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.
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.
'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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A radio documentary recorded on the day that George Best was laid to rest in Belfast 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Stone cutters, quarry men and the long tradition of masonry families in Barnacullia, Co Dublin, where granite has been its life blood for the past 200 years (first broadcast 1976). 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.
The legend of Oisín and Saint Patrick is retold in this dramatisation from 1976. 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
