Ireland has a long history of faith healers and cures. Many claim that certain individuals have the gift to heal - others say that remedies passed down through generations can cure. We look inside this mysterious world - and meet some believers and healers See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 05, 2013•41 min•Ep. 1
What happens when a woman walks up to you on the street and gives you a bunch of flowers? The 2011 London riots shocked many Londoners but in Bernadette Russell's, they made her start an unusual project: 366 Days of Kindness. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 04, 2013•12 min•Ep. 1
How do you experience music when you can't hear? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 28, 2013•35 min•Ep. 1
A Waterford forge comes to life once more See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 27, 2013•15 min•Ep. 1
What happens when they turn off the TV in the Nore Bar, Kilkenny City every second Tuesday night? The young folk leave after watching the football, the TV is switched off, the spotlight comes on in the corner of the bar and the monologues start. It is a social occasion, where many stories are shared with laughter and tears. (First Broadcast 2006) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 26, 2013•26 min•Ep. 1
Zac, Luke and Clara are three children living in Ireland. In America, another little girl they don't know - Molly Brockie - is undergoing clinical trials that could change all of these childrens lives. All have Angelman Syndrome - a rare genetic disorder. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 21, 2013•39 min•Ep. 1
For the first time since the 1970s, 'County London' have advanced to the Connacht semi-final in the GAA Senior Football Championships. Maybe not a big deal here but over there, Robert Mulhern, author of "A Very Different County", says it matters a lot. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 20, 2013•12 min•Ep. 1
Imagine being the daughter of one of the world's most experimental and famous writers. Lucia Joyce was the troubled and talented daughter of James Joyce. Surrounded by bohemian life, he fragile mental health led to a long battle to regain her life. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 14, 2013•43 min•Ep. 1
There's more to one Connemara beach than sunbathing. Omey Island is off the coast of Galway. At every low tide you can travel to the island across a magnificent, broad strand. Once a year, this strand is the location of one of Ireland's beach races. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 13, 2013•11 min•Ep. 1
Invasions, battles, romance - centuries of history brought to life in 15 huge embroidered panels telling the epic story of the founding of New Ross, Co. Wexford in 1207. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 07, 2013•41 min•Ep. 1
Why is this man Ireland's No.1 "Who" fan?… Why is this man Ireland's No.1 "Who" fan?… See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 06, 2013•36 min•Ep. 1
A story of co-parenting, of a parenting contract and the creation of a 21st century modern day family. Brian Kelly is from North Cork, Phoenix, the mother of his child is Chinese - and their daughter, Ever Elizabeth Jade Kelly is Australian. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 31, 2013•41 min•Ep. 1
In July 2011, Anders Behring Breivik killed 77 people in Norway - 8 died in a bombing and 69 were subsequently shot in one of Norway's worst human atrocities. Here, we meet the police investigator who was charged with bringing Anders Breivik to justice. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 30, 2013•27 min•Ep. 1
This is a documentary about travelling theatre, about a childhood trauma, about a place on the border, and about a 70-something man's search for his father. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 24, 2013•34 min•Ep. 1
Two men with Irish connections on opposite sides in the Falklands War. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 23, 2013•17 min•Ep. 1
A 'documentary novel' by Chris Brookes about war brides – women, including Chris's own mother, who married allied servicemen during World War II. A 'documentary novel' by Chris Brookes about war brides – women, including Chris's own mother, who married allied servicemen during World War II. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 17, 2013•53 min•Ep. 1
A day out with the cooks, drivers and customers of the Meals on Wheels in Dalkey, Co. Dublin. (First Broadcast March 2006) A day out with the cooks, drivers and customers of the Meals on Wheels in Dalkey, Co. Dublin. (First Broadcast March 2006) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 16, 2013•27 min•Ep. 1
A London taxi tour around the stories of the Irish in London, including the more recently-arrived. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 10, 2013•33 min•Ep. 1
Now that the weather's picking up, you may be thinking about going for a swim. But, no matter how hardy you think you are, you'll have to go a long way to match the Banna Polar Bears who swim every month of the year - even when the sand is frozen. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 09, 2013•16 min•Ep. 1
The London Underground has The District Line, The Circle Line and so on. "The Green Line" is a notional Tube line that Robert Mulhern has taken to find Irish stories in the UK capital: the "Mammy" away from home, the ex-prisoner, the retired drinkers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 03, 2013•37 min•Ep. 1
The artist who burns his art See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 02, 2013•15 min•Ep. 1
'Hark' takes our modern ears on a sound-rich journey through the acoustic world of Elizabethan England. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 26, 2013•52 min•Ep. 1
Cullintra House, Co. Kilkenny: a 250 year old farmhouse set amid 230 acres of farm and woodland, has been the home of Patricia Cantlon's family since the early 1900's.; She speaks about the history of the place, and the work of running it as guesthouse. She doesn't do it on her own, though, she has the help of 5 cats. (First Broadcast 2013) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 25, 2013•27 min•Ep. 1
This is the life of 83 year old George Redmond from West Cork. He spent his lifetime tuning pianos for the great and good of Ireland, meeting many seasoned performers such as John MacCormack, Beniamo Gigli and Margaret Burke Sheridan. (1990) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 23, 2013•40 min•Ep. 1
Like most places, Kerry had a tradition of 'rambling' houses or 'visiting' houses. This was where neighbours would gather in one house on winter evenings for story-telling, card-playing, singing and music. In the village of Glenflesk, the 'rambling house' is open twice a year and the programme is loose. (First Broadcast 2013) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 18, 2013•11 min•Ep. 1
The Story of the Jihad Jane. 3 people go online, they meet in a chat room and their lives change forever. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 12, 2013•49 min•Ep. 1
One day three people in different parts of the world went online, the meet in a chat room, they talk with each other, it will change their lives forever. (2013) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 12, 2013•49 min•Ep. 1
Adrian Vernon Fish has twin preoccupations: composing contemporary music and the country of Greenland. From his home in Co. Mayo, he travels around Irish national schools telling the children wintry stories about the country while wearing a traditional Greenland costume and displaying handcrafted items from there. (First Broadcast 2013) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 11, 2013•27 min•Ep. 1
The music and stories of a young Northern Irish jazz singer, Victoria Geelan. She's neither fully Catholic nor Protestant; neither blind nor partially-sighted. She sings jazz and blues in Derry where she is fondly referred to as a 'Fenian Jaffa'. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 05, 2013•35 min•Ep. 1
Maurice Brennan has always wanted to visit America. As a child he loved the literature of Mark Twain. On his first visit headed to the Mark Twain Forest Park, Missouri, where he spent a day fly-fishing on Mill Creek, a small river in the Mississippi system. (First Broadcast 2013) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 03, 2013•13 min•Ep. 1