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.
A look at the career of the Irish traditional musician and TV producer, Tony McMahon. His contribution to Irish music worldwide over the decades has been remarkable, due in part to his uncomprimising approach to his work. (Broadcast 2005) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Thirty years ago, nuns played a prominent role in Irish society especially in the education and the medical sectors but what was daily life like for these women? (Broadcast 1979) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A radio documentary about the Strawboy tradition in County Sligo (Broadcast 1998) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A radio documentary about Norman Porter, Unionist and winner of the Ewart-Biggs Award (Broadcast 1997) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A radio documentary about hiring fairs, the life of the servant boy and the modern day small farm (Broadcast 1997) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A radio documentary about Donegal Herring Gutters (Broadcast 1997) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A radio documentary about the Mount Street Club founded in Dublin 1934 (Broadcast 1997) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A radio documentary about the effects of M.E. on sufferers (Broadcast 1998) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A radio documentary about the role of the government press secretary by Niall Doyle (Broadcast 1999) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A radio documentary profiling Galway-based poet Mary O'Malley and her writers workshop on Inishmore. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In this radio documentary, we hear the story of Brid Manifold, who discovered that her mother Deirdre had a romantic involvement with poet Patrick Kavanagh before marrying Brid’s father (Broadcast 1993) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Northern Ireland was plagued by civil unrest from the late 1960s until the Good Friday agreement of 1998. During a period which became known as the troubles, many people either vanished or were forced into exile. This is their story (Broadcast 1996) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
From a different era - an insight into the changing role of women in the Japanese workforce (Broadcast 1992) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The story of the epic historical march of O'Suilleabhain Beara from West Cork to Leitrim through the counties of Limerick, Tipperary, Offaly, Galway, Roscommon and Sligo in 1603 (Broadcast 1980) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
An exciting 'fly on the wall' documentary about the accident and emergency department of the Mater hospital, Dublin (Broadcast 2001) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The story of the acclaimed 19th-century hymn writer, Mrs Cecil Frances Alexander (Broadcast 1995) 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.
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.
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.
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.
A radio documentary inspired by the novel 'Woodbrook' by David Thompson (Broadcast 1986) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A radio documentary telling the story of the changing world of Eugene Kierans, Master Butcher (Broadcast 1989) 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
