Wine from Greenland by Alejandro Niklison
Anton and Ian's conversation leads them to a mutual realisation: man is a caged animal. Will they find freedom, or fail in their quest?
Jan 05, 2025•25 min
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Episodes
A Family of Memories by Thomas Kilroy
The radio piece revisits episodes in Thomas Kilroy's family's history, the War of Independence, the Civil War and the foundation of the Irish Free State
Dec 29, 2024•53 min
Wogan's Sweet Sixteen by Kenneth Sweeney.
Al McKenna stars as iconic broadcaster Terry Wogan in Wogan's Sweet Sixteen by Kenneth Sweeney.
Dec 22, 2024•43 min
Temporary Unestablished Civil Servants
Programme exploring Radió Éireann Players, the repertory company for radio in Ireland formed in 1947 first broadcast 19th August 1997.
Dec 08, 2024•53 min
The Burning Question
a compendium of thoughts and stories on climate activism. Combining interviews, archive and dramatised excerpts, The Burning Question looks for hope in a time of frightening harm to the planet, in the eloquence of activists, court challenges, new thinking, and immersive recordings of the natural world.
Nov 28, 2024•50 min
Marconi & Me by Zoë Comyns
A podcast producer finds a set of code books. They are the Marconi International Code books. They contain 500 pages of 5-letter codes and their translations. The main character starts to read the codes obsessively and twist them into her own life story. In themselves the codes form extraordinarily poetic lists
Nov 24, 2024•46 min
Sharon by Katie Holly
After a decade of living it up and haven' the craic, Sharon returns to her mother, her roots and her hometown.
Nov 17, 2024•51 min
From the River of Ghosts by Roger
Playwright & composer Roger Gregg weaves his signature blend of storytelling, poetry, music and song into a haunting journey.
Nov 10, 2024•47 min
Haughey Gregory by Colin Murphy
Based on true events, Haughey/Gregory tells the story of the Gregory Deal, agreed by Charles J. Haughey and Independent TD, Tony Gregory, in 1982.
Nov 03, 2024•43 min
The last, High King of Ireland by Patrick Fogarty
The Last, High King of Ireland tells the story of a day in the life of a hard-drinking man, Tapper to the locals, on his daily travels from morning to night in the fictional town of Molinheer.
Oct 27, 2024•47 min
Shinaid by Eamann Breen
an Irish woman in London experiences a dramatic and life changing event that forces her to look at her life choices. With the help of a motley crew
Oct 20, 2024•51 min
Helen Wheels by Fionn Foley
A comic tale of narcotics, fast food and a mother's love for her son, set in Belfast at the height of the pandemic. Winner of Best Radio Drama IMRO Awards 2024
Oct 13, 2024•35 min
James's Story by David Zane Mairowitz
An Englishman remembers a holiday to Dingle in 1968, while his memories are revised and re-animated by his friend, the Story Poacher.
Oct 06, 2024•42 min
The Aran Islands by John Millington Synge, adapted by Joe O'Byrne
The Aran Islands by John Millington Synge, adapted and dramatised for radio by Joe O'Byrne.
Sep 29, 2024•58 min
A Holy Show by Janet Moran
based on the true story of the hijacking of an Aer Lingus plane in 1981, by an ex-Trappist monk with a burning desire to know the Third Secret of Fatima.
Sep 22, 2024•53 min
Three Our Fathers by Karl O'Neil
Three masculine monologues, a suitor, a stalker, a spouse..
Sep 15, 2024•51 min
Testimony by Alan Archbold
A tense two-hander in which a middle-aged couple ruminate on the sombre detail of a tragic death in the family starring Andrew Bennett and Cathy Belton
Sep 08, 2024•44 min
Write Your Mind
Write Your Mind is a play about Youth Mental Health, weaving together monologues devised by writers with young people.
Sep 01, 2024•45 min
A Piece of Monologue by Samuel Beckett
A Piece of Monologue, performed by Barry McGovern as part of our Beckett Season
Aug 25, 2024•55 min
The Old Tune by Samuel Beckett
The Old Tune by Samuel Beckett: Adapted from the radio play La Manivelle by Robert Pinget
Aug 18, 2024•44 min
All That Fall by Samuel Beckett
Drama On One continues its Beckett Season with All That Fall directed and produced by Barry McGovern, starring Pegg Monahan and Aidan Grennell.
Aug 11, 2024•1 hr 20 min
Watt by Samuel Beckett
Published as a novel in 1953, Watt tells the story of a nomadic manservant who works for a Mr Knott.
Aug 04, 2024•58 min
Beckett on Bowman
As part of our Beckett season, we broadcast a special programme curated from a brace of Bowman Sunday Eight Thirty programmes made in 2006
Jul 28, 2024•55 min
Dropping Slow by Belinda McKeon
Marion O’Dwyer stars as Maeve, a woman defiantly at peace in her new oasis – A ghost estate - in Dropping Slow by Belinda McKeon.
Jul 21, 2024•14 min
Creatives in Conversation - Sinéad O'Connor
In October 2002 Sinéad O'Connor recorded a ‘Rattlebag Special’ with Myles Dungan, marking the release of her album Sean-Nós Nua
Jul 15, 2024•39 min
A Pathetic Fallacy by Aidan Mathews
Karen Ardiff shows there's no statute of limitations on a parent's licence to pine.
Jul 14, 2024•10 min
Creatives in Conversation - Paulo Coelho
In this Rattlebag public interview from 2001, Brazilian author Paulo Coelho spoke to Myles Dungan. about his work and his extraordinary life.
Jul 10, 2024•1 hr 13 min
The Big Picture by Siobhán Mannion
A costume designer on a film set pours herself into three dresses. Part of Drama On One's online short form season.
Jul 07, 2024•15 min
Creatives in Conversation - Janis Ian
Janis Ian talking to Sean Rocks from March 2004
Jul 05, 2024•35 min
I Am Not Your Knacker by Rosaleen McDonagh
Rosaleen Mcdonagh explores themes of racism, identity, disability and marginalisation, channelling the literary activism of James Baldwin, and her own.
Jun 30, 2024•16 min
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