) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
It's generally accepted that about 10% of the adult population are left-handed, and that left-handedness is more common in males than females. So is left better than right or right better than left? 'Leftys' believe there's only one answer (Broadcast 1994) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Boyzone are one of the most successful bands ever to emerge from Ireland. A four-piece vocal pop group comprising of Ronan Keating, Mikey Graham, Keith Duffy and Shane Lynch. This is the story of one fans story about meeting her idols. (Broadcast 1997) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This award winning doc tells the story of heroin - a highly addictive drug - and one addicts fight against it. Its abuse has repercussions that extend far beyond the individual user - sometimes having a devastating impact on society (Broadcast 2001) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A look at the early perceptions of South African life, relations between whites/ blacks and coloureds. The documentary then moves to the present day to assess the effects apartheid has had on the self-confidence of blacks (Broadcast 1994) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A moving documentary about the Holy Angels burial plot in Glasnevin, one of the few cemeteries that allowed stillborn babies to be buried in concentrated ground. Over 50,000 infants were buried there up to the 1970’s. (Broadcast 1999) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The world of stamp collecting, from the serious philatelist to the general collector, the first day covers and the thematic series (Broadcast 1978). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Boland’s Mill in Dublin’s Grand Canal Dock played an integral part in the 1916 Rising, when it was occupied by republicans led by Eamon De Valera. This documentary from 1972 features remarkable first-hand accounts of those involved in the rebellion. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Donagh MacDonagh presents this tribute to James Joyce, which was broadcast to coincide with the unveiling in Zurich of a monument to the Irish author on the 25th Anniversary of his death. (1966) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The story of French chef Alexis Soyer, one of the most celebrated cooks in Victorian England, who tried to alleviate the suffering of the Irish poor during the Famine by setting up soup kitchens and teaching them how to eat cheaply (Broadcast 1978). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Eugene McCabe was born in 1930. His novel Death and Nightingales is described by some as 'a deeply moving, powerful and unforgettable book'. A farmer for most of his life, here he talks about resuming writing in 1993 after a 13yr break (broadcast 1994) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
What it is like to be an asylum seeker in Ireland? This documentary features a Zairean woman and a Bosnian-Moslem refugee. They talk about leaving their home, their feelings on flighing to Ireland and how they keep in touch with home (broadcast 1996) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
How Elizabeth Delude has coped in the two years since the death of her husband Peter in the Lockerbie air disaster in 1987 (broadcast 1990) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Gay couples and individuals talk about their relationships, how their families react, how they try to set up ordinary family units, prejudice and lack of support (Broadcast 1996) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
When the rising of 1916 is mentioned, one almost always associates it with Dublin and the G.P.O. This tells the often forgotten story of the Easter Rising which took place in Galway. (Broadcast April 1966) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Opinions and issues surrounding Canadian unity and Quebec separatism (Broadcast 1978). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In this documentary - ninety year old John Walshe of Doneraile who was born in 1877- talks about William Burke, Canon Sheehan and Charles Stewart Parnell. (Originally broadcast 1967) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A documentary telling the story of the national folk theatre - Siamsa Tire in Tralee. (Originally broadcast in 1991) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A documentary which takes a journey from one end of the royal canal to the other. (Originally broadcast in 1990) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
For generations, women gave birth at home but with the advances in medicine, almost all now head for a hospital. So why is it that some still women choose to give birth at home? A documentary on home births. (Originally broadcast 1998) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A documentary on the controversial method of treating alcoholism pioneered by Irish American Pat Butler. (First broadcast 1989) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Samuel Beckett is the famed and revered Irish avant-garde writer, dramatist and poet who notably penned Waiting for Godot and a host of other works. Beckett's work offers a bleak outlook on human culture. (Originally broadcast in 1991) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A documentary recorded on and about an Irish movie set. (Originally broadcast in 1997) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A colourful documentary on three girls as they prepare for their debutants ball - a rite of passage out of secondary school. (Originally broadcast 1997) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A look at the old Abbey Theatre, and the influence it had on Irish culture.It originally aired the day that the new Abbey Theatre opened its doors to the public in 1966, whioch was also 15 years to the day that the it had closed due to fire. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Seán Mac Réamoinn discusses James Joyce, who was one of the greatest authors in Irish history. We also hear about Bloomsday, a celebration of Joyce's life that takes place in Dublin and around the world every June 16th. (First Broadcast 1971) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A Dublin school and a Belfast school join forces in rugby. This is 1995 Ireland - and the first time that an Catholic and Protestant school team toured together. This historic tour takes them to South Africa and on a trip of a lifetime. (Broadcast 1995) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Belfast born William Robert Rodgers, known as Bertie, is best known as a poet - even though he was an essayist, a book reviewer, a BBC radio broadcaster and script writer, a lecturer and teacher as well as a former Presbyterian minister! (Broadcast 1972) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
